Kevan Joe

Kevan Joe
Lecturer of Native American & Indigenous Studies

Areas of expertise:

  • Linguistics
  • Native American Languages
  • Language Documentation, Preservation, and Revitalization
  • Navajo & Na-Dene Languages and Linguistics
  • Polysynthesis in Languages of the Americas
  • Language Change and Shift

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Arizona, Anticipated 2024
  • M.A. in Linguistics (Specialization in Native American Languages), University of Arizona, 2021
  • B.A. in Linguistics, University of Arizona, 2014

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About Kevan Joe

My experience teaching students Linguistics includes teaching from my Navajo (Diné) upbringing. This background led me to develop a curriculum of knowledge that embraces Diné epistemologies and pedagogies to study and research Linguistic phenomena that occurs in naturally spoken and signed communities around the world.

My current field of study focuses on Language Documentation, Revitalization, and Preservation. This broad field of study embraces community-based engagement to combat language loss and is a learning objective and outcome I strive to demonstrate to my students in the courses I have taught. I am currently writing my dissertation, “Critical Linguistic Pedagogies and Research.”