[Linganth] MA in Linguistic Anthropology at Northern Arizona University

[Martina Volfova]

Hi everybody,
If there are any students out there considering this awesome MA program at
NAU and have questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. I went through
this program (I graduated in 2013) and would be happy to share my
experience and offer insights.

Best,

Martina

*Martina Volfova*
*PhD Candidate*
*Department of Anthropology*
*University of British Columbia*
*Vancouver, BC*

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Leila Monaghan <leila.monaghan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *MA Program in Linguistic Anthropology*
>
>
>
> The vibrant, growing Northern Arizona University Department of
> Anthropology is seeking students interested in an MA in linguistic
> anthropology.  Located in beautiful northern Arizona, just an hour and a
> half from the Grand Canyon, the faculty maintains a range of active
> research programs, internationally and in the US Southwest. The department
> has a diverse staff of over twenty full time faculty including four
> linguistic anthropologists.  The Anthropology MA offers both theoretical
> and applied options, including a unique program in applied linguistic
> anthropology that features options in medical and health-related
> anthropology and other applied fields. The department offers a monthly
> seminar series, and close cross campus connections with the Native American
> Cultural Center and a range of academic units. The department has an
> excellent track record for the placement of its graduates in a wide variety
> of jobs and prestigious PhD programs. Due to a recent generous legacy from
> Ray Madden, along with regular teaching and research graduate
> assistantships, the department is also able to offer support to many of its
> students. For more information about Madden scholarship, please see:
> http://nau.edu/uploadedFiles/Academic/SBS/Anthropology/
> Student_Resources/Madden_Scholars.pdf Application deadline for our MA
> program and for the Madden scholarship is February 15th 2017.
>
>
>
> For more information about the program and application process, please
> contact Dr. Kerry Thompson, the Graduate Coordinator,
> Kerry.Thompson at nau.edu, Dr. Jim Wilce, Jim.Wilce at nau.edu, Dr. Janina
> Fenigsen, Janina.Fenigsen at nau.edu, or Dr. Leila Monaghan,
> Leila.Monaghan at nau.edu.
>
>
>
> *Linguistic anthropology faculty:*
>
> Jim Wilce (PhD) has research interests are in semiotics, emotion,
> ethnopoetics and performance, and language, power, and medicine in
> Bangladesh, South Asia generally, Finland, and the United States.  For
> Wilce’s publications see: *https://nau.academia.edu/JamesWilce
> <https://nau.academia.edu/JamesWilce>.*
>
> Janina Fenigsen (PhD) does research on language policy, linguistic
> heritage, creole languages, health promotion, neoliberalism, and semiotics
> of emotion, in Barbados and the United States. Part of this work is an
> ongoing research project with Wilce looking at socialization and
> transformations of human experience and subjectivity in the contexts of
> school violence prevention programs in Northern Arizona. For Fenigsen’s
> publications see: https://nau.academia.edu/JaninaFenigsen.
>
>
>
> Leila Monaghan (PhD) works in fields including Deaf and disability
> studies, the history of Plains Indian women, and the history of linguistic
> anthropology.  She is particularly interested in issues of language
> ideologies and the intersections between language, culture, and history in
> New Zealand and the United States. See her publications at:
> https://nau.academia.edu/LeilaMonaghan.
>
>
>
> Clinton D. Humphrey (PhD) integrates fine-grained analyses of discourse
> and embodied (inter)action with theories of structural and symbolic
> violence to explore experiences of social suffering and chronic illness
> within Miskitu communities in Nicaragua. Humphrey’s publications are at:
> https://nau.academia.edu/ClintonDHumphrey.
>
> --
> Leila Monaghan, PhD
> Northern Arizona University
> Department of Anthropology
>
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