Faculty
The following Berkeley faculty are currently members of the Graduate Group in Indigenous Language Revitalization:
- Patricia Baquedano-López(link is external) (Education): Chair of the Graduate Group in Indigenous Language Revitalization
- Christine Beier (Linguistics)
- Andrew Garrett(link is external) (Linguistics)
- Leanne Hinton (Linguistics, emerita)
- Lev Michael(link is external) (Linguistics)
- Line Mikkelsen(link is external) (Linguistics)
- Beth Piatote(link is external) (Comparative Literature & English): Head Graduate Adviser for the Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language Revitalization
Staff
Johnny Morales Arellano, Linguistics/DE-ILR Graduate Student Services
1207 Dwinelle Hall MC#2650
Graduate Students
The following Berkeley graduate students are currently enrolled in the Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language Revitalization:
- Lissett Bastidas (History)
- Ataya Cesspooch (ESPM)
- Maria Chi-Chable (Ethnic Studies)
- Talia Dixon (Performance Studies)
- Becky Everson (Linguistics)
- Claudia Iron Hawk (Linguistics)
- Julianne Kapner (Linguistics)
- Tyler Lee-Wynant (Linguistics)
- Anna Macknick (Linguistics)
- Tzintia Montano Ramirez (Linguistics)
- Jesus Nazario (Ethnic Studies)
- Julia Peck (Linguistics)
- Abby Roberts (Linguistics)
- Henry Sales (Education)
- Måsi Santos (Linguistics)
- Madeleine Strait (Linguistics)
- Julian Vargo (Hispanic Languages and Literatures)
- Oliver Whitmore (Romance Languages - French)
Recent PhDs:
2026:
- Cristina Mendez (Education PhD); "B’intzi Qyoli/ Listen to Our Voices: Maya Mam Women’s Transborder Leadership in Language and Cultural Reclamation".
2025:
- Pa Vue (Education PhD); "Remembering Hmong Language and Culture with Youth: An Ethnographic Study of Living Language through Participatory Design".
- Alan Waxman (Landscape PhD); "An Atlas for Land Back: Marginalization in a California Climate Area".
2023:
- Emily Drummond (Linguistics PhD); "Clause structure and ergativity in Nukuoro".
- Edwin Ko (Linguistics PhD); "Studies in Crow Linguistics: Documentation, Grammar, and History". Lecturer, Linguistics, Yale University.
- Tessa Scott (Linguistics PhD); "Pronouns and agreement in San Juan Atitán Mam". Postdoctoral Fellow, Future of Higher Education, UC Berkeley
2022:
- Nate Gong (Education, PhD); "IKUNA: Articulating Stories and Knowledge of Indigenous Oceanic Roots and Routes"
2021:
- Julia Nee (Linguistics PhD); "Participatory Action Research in Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Language Revitalization". Bilingual Research Associate, Exploratorium, San Francisco.
- Esther Ramer (Classics PhD); "What Does the Fox Say? A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Aesop and the Talking Animal Tradition". Accommodations Coordinator, Housing Assignments Office, UC Berkeley
2020:
-
Sara Chase (Education PhD, 2020); "Na:tinixwe Education as a Site for (Re)newed Words and Worlds". Assistant professor, Department of Child Development, Cal Poly Humboldt.