Faculty and doctoral students presented their research and contributed to scholarly discussions on language documentation and revitalization at the International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC) in Hawaii.
Presenters included:
Sylvia Schreiner, associate professor and director of the Language Documentation Lab, presented “A Community–and Speaker-Centered Field Methods Curriculum.”
Nilima Hakim Mow, doctoral student, and Sylvia Schreiner presented “Challenges and Insights: Surveying Language Attitudes in an Endangered Indigenous Language Community.”
Joy Elizabeth Liebl, graduate student, presented “Digital Documentation for Diasporic Data: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions for Working with Diaspora Communities,” in collaboration with her co-authors and under the supervision of Géraldine Walther, assistant professor and director of the Computational Linguistics Lab.
Benjamin Hunt, doctoral candidate, presented “Developing a Toolkit for Community-Led Language Documentation and Reclamation in Akuzipik” at ComputEL, held prior to ICLDC.
This conference provided an opportunity for Mason scholars to engage with researchers and language communities, exchange ideas, and contribute to ongoing efforts in language preservation and documentation. The Linguistics Program at Mason remains committed to impactful, community-centered research that supports language revitalization and documentation initiatives worldwide.
March 19, 2025