Shannon Ward

Assistant Professor

Anthropology

Office: ART 270
Phone: 250.807.8695
Email: shannon.ward@ubc.ca

Research Summary

Linguistic Anthropology; language acquisition and socialization; language shift; language endangerment; heritage language education; language documentation; oral history; Tibet and the Himalayas; modern China; South Asian diasporas; migration

Courses & Teaching

Linguistic Anthropology; multilingualism; language documentation and revitalization.

Degrees

PhD, New York University
MA, New York University
BA, Wellesley College