Iain Edgewater
- Anthropological linguistics and linguistic anthropology
- Psychodynamic aspects of language
- Psychological anthropology
- NLP and computational linguistics
- Southeast Asian languages (esp. Austronesian and Austroasiatic)
- Native languages of North America (esp. Pacific Northwest)
- Celtic languages
- Translation studies
I will be on a leave of absence during the 2022-2023 school year, though hovering nearby. :)
Education:
MA, 1993 (& ABD 1994), Anthropology - Emory University.
Vietnamese language study at multiple SEASSI programs, and in Hanoi, 1991-1993.
BA, 1990, Anthropology and Psychology - University of Kentucky.
Additional coursework in mathematics, computer science, information technology, and English, Edmonds Community College, 2017-2020.
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Teaching experience:
Instructor of record (Type I teaching assistant), 2021-2022
- University of Kentucky, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
(Technical Writing x2/2 semesters)
Instructor and Tutor, Princeton Review Northwest, 2004-2007
(LSAT, MCAT)
Adjunct instructor of anthropology, 1995-1996 - Seattle University, Department of Sociology
(Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 4 quarters, Culture and Personality, Northwest Coast Peoples)
Co-instructor, 1993 - Emory University, Department of Anthropology
[with Dr Fredrik Barth and Dr Alexander Hinton] (Southeast Asian Cultures)
Teaching assistant / lab instructor, 1991-1992, 1994 - Emory University, Department of Anthropology
[with Dr Charles Nuckolls, Dr Michael Harkin, Dr Euclid O. Smith]
(Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 2 semesters, Introduction to Physical Anthopology [lab])
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Selected publications and presentations:
Toward deep motivation as a factor in language change: Notes on the nasal->stop transition in Lushootseed (Puget Salish). Paper given at the 10th Annual Central Kentucky Linguistics Conference (CKLiC), April 2022, Lexington, Kentucky.
Edgewater, Iain D. 1999. Music hath charms...: Fragments toward constructionist biocultural theory, with attention to the relationship of "music" and "emotion". In Biocultural Approaches to the Emotions, ed. Alexander Laban Hinton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.