K. David Harrison

K. David Harrison
K. David Harrison
Born	Ponoka, Alberta, Canada
Nationality	American and Canadian
Citizenship	United States, Canada
Academic background
Alma mater	American University (BA); Jagiellonian University (MA); Yale University (MA)(PhD);
Thesis	Topics in the Phonology and Morphology of Tuvan (2000)
Doctoral advisor	Stephen R. Anderson
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Sub-discipline	Environmental Linguistics
Notable works	When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge; The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages; Subject of the 2008 documentary The Linguists;
Website	www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/dharris2/index.php

K. David Harrison is a Canadian and American linguist, anthropologist, author, filmmaker, and activist for the documentation and preservation of endangered languages.

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