Dr. Barbra Meek

Biography

Barbra Meek is a Professor of Anthropology Linguistics at the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and Arts. She serves as the Associate Dean for Social Sciences and holds the University Diversity Social Transformation Professorship. Meek's research focuses on the representations and performances of linguistic difference, its management, and social inequality, particularly as it pertains to North America's Native American languages. She is involved in collaborative projects with colleagues from the University of British Columbia and various Yukon Territory education officials and Indigenous communities. Meek's notable research interests include language endangerment and revitalization, as well as discrimination and difference. She has received several awards including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship. Meek has published extensively, with works addressing the poetics of language revitalization and the challenges faced by Native American languages.

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