CURRICULUM VITAE George Tucker Childs Department of Applied Linguistics Physical address: Department of Applied Linguistics Portland State University Portland State University PO Box 751 335H University Center Building Portland, OR 97207-0751 527 SW Hall Tel. (503) 725-4099 Portland, OR 97201-5215 e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION • University of California; Berkeley, CA; M.A., Linguistics 1982; Ph.D., Linguistics, 1988 • Advanced Intensive Swahili Institute; Malindi, Kenya; Summer, 1987 • Georgetown University; Washington, DC; M.S., Sociolinguistics, 1982 • University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA; M. Ed., English Instruction, 1979 • Trinity College, University of Dublin (Ireland); Diploma (Hons.), Anglo-Irish Literature, 1975 • Stanford University; Stanford, CA; B.A., English, 1970 RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE • Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Chair 2015-18; Professor, 2002-present; Associate Professor, 1996-2002; permanent tenure awarded 1999. Courses taught: African-American Vernacular English, Dialectology, Discourse Analysis, Field Methods (Mende, Twi), Historical and Comparative Linguistics, Introduction to Language, Introduction to Linguistics, Language Contact, Language and Gender, Language Endangerment / Endangered Languages, Language and Society, Language Typology, Language Variation, Phonetics, Phonology, Pidgins and Creoles, Empirical Research Writing, Sociolinguistics, Structure of English, First-year Swahili.(Guest taught: Languages of the World (World Languages and Literatures), Black English (African-American Studies)) • Linguistics Section, English Programme, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Courses taught: Sociolinguistics, Research Methods (2007-08), (2016-17); occasional lectures in Language Documentation and Revitalization (2012-18). Advised Honours thesis students. • InField (Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation, now “CoLang”), summer, 2008. University of California, Santa Barbara. Courses taught: Problematizing the Fieldwork Experience, Ethics in Linguistics (twice); Field methods (Mende). • Societas Linguistica Europaea, Summer School on Linguistic Methodology, Campobasso, Università del Molise, Italy, Field methods, language of focus: Wolof, summer, 2007. • Chercheur visitant (Fulbright), Centre d’Etude des Langues Guinéennes, Université de Conakry, Conakry, République de Guinée, janvier - août 2000, Sujets de recherche : Les interfaces lexicales et grammaticales entre les kissien et leurs voisins mandingues ; Le mmani : une langue atlantique en danger de disparaître. • Professeur visitant (Fulbright), Faculté de Sciences Humaines Université de Kankan, Kankan, République de Guinée; 2000; Courses: Research Seminar (for faculty), English and Technology (4th year students). • Chercheur Visiteur Associé à l’UMR 7594 du CNRS, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire (LLACAN), Meudon / Villejuif, France, 1999-2000. • Englisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany. Visiting Professor, 1998. Courses: Language Variation (Proseminar), Pidgins and Creoles (Hauptseminar), African Languages (Hauptseminar). • Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Visiting Assistant Professor, 1994-1996. Courses taught: Undergraduate: Field Methods (twice: Sudanese Arabic, Mandinka), Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Language Variation and Change, Structure of English; CV: G. Tucker Childs Page: 2 Graduate: Discourse Analysis, Pidgins and Creoles, Structure of a Language (Kisi), African Languages and Linguistics. • Department of Linguistics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Senior Lecturer, 1993-1994; Lecturer, 1991-1993. Courses taught: Field Methods, Introduction to Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Sociolinguistics, Experimental Phonology. • Program in Linguistics, Department of English, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Visiting Assistant Professor, 1988-1990. Courses taught: Undergraduate: Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Literature, Introduction to Drama, Business Writing; Graduate: Sociolinguistics. • Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley; Language Coordinator, 1985-1988; Teaching Assistant, First-year Swahili, 1987-88. • San Jose State University; San Jose, California; Visiting Assistant Professor, 1982, 1984-85. Courses taught: Undergraduate: Introduction to Linguistics, ESL Composition, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics; Graduate: Phonology I & II. • University of Liberia; Monrovia, Liberia. Occasional lectures in linguistics as part of Fulbright Doctoral Research Grant, 1983-84. • University of California, Berkeley; Teaching associate: 1981-1983, 1986-1987. Courses taught: ESL Composition, ESL Oral Skills; Courses assisted: Introduction to Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Syntax. • Woodberry Forest School; Woodberry Forest, Virginia; secondary school English teacher, 1976-79 • Escuelas Profesionales "Luis Amigo"; Godella, Valencia, Spain; ESL teacher, 1975-76 • Elgin Academy; Elgin, Illinois; Director of Admissions, 1973-75 • Tamba Taylor Public School; Shelloe, Lofa County, Liberia; Peace Corps Volunteer, 1970-72 AWARDS AND GRANTS • 2018. Kenneth L. Hale Award by the Linguistic Society of America for outstanding work on the Bolom Language Group of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Salt Lake City Utah, Annual Meeting of the LSA, January 6th. • 2015. Travel Grant. Portland State University.To present a paper at the 4th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC), University of Hawai’i, Manoa, Feb 26 - Mar 1. • 2014a. Major Language Documentation Grant (MDP0316): Project for the Documentation of the Sherbro Language and Culture (slc). Sept 2015 – Aug 2018. Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. • 2014b. Travel Grant. Portland State University. To present two papers (one invited) at the 45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, “Africa’s Endangered Languages: Documentary & Theoretical Approaches”, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Apr 17-19. • 2013. Travel Grant. Portland State University. To present two papers at the 2nd International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC), University of Hawai’i, Manoa, Feb 28 - Mar 3. • 2012.Travel Grant. Portland State University. To present papers at the World Conference on African Linguistics (WOCAL 7), Buea, Cameroon, 20-23 Aug, and at NigerCongo, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire (LLACAN), CNRS, Paris, France, 18-21 Sept., with an interlude of Sierra Leone fieldwork in between. • 2010. National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL), # 0652137. Video documenting the uses of the Mani language and other cultural activities. Sept 2011 – Jun 2013. • 2011a. Diompillor / ‘One voice’ (the national organization of Kisi people). Declared an Honorary Kisi Elder at the annual meeting of, Sept. 3-5, 2011, Philadelphia, PA. • 2011b. National Science Foundation, Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE), Catalyzing New International Collaborations (with Jeff Good, University at Buffalo), # 1160649. Printed: 2 April 2020 CV: G. Tucker Childs Page: 3 Workshop on sociolinguistic language documentation in Sub-Saharan Africa, part of WOCAL 7, University of Buea, Cameroon, Aug 17-19, 2012. • 2009a. Portland State University, Faculty Enhancement Grant. Research and Sponsored Projects. Support for research and for the journal Studies in African Linguistics (2009-10). • 2009b. Voice of America, Subvention: equipment and personnel provided for filming DKB and MDP projects (Mar-Apr 2009). • 2007a. National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL), # 1065609. Project Documenting two dying Sierra Leone languages, Kim and Bom (DKB). Sept 2007 – May 2010. • 2007b. Post-tenure Faculty Development Award, Portland State University. July 2007. Support for research assistant to prepare Mani dictionary for publication. • 2007c. Travel Grant. Mar 2007. Portland State University. To attend 38th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 38), University of Florida, Gainesville. • 2006. Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Major Language Documentation Grant: Project for the Documentation of Krim and Bom (DKB), # MDP 0167. Sept 2007 – Oct 2009. • 2003. Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Major Language Documentation Grant: Mani Documentation Project (MDP), # MDP 0085. July 2004 – Sept 2006. • 2002. Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with Technology Award. April 2002. • Mar 2001. Travel Grant. Portland State University. To attend 32nd Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 32), University of California, Berkeley. July 10th. • 2001. Portland State University. Faculty Enhancement Award. Portland Dialect Survey. May. • 2000a. Bremer Stiftung für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Bremen, Germany. Research award for social anthropology. Pilot fieldwork on Mani, a dying language of Guinea. June-July. • 200b. Endangered Language Fund, New Haven, CT. Research grant. 2000. Collaborative fieldwork on Mani with the Centre d’Études des Langues Guinéennes (CELG), University of Conakry. June- July. • 1999a. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft