Kristin Denham

Kristin Denham
Alma mater	University of Washington
Scientific career
Fields	Linguistics
Website	Kristin Denham

Kristin E. 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.

References

1. "Kristin Denham, PhD". Western Washington University Linguistics Department. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
2. "Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
3. "K. Denham | Semantic Scholar". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
4. "A minimalist account of optional wh-movement". University of Washington ResearchWorks Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
5. "Current(ish) CV | Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
6. "Linguistics in K-12 Education | Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
7. "Member Spotlight: Kristin Denham". Linguistic Society of America. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
8. "WWU's Kristin Denham inducted into the 2024 class of Fellows of the Linguistics Society of America | Western Washington University". WW News. Retrieved 2024-03-08.