Timothy P Henry - Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Experience | Publications and Presentations | Academic Service | PDF Version

Education

2009 - present

Doctoral candidate in Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dissertation: "A Pedagogical Grammar of Ventureño Chumash: Implementing Grammatical Theory in Grammar Writing"
Expected date of completion: June 2011
Optional emphasis: Applied Linguistics

2009

C.Phil., Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara

2008

M.A., Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis: From Inalienable to Indefinite in Mitsqanaqa'n (Ventureño) Chumash

2004

B.A., Linguistics, Summa Cum Laude: Department of English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics, California State University, Fullerton

 

Professional Background

As instructor, University of California, Santa Barbara

2010

Story of English (spring)

As teaching assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara

2010

Introductory Linguistics (winter)
   
2009 Phonetics (fall)
  Historical Linguistics (spring)
  Language and Society (winter)
   
2008 Historical Linguistics (spring)
   
2007 Story of English
  Language and Power (winter)
  Introductory Linguistics (summer)

 

 

Publications

Refereed Journals

submitted

"The Reality of Advanced Tongue Root Contrasts in Mongolian Vowels"
Proceedings  
(in press) "Dictionary Making: Forcing the Hand," in Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America, ed. K. Matsumoto-Gray, N. A. Walker, Salt Lake, UT: Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL).

 

 

Presentations and Guest Lectures
2010

‘Dictionary Making: Forcing the Hand,’ presented at the 6th Annual Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America, April 9-11
   
2009a

‘Areal Linguistics and Pidgins and Creoles,’ guest lecture given to a course in historical linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara May 26
b

‘From Inalienable to Indefinite in Mitsqanaqa’n (Ventureño) Chumash,’ presented at the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of America (SSILA) in conjunction with the Linguistics Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, January
   
2007a

‘Teaching Articles in Mitsqanqa’n (Ventureño) Chumash,’ presented at the 4th Annual Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America, March
b

‘Writing Systems,’ guest lecture given to at an introductory course in linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, August
   
2005

‘The Effectiveness of Language Preservation in Gaelic Languages,’ presented at the 14th Annual Linguistics Symposium, California State University, Fullerton, April

 

Service to American Indigenous Communities

2010

Field supervisor for an independent project in Chumash linguistics by Matthew Vestuto (Ventureño Chumash descendant)
2008

‘Learning Ventureño Chumash: Making simple sentences,’ presented at the Oakbrook Regional Park Chumash Interpretive Center, February 22
2007 'Learning Ventureño Chumash: Animals,' presented at the Oakbrook Regional Park Chumash Interpretive Center, September 29
  'Learning Ventureño Chumash: The Body,' presented at the Oakbrook Regional Park Chumash Interpretive Center, June 30
  'Learning Ventureño Chumash: Making verbs and nouns,' presented at the Oakbrook Regional Park Chumash Interpretive Center, May 11
  'Learning Ventureño Chumash: Sounds,' presented at the Oakbrook Regional Park Chumash Interpretive Center, May 8

 

Languages

Reading:

French, Italian, Spanish
Structural knowledge: Chumash languages, Xalxa Mongolian, Germanic languages, Latinate languages
Studying: Ventureño Chumash, Xalxa Mongolian (continuing), Old English, Middle English, English dialects, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish (Californian and Mexican)

 

Funding, Awards, Grants

2010-2011

Graduate Opportunity Fellowship: University of California, Santa Barbara

2005-2010

University of California Fellow: University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Academic Service

2010-2011

Native American Indian Languages academic group, treasurer
  Workshop on American Indian Languages, registrar
2009-2010 Native American Indian Languages academic group, coordinator
  Workshop on American Indian Languages, Program committee
2008-2009 Native American Indian Languages academic group, treasurer
  Workshop on American Indian Languages, treasurer
2007-2008 Workshop on American Indian Languages, Program committee
2006-2007 Workshop on American Indian Languages, Program committee

 

Professional Affiliations

Linguistics Society of America
Chumash Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians

Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
   
Last updated: 10/29/2010