MARIANNA DI PAOLO portrait
  • Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • Associate Professor Emeritus, Linguistics
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Linguistics
  • 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.