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CURRICULUM VITAE Karin Michelson University:Department of Linguistics Home: 2 Elm Court University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 Snyder, NY 14226 716-645-2463 716-645-4956 [email protected] EDUCATION 1983 Ph.D. Linguistics, Harvard University. Dissertation: A Comparative Study of Accent in the Five Nations Iroquoian Language. 1975 B.A. First Class Joint Honours in Linguistics and Russian, McGill University. Thesis: Mohawk Aspect Suffixes. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1979-82 Research Director, Centre for the Research and Teaching of Canadian Native Languages, and Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Western Ontario. 1982-83 Instructor, Linguistics, Harvard University. 1983-88 Assistant Professor, Linguistics, Harvard University. 1988-89 Associate Professor, Linguistics, Harvard University. 1989-90 Instructor, Native Language Teacher Training program (summer programs), University of Western Ontario and Lakehead University. 1989-2003 Associate Professor, Linguistics, University at Buffalo. 2003- Professor, Linguistics, University at Buffalo. 2011 Instructor/Professor, LSA Linguistic Institute 2011 (Language in the World), Hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder. (July 7-August 2) AWARDS 2017 Exceptional Scholars Award for Sustained Achievement, University at Buffalo. 2018 Recognition by the Oneida of the Thames for linguistic service, Oneida Language Workshop, June 4. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Linguistics Society of America The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Editorial board Associate Editor, International Journal of American Linguistics, 2002-2005. 2 Conferences/Workshops Co-organizer (Christian DiCanio, organizer), Tonal Aspects of Language, 5th International Symposium, University at Buffalo, May 2016. Organizer, Annual Workshop for Teachers of Iroquoian Languages, University of Western Ontario, 1979-82. Organizer (with Michael K. Foster) Principles of Dictionary Construction in Native American Languages, organized session at the XXXVIIth Conference on American Indian Languages, November 1998. Member, Program Committee, The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, 2008-2009. Consulting/Reviewing Linguistic partner (Oneida), The Breath of Life Archival Institute, Washington, D.C. 2015. Language expert (Oneida) for the World Atlas of Language Structures, ed. by B. Comrie, M. Dryer, D. Gil, and M. Haspelmath, Oxford University Press, 2005. Occasional reviewer of manuscripts or proposals for the McGill-Queen’s University Press, University of Toronto Press, Syracuse University Press, University of California Publications in Linguistics, University of Nebraska Press, and Cambridge University Press, and the journals Language, Phonology, International Journal of American Linguistics, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Linguistic Inquiry, Anthropological Linguistics. Occasional reviewer of grant proposals for National Endowment for the Humanities, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, National Science Foundation. Consultant on Iroquois language curricula and other materials for Ontario Ministry of Education, Oneida-Nation-of-the-Thames, and Oneida Territory, New York. University Service 1991-93 Faculty Senate, University at Buffalo 1993-94 Program Evaluation Committee, Graduate School, University at Buffalo 1994-95 Personnel Committee, Faculty of Social Science, University at Buffalo 1994-95 University Fellowships Committee, University at Buffalo 1996-98 ad hoc Graduate School Committee on Transfer Credit/Multiple Degrees, University at Buffalo 1993- American-Canadian Studies Committee, University at Buffalo 1996-04 College of Arts and Sciences Divisional Committee, University at Buffalo 1998-02 Graduate School Fellowships Committee, University at Buffalo 2000-03 Graduate School Executive Committee, University at Buffalo 2010-11 Member, Search Committee, CAS Dean, University at Buffalo 2013 Chair, CAS Dean's Grievance Committee 2013-18 Member, CAS Appointments, Promotions and Tenures Committee Departmental Service 1983-88 Head Tutor, Linguistics, Harvard University 1990-93 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Linguistics, University at Buffalo 3 1996-04 Director of Graduate Studies, Linguistics, University at Buffalo 2005-11 Chair, Linguistics, University at Buffalo 2011-12 Advocate, Tenure and Promotion for Dr. Doug Roland, University at Buffalo 2013-17 Member, Admissions Committee, Linguistics, University at Buffalo 2016 Member, Ad-hoc Bylaws Committee, Linguistics, University at Buffalo 2016 Member, VAP Search Committee, Linguistics, University at Buffalo 2017- Member, Graduate Committee, University at Buffalo 2017- Mentor, Assistant Professor Christian diCanio THESIS AND POSTDOCTORAL SUPERVISION Postdoctoral Carrie Dyck. 1994-96. Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada (jointly supervised with K. Rice and E. Dresher of the University of Toronto) Ph.D. (University at Buffalo, and major advisor, unless otherwise specified) Hatcher, Richard. In progress. The Phonetics and Phonology of Cayuga Prosody Hill, Montgomery. 2020. A Revitalization Grammar of Tuscarora Cornelius, Samantha. 2018. Prosodic Phonology in Oklahoma Cherokee. External committee member. University of Texas, Arlington Lukaniec, Megan. 2018. The elaboration of verbal structure: Wendat (Huron) verb morphology. External committee member, UC Santa Barbara Uchihara, Hiroto. 2013. The Suprasegmental System of Oklahoma Cherokee. (Published by Oxford University Press, 2016) Sugiyama, Yukiko. 2008. The Nature of Japanese Pitch Accent: An Experimental Study Heike Lehnert-LeHouillier. 2007. The Perception of Vowel Quantity: A Cross-Linguistic Investigation. (Co-advised with Doug Whalen, Haskin Laboratories, Yale University) Percy Abrams. 2006. Onondaga Pronominal Prefixes Ameyo Awuku. 2006. Physio-psychological concept expressions in Ewe: a syntax- semantics lexicon Matthew Davidson. 2002. Topics in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar Craig Kopris. 2001. A Grammar and Dictionary of Wyandot Yongnam Um. 2001. Tone and related phonological aspects of Middle Korean and Modern Korean dialects with special reference to vowel length Fengxian Li. 1993. Diachronic study of V-V compounds in Chinese Harry Bochner. 1988. The forms of words: A theory of lexical relationships. (Co-supervised with Jill Carrier) Harvard University. Published by Foris (1993) Norman Janis. 1987. A grammar of Biblical accents. Harvard University Wendy Lewis. 1986. The loss of the strong conjugation in Middle Irish. (Co-supervised with Calvert Watkins) Harvard University M.A./QP (University at Buffalo, Advisor) Hatcher, Richard. 2017. Word Order in Iroquoian (Oneida) Diaz, Thomas. 2016. An Information-based Morphology Approach to Pronominal Prefixes in Oneida 4 Hill, Monty. 2015. Measuring Newsworthiness: Towards a Rigorous Model of Discourse Phenomena in Tuscarora Lehnert, Heike. 2002. Phonetic and Phonological Aspects of Liquid Devoicing in Thai, Hungarian, and American English Cori Grimm. 1997. The Phonetic realization of Pitch Accent in the Ontario Dialect of Oneida Alissa Melinger. 1997. Syllabification, Foot Structure and Accent in Seneca Jordan Lachler. 1994. Seneca aspect suffixes and the Alternating Base Hypothesis Anna Keusen. 1994. The focus on Ne:’ in Cayuga Craig Kopris. 1994. An RRG account of the distribution of Seneca pronominal affixes Kathy Binns. 1994. To be or not to be: zero in linguistic description Ryang-Sang Oh. 1991. Syllable Structure in Korean B.A. (University at Buffalo unless otherwise specified) Julia Cordani. 2019. A Single-Speaker Profile of the Sounds of the Seneca Language. Hadley Houck. 2019. Are Trumpets Really Arrogant? Instruments as Metaphors. Jacob Morse. 2016. Variation between Utterance-initial /h/ and /ʔ/ in Oneida Christian T. DiCanio. 2001. Prosodic Domains in Co-constructed Speech: Intonational Overlay Rolf Noyer. 1988. Formal problems in the phonology and morphology of Welsh and Irish consonant mutation (Summa cum laude). Harvard University David Silva. 1986. New perspectives on the Portuguese vowel shift. Harvard University Greg Maggs. 1985. Rules of synchronic metathesis (Summa cum laude). Harvard University George Aaron Broadwell. 1983. Against metrical feet in Hebrew (Summa cum laude) Harvard University FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS 1976-77 Quebec Government Bourse. 1976-79 Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship. 1978-79 Phillips Fund Grant, American Philosophical Society. $1,000. 1979-82 Oneida Language Teaching Development Project. Secretary of State, Ottawa. $60,000. (with Jim Freedman) 1980 Algonquian and Iroquoian Language Teachers Conference. Secretary of State. With Roberta Miskokomin and John Nichols. $4,000. 1980-81 Oneida Language Teaching Development Project. Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. $24,500. 1980-81 Oneida texts. Urgent Ethnology Contract 1630-1-054. Ethnological Research Contract Programme, National Museum of Man, Ottawa. $4,620. 1981 National Museum of Man, Summer Youth Employment Project. $17,000. 1981-82 Oneida Language, Teaching Development Project. Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. $16,500. 1981-83 Comparative Mohawk-Oneida stem list with notes. Urgent Ethnology Contract 1630-1-54. Ethnological Research Contract Programme, National Museum of Man, Ottawa. $4,690. 1982 National Museum of Man, Summer Youth Employment Project. $22,150. 5 1982 Oneida Dictionary. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, Native Community Branch. $5,000. (with Elda Antone and Jim Freedman) 1982-85 Oneida syntax. Urgent Ethnology Contract
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