Kristine Hildebrandt
Kristine Hildebrandt | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. in Linguistics) |
| Occupation | linguist |
| Employer(s) | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Professor of English Language and Literature |
| Known for | research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas. |
| Notable work | Editor, Himalayan Linguistics; President, Endangered Language Fund (ELF) |
Kristine Hildebrandt is an American linguist who is known for her research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas. Her work focuses on the Nar-Phu and Gurung languages and other languages of the Manang District of Nepal, with an expertise in phonetics.
Hildebrandt earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2003 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship Center at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Hildebrandt was the editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Himalayan Linguistics, between 2024 and 2022. She served as the President of the Endangered Language Fund (ELF) until December 2024.