American linguist
Kristin Denham is a linguist and professor in the Department of Linguistics at Western Washington University.[1] Her research and teaching interests include syntactic theory, Native American languages, language teaching and revitalization projects, and linguistics in K-12 education. Denham has studied question formation in Babine-Witsuwit'en, an Athabaskan language, and has also done some work on Salish languages, spoken throughout the Salish Sea region.[2][3]
Biography
Denham obtained her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Washington in 1997. Her dissertation was titled "A minimalist account of optional wh-movement". Her committee was chaired by Frederick Newmeyer.[4] Denham first joined Western Washington University in 1996 as a Visiting assistant professor.[5]
Denham directs several projects related to linguistics in K-12 education. Among these are Exploring Language: Daily Language Investigations for English Language Arts and Voices of the Pacific Northwest.[6] In April 2020, Denham was featured in the Linguistic Society of America's Member Spotlight.[7]
Awards
In 2024, Denham was inducted as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.[8]
Selected Publications
- Larson, Richard K.; Denham, Kristin; Lobeck, Anne (2019). "The AP Linguistics initiative". Language. 95 (3): e381–e393.
- Denham, Kristin; Lobeck, Anne (2010). Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction. Boston, MA: Cengage (Wadsworth).
- Denham, Kristin, and Anne Lobeck (eds.) (2005). Language in the schools: Integrating linguistic knowledge into K–12 education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
References
- ^ "Kristin Denham, PhD". Western Washington University Linguistics Department. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "K. Denham | Semantic Scholar". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "A minimalist account of optional wh-movement". University of Washington ResearchWorks Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Current(ish) CV | Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Linguistics in K-12 Education | Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Member Spotlight: Kristin Denham". Linguistic Society of America. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "WWU's Kristin Denham inducted into the 2024 class of Fellows of the Linguistics Society of America | Western Washington University". WW News. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
