Alexandra Aikhenvald#
| Membership Number: | 5682 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRALIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/https://www.jcu.edu.au/language-and-culture-research-centre/people-and-projects |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1866-7869 |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/alexandra.aikhenvald.98/ |
| Linkedin: | https://au.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-aikhenvald-34819a211 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011.05 - present Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre at James Cook University (JCU), May 2011-present
- 2010 - present Distinguished Professor at JCU
- 2009 - present Professor and Research Leader (People and Societies of the Tropics), Cairns Institute, James Cook University
- 2000.01 - 2008.12 Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University
- 2000.01 - 2008.12 Professor of Linguistics, Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University
- 1996.12 - 1999.12 Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, Australian National University
- 1994.02 - 1999.12 ARC Senior Research Fellow (with rank of Professor), Australian National University
- 1992.07 - 1992.12 Visiting Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil
- 1989.08 - 1994.02 Professor, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
- 1980.01 - 1989.07 Research Fellow, Department of Linguistics, Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Fields of Scholarship
- Papuan languages
- Amazonian languages
- Linguistic anthropology
- Cultural anthropology
- Linguistic typology
- Morphology
- Semitic languages
- Grammatical analysis
- Syntax
Honours and Awards
- 1999 Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
- 2015 Elected Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2013 Award for excellence in research and leadership, James Cook University
- 2010 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (Forschungspreis)
- 2010 Award of a competitive Fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Behaviorial Sciences, Palo Alto (56th Round)
- 2009 First Professorship, University of Colorado
- 2008 Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America (the number of Honorary Members is limited to 40 by the LSA constitution; they are spread over 25 countries)
- 2003 Centenary Medal, for service to Australian society and the humanities in linguistics and philology
