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Sally Samson

Assistant Professor of Yup’ik Language and Culture at University of Alaska Fairbanks

Areas of expertise

  • - Yugtun teaching in an immersion classroom
  • - Literacy and language instruction in a Yugtun classroom

Major works

Masters Thesis: Yuraq: An Introduction to Writing

Ph D. dissertation: ELITNAURILLEQ PICIRYARAMTENEK QANEMCITGUN: A PARTICIPATORY

TEACHER ACTION RESEARCH STUDY TO IMPROVE LANGUAGE AND LITERACY INSTRUCTION IN A YUP’IK IMMERSION SCHOOL

About me

Sally began her career as an immersion teacher at Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Immersion Charter School from 1999 to 2017. She received her master’s degree in Linguistics in 2010 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In 2017 she transferred to UAF’s Kuskokwim Campus while completing her Ph. D.

Courses and Programs taught by Sally Samson