- Pronouns:
- he/him
- Email:
- jodasims@iu.edu
- Department:
- Central Eurasian Studies
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Biography
Joshua Sims is a Ph.D. Candidate in Linguistics and Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. Focusing on the phonology of vowel harmony, he has studied Mongolian tongue root articulation using 3D/4D Ultrasound at the IU Speech Production Laboratory.
Since 2024, he has worked at CeLCAR, contributing to the development of Tibetan: An Elementary Textbook with Rabsal Gedun and Amber Kennedy Kent, as well as editing and developing comprehensive informational pamphlets about the many languages of Central Asia.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate (Current), Linguistics, Indiana University
Ph.D. Candidate (Current), Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University
B.A. (2018), Linguistics, Brigham Young University
Research Interests
Phonology (Tone, Vowel Harmony, Palatalization); Phonetics (3D/4D Ultrasound, Formant Analysis); Mongolian, Tibetan, Languages of Central Asia; Classical Mongolian, Mongolian Script, Mongolian historical writing systems
Languages
Spoken: English (Native), Mongolian, German, Russian, Chinese, Tibetan
Studied: Manchurian, Turkish, Dungan, Kyrgyz
Selected Teaching and Work Experience
Editor, CeLCAR, 2024-Present
Systems Administrator, The LINGUIST List, 2019-2023
Instructor, Introductory Phonology, 2024
Associate Instructor, 2019-2024