Linguistics professor chosen as UNM Presidential Teaching Fellow Dr. Rosa Vallejos, a UNM associate professor of Linguistics, was recently recognized as the UNM 2021-2023 Presidential Teaching Fellow. “Being selected for this award is in fact the result of a series of events directly related to education,” she said. “I was born and raised in Lámud, a little […] Read More
Linguist promoted to full professor Dr. Caroline Smith, who teaches phonetics and phonology at UNM, has been promoted to full professor. “I’ve been a faculty member at UNM since 1998, and have always been impressed by my faculty colleagues,” Smith said. “I feel very honored that my promotion recognizes my place in this great group of professors.” Smith’s […] Read More
Name:Dr. Amelia Black Title:Lecturer II Department:Linguistics Describe your research in about 200 words.My research interest focuses on sustaining the Diné language as well as Diné cultural knowledge of k’é (kinship). I rely on ancestral Diné knowledges that are embedded in the Diné language to guide me. In particular, I use k’é (kinship), a concept that is essential and […] Read More
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
UNM linguist awarded 2020 Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award UNM Associate Professor of Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics, Dr. Naomi Shin has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. “This award is a tremendous honor to me. I care so deeply about teaching and supporting students, so to know […] Read More
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
UNM linguist utilizes multiple grants for Amazonia research UNM associate professor of linguistics Dr. Rosa Vallejos was recently funded by the National Science Foundation/ National Endowment for the Humanities for her grammatical research of Secoya (sey), an Amazonian language. Linguistic research has found that human languages have dedicated mechanisms of specifying information about shape, […] Read More