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Éedaa Heather Dawn Burge, Ph.D.

Éedaa Heather Dawn Burge, Ph.D. (she/her)

Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Languages

Arts and Sciences — Humanities

Education

  • Ph.D. Linguistic Anthropology (2024) - University of British Columbia
  • MA Linguistics (2017) - University of British Columbia
  • BLA Alaska Native Languages & Studies (2015) - University of Alaska Southeast

Research Interests

  • Indigenous language revitalization/ reclamation
  • Language ideology
  • Decolonization and oppression as it relates to language
  • Gender & sexuality in language acquisition
  • Identity in Indigenous language work
  • Governmental and organizational structures as they relate to Indigenous language learning
  • Morphosemantics & language revitalization
  • Ethnographic methods in relation to Indigenous language work
  • Northwest Coast, Arctic/Subarctic

Courses Taught

UAS Courses

  • ANS 101 Intro to Alaska Native Studies
  • AKL 105/106 Beginning Tlingit I & II
  • AKL 205/206 Intermediate Tlingit I & II
  • ANS 240 Indigenous Oral Literature
  • AKL 290/470 Indigenous Language Revitalization
  • AKL 393 ST: Ḵaa Ée Dultóow Yé: Language Workshop
  • AKL 415 Indigenous Language Instructional Strategies
  • AKL 460 Indigenous Language Field Methods
  • AKL 471 Indigenous Language Teacher Apprenticeship
  • AKL 490 Practicum in Indigenous Language Education
  • ANS 499 Indigenous Studies Capstone

Other Courses

  • LING 181 Intro to Linguistics of Language Revitalization - University of Victoria
  • CILR 159 - University of Victoria
  • FNLG 335 Special Topics in Language: Language Revitalization Training - Simon Fraser University

Biography

Éedaa ḵa Heather Dawn Burge yoo duwasáakw. A toot jiwduwataan, ach áwé Gaanax̱teidí áwé. Yéil náx̱ sitee. G̱uneiwtí du at aawatee, ach áwé du tláa yóo duwasáakw G̱uneiwtí. Du tláa tsú Judi Holder yóo duwasáakw. Dléit ḵaa yádi áwé. Jilḵaat ḵwáan ḵa Akwesasne ḵwáan sitee. Kanienʼkehá:ka dachx̱án áwé. Gunalchéesh.

Professor Burge has worked as full-time faculty at UAS since 2021.

Éedaa Heather Dawn Burge, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Languages

Arts and Sciences — Humanities

Éedaa Heather Dawn Burge, Ph.D.
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