Jason D. Haugen

  • Professor of Anthropology
  • Chair of Anthropology

Areas of Study

Education

  • BA, University of Texas at Austin, 1997
  • MA, University of Arizona, 2000
  • PhD, University of Arizona, 2004

Biography

Jason D. Haugen received his PhD from the Joint Program in Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Arizona in 2004, and he has been teaching at Oberlin since 2009.

His research focuses on the Uto-Aztecan language family of the western United States and Mexico, with particular emphasis on Hiaki (Yaqui). His research contributes to linguistic theory (especially regarding the interfaces of morphology with phonology and syntax); Uto-Aztecan historical and comparative linguistics; and the linguistic and cultural prehistory of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Haugen's courses taught at Oberlin include: Fundamentals of Linguistics; Language & Prehistory; The Native Languages of the Americas; Intro to Linguistic Anthropology; Intro to Cultural Anthropology; The Nature of Human Language; and From Comanches to Aztecs: Cultural Transformations in Native North America.
 

Haugen is author of the book Morphology at the Interfaces: Reduplication and Noun Incorporation in Uto-Aztecan (published in the Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today series by John Benjamins in 2008), and co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages (2020).

He has published numerous book chapters as well as research articles in such journals as Linguistic Inquiry, Morphology, Anthropological Linguistics, and the International Journal of American Linguistics.

Fall 2024

Fundamentals of Linguistics — ANTH 202

Language and Prehistory — ANTH 376

Practicum in Anthropology - Full — ANTH 391F

Practicum in Anthropology - Half — ANTH 391H

Internships in Teaching - Full — ANTH 415F

Internships in Teaching - Full — LING 415F

Internships in Teaching - Half — ANTH 415H

Internships in Teaching - Half — LING 415H

Linguistics Portfolio — LING 500

Linguistics Capstone — LING 501

Spring 2025

Fundamentals of Linguistics — ANTH 202

Syntax — LING 301

Practicum in Anthropology - Full — ANTH 391F

Practicum in Anthropology - Half — ANTH 391H

Internships in Teaching - Full — ANTH 415F

Internships in Teaching - Full — LING 415F

Internships in Teaching - Half — ANTH 415H

Internships in Teaching - Half — LING 415H

Linguistics Portfolio — LING 500

Linguistics Capstone — LING 501

Notes

Jason Haugen Copresents Paper

January 17, 2020

Jason Haugen, associate professor of anthropology, copresented a paper at the 2020 winter meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) with senior linguistics major Nina Lorence-Ganong. Their paper examines historical linguistic connections between the Indigenous Uto-Aztecan and Plateau Penutian language families of western North America.

Jason Haugen and Amy Margaris Present

January 8, 2020

Jason Haugen, associate professor of anthropology, and Amy Margaris, associate professor of anthropology, presented at the 2020 Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in New Orleans, LA. Their poster was titled, “Faculty placements into Linguistics PhD programs across the US and Canada: Market share and gender distribution.”

News

Pandemic Impact Award Helps Zoe Swann ’19 Continue Research on StartReact Effect

September 9, 2020

After graduating from Oberlin College with high honors in neuroscience and a concentration in linguistics, Zoe Swann ’19 immediately embarked on a PhD program at Arizona State University (ASU), where she began writing a literature review, and started developing a dissertation proposal. Then COVID-19 struck. It brought her research to a screeching halt until her lab was granted a $1,500 Pandemic Impact Award to support research expenses.

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