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Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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Associate Professor Emeritus, Linguistics
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Linguistics
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Associate Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department
Professional Service
- American Dialect Society.
Executive Council Member. 2017-2020.
12/16/2016 - 01/08/2021
- Linguistic Society of America.
Member of Committee for Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics.
12/01/2016 - present
- Linguistic Society of America.
Ex-Officio member of Tribal Colleges & Universities / LSA Advisory Committee. 2016-2017.
11/04/2016 - present
- Ampersand: An International Journal of General and Applied Linguistics. Elsevier journal.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
04/2014 - present
- Utah Natural Museum of Natural History.
Role: Content Advisor.
Advising Northern Light Productions in creating exhibits for new museum regarding native people of Utah, esp. Shoshone and Goshute.
12/15/2010 - 02/15/2011
- LinguistList Advisory Board.
Board Member.
07/2008 - present
- University of California-Davis.
Role: External reviewer.
External reviewer of the Graduate Group in Linguistics at UC-Davis.
05/2008 - 05/2008
- Utah State Supreme Court .
Role: Linguist/layperson committee member.
Committee on Model Utah Jury Instructions-Civil.
03/2003 - present
- Language, Language Variation & Change, American Speech, Journal of Sociolinguistics, Journal of Phonetics, Idaho Yesterdays, Language and Linguistics Compass, Journal of Language Contact, Language in Society, Language Documentation & Conservations, a.
Reviewer for refereed journals.
07/01/1982 - present
Internal Service
- American Indian Resource Center Advisory Board.
Member,
09/30/2014 - present.
University service.
- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Classroom Building Planning Committee. 2014-.
Member, representing Anthropology,
01/2014 - 06/30/2014.
College service.
- Academic Senate.
Senator,
08/01/2011 - 06/30/2013.
University service.
- Academic Policy Advisory Committee.
Member.,
08/01/2009 - 06/30/2012.
University service.
- Consolidated Hearing Committee. August 1, 2006-July 31, 2012.
Panel member.,
08/01/2006 - 07/31/2012.
University service.
- Academic Senate.
Senator, College of Humanities.,
08/01/2007 - 07/31/2010.
University service.
- Linguistics Undergraduate Committee .
Member.,
08/15/2010 - 06/30/2012.
Department service.
- Salaries and Annuities Committee.
Member.,
08/01/2006 - 07/31/2009.
University service.
Community Partnership
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribe language program.
03/06/2017 - present
- South Fork Band Shoshone Tribe, Elko Band Shoshone Tribe, Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe, Confederated Tribe of the Goshutes Tribe.
10/14/2016 - present
- Indian Walk-In Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Collaboration on Shoshone and Navajo language curriculum and teacher training.
02/2011 - 12/2011
- Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Head Start Program.
08/2010 - 03/08/2014
- Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation .
01/2008 - 06/30/2011
- Ely Shoshone Tribe. ANA sponsored Language Documentation and Revitalization project.
01/2008 - 12/31/2008
- Ely Shoshone Tribe, South Fork Band Shoshone Tribe, Elko Band Shoshone Tribe, Wells Band Shoshone Tribe, Battle Mountain Shoshone Tribe, Duck Valley Shoshone Tribe, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe.
03/09/2007 - 10/14/2016
Outreach
- On-Radio appearance. Just One Question: Is the Utah ‘Accent’ Real? Interviewed by Lara Jones, July 22, 2015. Available on KRCL Music Blog http://www.krcl.org/tag/marianna-di-paolo/ .
05/18/2015 - present
- Organizing and participation in the White Ribbon Workshop in cooperation with the Shoshone/Goshute Youth Language Apprenticeship Program (SYLAP). White Ribbon (Toronto) is an international organization promoting healthly, nonviolent behaviors among men.
02/09/2015 - present
- Director of the Wick R. Miller Collection Shoshoni Language Project. We partner with Shoshone and Goshute communities in language revitalization projects.
07/2007 - present
Honors & Awards
- Community Member Award. In recognition of service on the Advisory Committee on Model Jury Instruction-Civil since 2003.
Utah State Bar Association,
11/10/2017
- The Shoshoni Language Project received the William G. Demmert Cultural Freedom Award.
National Indian Education Association,
11/2013
- Best of Utah award to the The Shoshoni Language Project.
Salt Lake City Weekly ,
03/2013
- An Introduction to Sociophonetics. Co-taught by Marianna Di Paolo and Malcah Yaeger-Dror at the 2011 LSA Summer Institute. University of Colorado-Boulder.
2011 Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute,
08/2010
In the Media
- Radio appearance. State of the Re:Union episode. “Salt Lake City, UT: Updating Tradition.” Regarding Shoshoni Language Project. Airing in May 2014. 05/2014.
- Appearance on Mountain TV in Park City. Topic: Shoshoni Language Project. December 11, 2013. 12/11/2013.
- Various news stories subsequent to release of Enee! video game. 08/2013.