Nahuatl and the academy

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

Piyali listeros,
	Would anyone like to comment on what I perceive to be an underrepresentation of Nahuatl, or perhaps a lack of consolidation of its study in US university programs that deal with diverse aspects of American indigenous civilization. I know that in my area, Literature, South American languages have been overrepresented, at least since I was in graduate school. And the two graduate programs that I know of that actually specialize in indigenous languages, Iowa and UC Davis, don't offer classes in Nahuatl. Also, it seems to me that in schools where there are more than one person who works with some aspect of Nahuatl, they don't actually collaborate on anything.
	Has anyone thought about this? Does anyone plan on building a strong program in Nahuatl anywhere?
John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
Professor of Nahua language and culture
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Zacatecas Institute of Teaching and Research in Ethnology
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