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Douglas Biber |
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