Our Team
Our teams at the 蜜桃影像 Native Language Center and 蜜桃影像 Native Langugage Archive are dedicated to the revitalization of 蜜桃影像 Native languages.
Our supportive faculty and staff, expert emeritus and affiliate faculty, and community of language champions are committed to supporting language learners and sharing our collective knowledge. Reach out today to learn more.
Faculty
Samuel Alexander
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Gwich'in
Brooks 107B
Anna Berge
Professor of Linguistics and 蜜桃影像 Native Language Archive Director
蜜桃影像 Native Language Center
Brooks 421
Anna Berge received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997. She has specialized in West Greenlandic and Unangam Tunuu (Aleut) and does theoretical and descriptive work in syntax and discourse. She is currently working on comparative Eskimo-Aleut linguistics, Aleut language documentation, and Aleut language learning materials.
Walkie Charles
Associate Professor of Yup鈥檌k and Faculty Fellow
蜜桃影像 Native Language Center
Brooks 107D
Walkie Charles received his PhD in Applied Linguistics in 2011. His interests include Dynamic Assessment, Sociocultural Theory, and Yugtun (Yup'ik Eskimo) Language teaching and learning. Since Walkie began teaching Yugtun at 蜜桃影像, he has been involved in the Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE) Program, through which he earned his doctorate. His dissertation was titled Dynamic Assessment in a Yugtun L2 Intermediate Adult Classroom.
Qa摹摹un Chelsey Zibell
Assistant Professor of I帽upiaq Language
蜜桃影像 Native Language Center
Brooks 107C
Qa摹摹un Chelsey Zibell received an M. Ed. from the University of 蜜桃影像 Fairbanks with a focus on Secondary Education in 2017. Her interests include I帽upiaq grammar, I帽upiaq language literature development, and online curriculum development. She is also the faculty advisor for the I帽u-Yupiaq Dance Group, a 蜜桃影像 student organization that practices traditional I帽upiaq and Yup'ik dances.
Bruce Ervin
Assistant Professor of Language and Culture
Interior 蜜桃影像 Campus, Tok Center
David Engles
Adjunct Faculty
David Engles grew up in Minto, 蜜桃影像. He learned his language from his elders, and has many fond memories of speaking his language and listening to it every day growing up.
Sally Samson
Associate Professor of Yup'ik and Culture
Kuskokwim Campus
Staff
John DiCandeloro
Collections Manager
蜜桃影像 Native Language Archive
John DiCandeloro is the Collections Manager at the 蜜桃影像 Native Language Archive. Originally from Oklahoma, John has a background in library science and less commonly taught languages. His interests include historical sociolinguistics, book history, and cultural heritage conservation.
Jason Harris
Emeritus
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Professor Emeritus
蜜桃影像 Native Language Center
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Andr茅 Bourcier
Affiliate Faculty
Linguistics
Yukon Native Language Centre
Perry Gilmore
Affiliate Faculty
蜜桃影像 Native Language Center
University of Arizona
Gary Holton
Affiliate Faculty
蜜桃影像 Native Language Center
University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa
John Ritter
Affiliate Faculty
蜜桃影像 Native Language Center
Yukon Native Language Centre