Kristine Hildebrandt | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. in Linguistics) |
| Occupation | linguist |
| Employer(s) | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Professor of English Language and Literature |
| Known for | research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas. |
| Notable work | Editor, Himalayan Linguistics; President, Endangered Language Fund (ELF) |
Kristine Hildebrandt is an American linguist who is known for her research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas. Her work focuses on the Nar-Phu and Gurung languages and other languages of the Manang District of Nepal, [1] [2] with an expertise in phonetics.
Hildebrandt earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2003 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. [3] She is a Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship Center at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. [4] Hildebrandt was the editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Himalayan Linguistics , [5] between 2024 and 2022. She served as the President of the Endangered Language Fund (ELF) until December 2024. [6]