Jill Morford

UNM women in STEM launch child language acquisition lab with a focus on underrepresented languages

Felina Martinez Barbara Shaffer, Erin Wilkinson, Jill Morford, linguistics, Melvatha Chee, Naomi Shin 0 Comment November 11, 2020

Women in STEM researchers from across the UNM linguistics department have recently created the Lobo Language Acquisition Lab (LLA LLA), a new research lab focused on child minority language acquisition. Dr. Naomi Shin, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics, and co-founder Dr. Jill Morford, Professor of Linguistics, created the lab in fall 2019 […] Read More

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STEM Shoutout: Dr. Naomi Shin and Dr. Jill P. Morford

Felina Martinez Jill Morford, linguistics, Naomi Shin, STEM Shoutout 0 Comment August 27, 2019

UNM linguists collaborate on project to evaluate multilingual/multicultural children’s performance on standardized tests Two linguists at UNM have recently won a McCune Award for their collaborative project to promote multilingual/multicultural competencies in children being raised by families in New Mexico. Dr. Naomi Shin is an associate professor of linguistics and Spanish and Portuguese and Dr. […] Read More