Douglas Biber
Educational and Professional Experience

Education

B.S. 1974 The Pennsylvania State Univ.: Geophysics
M.A. 1977 The Univ. of Texas at Arlington: Linguistics
M.A. 1982 Univ. of Southern California: Linguistics
Ph.D. 1984 Univ. of Southern California: Linguistics
Ph.D. 2000 Honorary degree; Univ. of Uppsala, Sweden

 

Professional Experience

1990-present
Regents' Professor, Applied Linguistics Program, English Department, Northern Arizona University
(Regents' Professor since 2000)

1984-1990
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California
(joint appointment with Speech Science and Technology from 1984-1986)

 

Short-term Teaching and Research Appointments

 

April 2008                  Visiting Professor, Graduate School

                                    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Spring 2004               Distinguished Lecturer, School of Education

                                    Temple University Japan, Tokyo and Osaka

 

Winter 2004               Visiting Professor, Linguistics Department

                                    Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

 

Fall 2003                    Guest Researcher, Research Centre on Multilingualism

                                    University of Hamburg, Germany

 

Summer 2003           Visiting Professor, Linguistic Society of America

                                    Michigan State University

 

Summer 2000           Visiting Professor, English Department

                                    University of Zurich, Switzerland

 

Winter 2000               Visiting Professor, Langnet Program,

                                    University of Helsinki, Finland

 

Spring 1997              Visiting Professor, English Department,

                                    University of Uppsala, Sweden

 

Fall 1996                    Guest Researcher

                                    Centre for Advanced Study

                                    Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Oslo, Norway

 

Spr./Sum. 1993         Visiting Professor (Guest Researcher)

                                    Computing Centre for the Humanities

                                    University of Bergen, Norway

 

Spring 1990              Visiting Professor

                                    English Department

                                    University of Stockholm, Sweden

 

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