Summary
Ignacio Montoya is an associate professor of linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Prior to his graduate work in linguistics, he taught in a wide variety of elementary and middle school classrooms and was motivated to pursue a Ph.D. in linguistics in part by his experiences as an educator. As a linguist, he approaches theoretical problems from functionalist perspectives in which findings in applied fields inform theory. In addition, he has interests in and experiences with endangered language revitalization and heritage language maintenance.
Research interests
- Language revitalization and reclamation
- Indigenous languages in North America
- Language prescriptivism
- Morphology
- Cognitive and usage-based approaches to grammar
Recent publications
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Montoya, Ignacio L., Julien De Jesus, & Macario Mendoza-Carrillo. (2024). Rethinking Expertise: Creating a Decolonial Space in a University Setting by Broadening (and Sometimes Narrowing!) Who We Think Knows What. Language Documentation and Conservation, 18: 176-193.
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Montoya, Ignacio L. (2024). Manifestations of Colonialism in Linguistics and Opportunities for Decolonization Through Refusal. In Anne Harper Charity-Hudley, Christine Mallinson, & Mary Bucholtz (Eds), Decolonizing Linguistics, 25-45. Oxford University Press.
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Montoya, Ignacio L., Debra Harry, & Jennie Burns (2020). A collaborative development of workshops for teachers of Great Basin languages using principles of decolonization and language reclamation. Language Documentation & Conservation, 14: 462-487.
Education
- Ph.D., Linguistics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2017
- M.A., Linguistics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2013
- M.A., Educational Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2007
- B.A., Psychology, Harvard College, 1997