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Jenny L Davis                                                                                                                    

Henry Roe Cloud Fellow
Howard Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers & Borders
Yale University
Jennifer (dot) Davis (at) colorado.edu

Chokma!

I'm a doctoral student in Linguistics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I originally hail from Oklahoma, and did my undergrad at Oklahoma State University (Go Pokes!). I received my MA from CU with a graduate certificate in Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP). In 2011-2012, I will be at Yale University as the Henry Roe Cloud Fellow.

My research is in Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology in language maintenance/revitalization and documentation in indigenous communities and I am particularly interested in how process of globalization affect these movements of linguistic reclamation.The other main area of interest is the linguistic negotiation of contemporary indigenous identity (with particular interest to identity negotiation in individuals or groups with multiple minority statuses) and the intersections of langauge, gender/sexuality, and ethnicity.

Upcoming Events and Activities- See you there!

Nov. 17, 2011:  "Where did you get that shirt?": Chickasaw language revitalization and the semiotics of community membership". Paper
                         presentation. 110th Annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
   
                        From T-Shirts to Political Speeches: Exploring the Semiotics of Indigenous Language Use and Revitalization. Panel Chair.
                        110th Annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.