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Leisy Wyman
Leisy Thornton Wyman has worked for over 20 years with Yupâik communities in Alaska, and is an associate professor in the Language, Reading and Culture (LRC) program at the University of Arizona....view moreLeisy Thornton Wyman has worked for over 20 years with Yupâik communities in Alaska, and is an associate professor in the Language, Reading and Culture (LRC) program at the University of Arizona. Her scholarly works include a theme issue on Indigenous Youth and Bilingualism for the Journal of Language, Identity and Education (McCarty & Wyman, 2009), a forthcoming book on North American Indigenous youth language (Wyman et al, in progress), and a volume of Yupâik elders' narratives, (Fredson et al., 1998). Her research appears in multiple edited volumes, the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Journal of American Indian Education, and World Studies in Education.view less