Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics
Her teaching and research interests include grammatical structure; Native American language and literatures; dialect studies, including the use of dialect in literature; and applications of linguistics in K-12 education. She has published four books; Linguistics for Every one: An Introduction (Cengage/Wadsworth, 2010) and Navigating English Grammar (Blackwell 2013) (both co-authored with Anne Lobeck), Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics into K-12 Education (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005), and Linguistics at School: Language Awareness in Primary and Secondary Education (Cambridge University Press, 2010) (both co-edited with Anne Lobeck), and has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters.
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About Kristin Denham
Her teaching and research interests include grammatical structure; Native American language and literatures; dialect studies, including the use of dialect in literature; and applications of linguistics in K-12 education. She has published four books; Linguistics for Every one: An Introduction (Cengage/Wadsworth, 2010) and Navigating English Grammar (Blackwell 2013) (both co-authored with Anne Lobeck), Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics into K-12 Education (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005), and Linguistics at School: Language Awareness in Primary and Secondary Education (Cambridge University Press, 2010) (both co-edited with Anne Lobeck), and has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters.
| Present | Faculty Member, Western Washington University ‐ Western Expert | |
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| Present | Professor and Chair, Linguistics Department, Western Washington University ‐ Department of Linguistics | |
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| Present | Professor, Department of English, Western Washington University ‐ Department of English | |
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Disciplines
Linguistics and Syntax
Research Interests
Grants
| 2006 - 2008 | The Western Washington University Teaching Partnership Project: Improving Teacher Education in Linguistics through Partner Teaching and Curriculum Design |
| National Science Foundation | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): Anne Lobeck | |
| $126,454 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2015 - Present | Linguistics Program Director, Western Washington University | 2017 - 2019 | English Department, Advisory Committee, Western Washington University | 2016 - 2019 | Faculty Senate, Western Washington University | 2015 - 2016 | Libraries Task Force, Western Washington University | 2012 - 2013 | Academic Coordinating Commission, Western Washington University |
Honors and Awards
- Community Engagement Fellow, WWU, 2017-18
- Sustainability Fellow. Faculty member selected for Sustainability Workshops, winter and spring 2016.
- Faculty member selected for Internationalizing the Curriculum Workshops, winter and spring 2015.
- Western Washington University Summer Teaching Grant, 2014.
- Western Washington University Summer Teaching Grant, 2014. Faculty Development Summer Grant Award recipient, Center for Instructional Innovation, summer 2013.
- Nominated for the Linguistic Society of America’s prestigious Leonard Bloomfield Book Award for Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction.
- Professional Leave, fall 2006-winter 2007
- academic year 2013-14 Western Washington University Summer Teaching Grant, 2002, 2005, 2014 Western Washington University Summer Research Grant, 2001, 2010
| 1997 | Ph.D., University of Washington ‐ Linguistics | |
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| 1992 | M.A., University of Arizona ‐ Linguistics | |
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| 1989 | B.A., Swarthmore College ‐ Linguistics, French | |
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Links
Contact Information
Office: Humanities 341, Western Washington University
Phone: (360) 650-3217
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