Sharon Hargus

Sharon Hargus is a Professor and co-Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Washington. Her current office hours are Tuesdays 2:45-4:45 (April 1-June 3), with finals week appointments required. She is affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences and holds an office in GUG 415J.

• Education: PhD in Linguistics from University of California, Los Angeles (1985)

Her research focuses on documenting Indigenous languages such as Sahaptin (Yakima dialect), Deg Xinag, Kwadacha (Ft. Ware) Sekani (Tsek'ene), and Witsuwit'en. She specializes in endangered languages, field research methodologies, and structural aspects of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, and grammar. Current projects emphasize language preservation through lexicography and historical linguistics analysis.

• Research Interests: Endangered languages documentation, field methods, language development, phonetics, phonology, morphology, lexicography, grammar

Hargus teaches courses in phonetics, phonology, morphology, field methods, and language documentation. She collaborates on graduate program coordination with Prof. Ogihara. No specific grants or labs are explicitly mentioned in the provided information.