Kristin Denham is a linguist and professor in the Department of Linguistics at Western Washington University. ^[1] Her research and teaching interests include syntactic theory, Native American languages, language teaching and revitalization projects, and linguistics in K-12 education. Denham has studied question formation in Babine-Witsuwit'en, an Athabaskan language, and has also done some work on Salish languages, spoken throughout the Salish Sea region. ^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Denham obtained her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Washington in 1997. Her dissertation was titled "A minimalist account of optional wh-movement". Her committee was chaired by Frederick Newmeyer. ^[4] Denham first joined Western Washington University in 1996 as a Visiting assistant professor. ^[5]

Denham directs several projects related to linguistics in K-12 education. Among these are Exploring Language: Daily Language Investigations for English Language Arts and Voices of the Pacific Northwest. ^[6] In April 2020, Denham was featured in the Linguistic Society of America's Member Spotlight. ^[7]

Awards

In 2024, Denham was inducted as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America. ^[8]

Selected Publications

• Larson, Richard K.; Denham, Kristin; Lobeck, Anne (2019). "The AP Linguistics initiative". Language. 95 (3): e381–e393.
• Denham, Kristin; Lobeck, Anne (2010). Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction. Boston, MA: Cengage (Wadsworth).
• Denham, Kristin, and Anne Lobeck (eds.) (2005). Language in the schools: Integrating linguistic knowledge into K–12 education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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