Mary Willie

Mary Willie Navajo; holds a tenure track appointment in Linguistics with a shared appointment in American Indian Studies. Professor Willie's latest scholarship focuses on psych verbs in Navajo, the expression of modality in Navajo, and number and person in Dine. She is developing a major proposal to NSF to study morphological knowledge of Navajo speakers. She has taught in the American Indian Language Development Institute for the past 10 years and works with AIS graduate students who need to meet the M.A. language requirement. Professor Willie has an extensive service/outreach record including a three year term on the UA Graduate Council and the AIS Curriculum Committee since 1994.