Interview with Maarit Jaakkola, Ph.D.

Interview conducted by William Zhang 1. Can you tell me about your language and education background? I’m originally a journalism researcher, with a doctoral degree from Journalism Studies from Tampere University in Finland. However, as a university student, I took…

Interview with Brandon Locke

Greg Nedved interviews Brandon Locke, Director of World Languages and Immersion Programs for the Anchorage School District. https://youtu.be/bMqvvAEwxa8 Locke has also written about the Alaska Native History Curriculum. See the article here. The text below is automatically generated from the…

Interview with Vidya Nahar, Author and STARTALK Instructor

Interview conducted by Greg Nedved Please provide some background about Balodyan  I grew up in Mumbai, India, speaking 5 languages fluently (Marwadi – my mother tongue, Marathi, Hindi, English, Gujarat, and 4 languages at functional proficiency – Kutchi, Konkani, Sanskrit,…

Interview with Kathy Olson-Studler

As you may have seen in our newsletter or on our website, we are reaching out to language professionals around the country to join the Language Leadership Council. Our museum president, Greg Nedved, recently interviewed our Minnesotan liaison, Kathy Olson-Studler,…

Interview with Maarit Jaakkola, Ph.D.

Interview conducted by William Zhang 1. Can you tell me about your language and education background? I’m originally a journalism researcher, with a doctoral degree from Journalism Studies from Tampere University in Finland. However, as a university student, I took…

Interview with Brandon Locke

Greg Nedved interviews Brandon Locke, Director of World Languages and Immersion Programs for the Anchorage School District. https://youtu.be/bMqvvAEwxa8 Locke has also written about the Alaska Native History Curriculum. See the article here. The text below is automatically generated from the…

Interview with Vidya Nahar, Author and STARTALK Instructor

Interview conducted by Greg Nedved Please provide some background about Balodyan  I grew up in Mumbai, India, speaking 5 languages fluently (Marwadi – my mother tongue, Marathi, Hindi, English, Gujarat, and 4 languages at functional proficiency – Kutchi, Konkani, Sanskrit,…

Interview with Kathy Olson-Studler

As you may have seen in our newsletter or on our website, we are reaching out to language professionals around the country to join the Language Leadership Council. Our museum president, Greg Nedved, recently interviewed our Minnesotan liaison, Kathy Olson-Studler,…

Interview with Chelsea McCracken

Chelsea McCrackenA Grammar of Belep If you are a frequent follow of our website, you probably saw last month’s Language of the Month was about Belep, a language found in New Caledonia. My main contact point for information and clarification…