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Part One: UNM Professor helps shape signed language research

Season 3
Episode #9
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Erin Wilkinson, a professor of linguistics at The University of New Mexico, is helping to chart the future of signed language research. Wilkinson, who is deaf, discusses her recent research on the similarities between American Sign Language and Langue des Signes de Côte d’Ivoire as well as her path to academia and the impact of mobility on the deaf community. Read more on Wilkinson’s work, For the full video interview, visit ⁠UNM News⁠.

About Our Guest(s)

Erin Wilkinson

Erin Wilkinson is a professor and associate chair of linguistics at The University of New Mexico, where she has worked since 2018. She is one of only a limited number of deaf tenure-track faculty members around the world. Her research broadly focuses on bilingualism, language documentation and description, language change and variation, typology and planning and policy in highly diverse signing communities. In addition, Wilkinson serves as an editor for Sign Language Studies and for the Cambridge Press in their Elements series on Sign Languages. She received her PHD from UNM in 2009.

Hosted by UCAM's Cameron Goeldner

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Cameron Goeldner is a senior public relations specialist on The University of New Mexico’s Communication and Marketing Team (UCAM). In addition to his work producing It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science, he also produces stories, photos and videos for the UNM Newsroom.

Goeldner, who attended UNM, won multiple New Mexico Press Association Awards while at the Valencia County News-Bulletin before a stint designing newspapers, including the Denver Post, for MediaNews Group. As the newest member of the UCAM team, Goeldner is excited to help spread the word about the incredible research happening at The University of New Mexico.