{"id":774,"date":"2023-10-11T16:23:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iclrc.unm.edu\/home\/?page_id=774"},"modified":"2024-02-14T23:06:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T23:06:54","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iclrc.unm.edu\/home\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &#038; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"774\" class=\"elementor elementor-774\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c63302 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c63302\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d6b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63d6b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Chee<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd9e765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd9e765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 25-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Melvatha R. Chee, Ph.D., is Ts\u00e9 Nahabi\u0142nii, Kin \u0141ich\u00edi\u2019nii, Hooghan \u0141\u00e1n\u00ed and \u00c1sh\u012f\u012fh\u00ed. She comes from Lake Valley, New Mexico. As a Din\u00e9 speaker, she has over 15 years of experience working with her language in a professional capacity. Dr. Chee\u2019s linguistic work includes an analysis of Navajo child language data. Her primary research looks at how Navajo children learn to use the morphologically complex Navajo verb. Dr. Chee is a United States Marine Corps Veteran and she maintains a connection to her culture to enrich her Navajo language skills, knowledge and wellbeing. She is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Navajo Language Program at the University of New Mexico.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Email: mchee at unm dot edu<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1068b48 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1068b48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da16ec8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da16ec8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de6e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7de6e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tamera Yazzie<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7235fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7235fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tamera is the program specialist for the Indigenous Child Language Research Center. From UNM she earned an MA in linguistics and a BA in speech and hearing sciences. Her interests include first language acquisition, morphosyntax, and language change. 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