I am a post-doc working on building a complete corpus of Tunica language documentation for use in a collaborative language revitalization initiative with the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana. My research revolves around language revitalization, language change, language documentation, and the creation and use of digital tools for language learning and analysis.
PhD in Linguistics, 2023
Tulane University
MA in Linguistics, 2019
Tulane University
BA in Linguistics, 2006
Swarthmore College
For many years, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana collaborated with students and faculty at Tulane University on a project to revitalize the Tunica language. Tunica had not been spoken or used regularly in the community since the last known speaker, Sesostrie Youchigant, passed away in 1948. The center of the revitalization of the Tunica language is this first-of-its-kind, beginning Tunica language textbook.
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