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Dr. CHHANY SAK-HUMPHRY
Associate Professor of Khmer
Coordinator of Khmer Language
Program
University of Hawai'i at
Mānoa
Indo-Pacific Languages & Literatures
Spalding
Hall 454, 2540
Maile Way
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822
TEL: (808)956-8070; FAX: (808)956-5978
Email: sak@hawaii.edu
Website: www.hawaii.edu/khmer |
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| Educational Background |
| Ph.D. |
1996 |
University of Hawai'i at Manoa (Linguistics). |
| M.A. |
1992 |
University of Hawai'i at Manoa (Linguistics). |
| P.D. |
1985 |
University
of Hawai'i at Manoa (College of Education: Foreign Language
Teaching, French). |
| M.P.H. |
1982 |
University of Hawai'i at Manoa. School of Public
Health: International Health, Health Management and Administration. |
| B.A. |
1979 |
Whitworth College (International Studies and
International Management). |
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| Research/Teaching Specializations |
| Field |
• Linguistics; Foreign Language Teaching;
Innovative Technology; Bilingualism; Language Policies; Culture. |
| Research |
• Modern Khmer Language: Syntax; Curriculum Development; Literature; Culture; Dictionary.
• Old Khmer Language: Syntax of Pre-Angkorian and Angkorian
Inscriptions; Dictionary; and Paleography. |
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Distinction |
| 2010 |
Board of Regents’ Excellence
in Teaching Award from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. |
| 2009 |
The
Hawai'i Association of Language Teachers (HALT) Award
for Excellence in Second Teaching. |
| 1996 |
Outstanding Service Award, East-West Center Association, Hawai'i Chapter. |
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| Proficiency Training |
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Certified Tester for ACTFL (OPI). |
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| Teaching/Work Experience |
| 2018-2020 |
Project Director, Summer Abroad Program: Khmer Language and Culture in Cambodia. Funded by Department of Education (US-DOE). Fulbright-Hays (GPA) Long-Term Project. |
| 2015-2016 |
Project Director, Summer Abroad Program: Khmer Language and Culture in Cambodia. Funded by Department of Education (US-DOE). Fulbright-Hays (GPA)-Project Type 1: Short-Term Seminar Project. |
| 2008-Present |
Associate
Professor in Khmer, Coordinator of Khmer Language Program,
Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
(IPLL), University of Hawai'i Manoa (UHM).
www.hawaii.edu/khmer/ |
| 2005-2012 |
Project
Director, Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK), Summer
Abroad Program in Cambodia. Funded by U.S. Department
of Education (US-DOE). Fulbright-Hays, Group Projects
Abroad.
manoa.hawaii.edu/ask/ |
| 2003-2008 |
Assistant
Professor in Khmer, Coordinator of Khmer Language
Program,
Department of
Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures (IPLL). University
of Hawai'i at Manoa.
www.hawaii.edu/khmer/ |
| 2002-2005 |
Project
Director, Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK), Summer
Abroad Program in Cambodia. Funded
by UHM and Consortium of Southeast Asian Studies
Centers in US. |
| 1990 |
Executive
Director,
Mutual Assistance Association Center (MAAC) -- a
non-profit organization, Honolulu, Hawai'i. |
| Summer
'89 |
Khmer
Coordinator and Instructor, Southeast Asian
Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI), UHM. |
| Summer
'88 |
Khmer
Coordinator and Instructor, SEASSI, UHM. |
| Summer
'87 |
Khmer
Instructor, College of Continuing Education
and Community Services, UHM. |
| 1988-2003 |
Khmer
Language Coordinator and Lecturer, Hawaiian
and Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures (HIPLL),
College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, UHM. |
| 1985 |
Acting
Project Coordinator, Health Care for Refugees
and Immigrants Program. Hawai'i Department of Health.
Honolulu, Hawai'i. |
| 1985 |
Program
Planner and Evaluator on Refugee Homebound
Women Project.
English Instructor, Hawai'i Department
of Education. Taught English as a Second Language at
Adult School. |
| 1983 |
Research
Assistant, working with Professor Philip N.
Jenner on Old and Modern Khmer language; Department
of Indo-Pacific languages, University of Hawai'i at
Manoa. |
| 1982 |
Supervisor,
The Consortium. Panat Nikhom Refugee Camp, Thailand. |
| 1982 |
Vice-Chairperson,
Council of Hawai'i Indochinese Mutual Assistance Associations.
Honolulu, Hawai'i. |
| 1981 |
Job
Developer. Refugee Employment Program, Hawai'i
Department of Labor. Honolulu, Hawai'i. |
| 1979 |
Instructor,
La Libertad, Honduras. Taught English, hygiene, nutrition
and family planning. |
| 1975-79 |
Teaching
Assistant, French Department, Whitworth College,
Spokane, Washington. |
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| Research Grants / External Funding |
| 2018-2020 |
Principal Investigator/Project Director, US-DOE, Fulbright-Hays (GPA) Project Type: Long-Term Project. Advanced Study Abroad Program: Khmer Language and Culture in Cambodia. |
| 2014-2015 |
Principal
Investigator/Project Director, US-DOE, Fulbright-Hays
(GPA) Project Type 1: Short-Term Seminar Project. Abroad
Program: Khmer Language and Culture in Cambodia. |
| 2010-2013 |
Principal
Investigator/Author/Developer, US-DOE, International
Research and Studies Program. Award to develop: Reading
Khmer Folklore Online: Tales of Hare (Web-based and
CD-ROM). |
| 2006-2007 |
Principal
Investigator/Project Director, UHM, University
Research Council, Educational Improvement Fund. Award
to develop Web-Based Third-Year e-Khmer Courses (CAM
305 and CAM 307). |
| 2006 |
Principal
Investigator/Author/Project Director, UHM,
Diversity and Equity Initiative, Mini-Grant. CIK Reading
and Writing for K-12. |
| 2005-2012 |
Principal
Investigator/Project Director, US-DOE, Fulbright-Hays,
Group Projects Abroad. Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK),
Summer Abroad Program in Cambodia. |
| 2005 |
Principal
Investigator/Project Director, US-DOE, Fulbright-Hays
(GPA) Project Type: Long-Term Project. Advanced Study
Abroad Program: Khmer Language and Culture in Cambodia. |
| 2005 |
Diversity and Equity Initiative, Mini-Grant.
Reviving Khmer Culture - Songs & Dances. |
| 2003-2005 |
Principal Investigator/Author/Developer,
US-DOE. Award to research, write and develop Communicating
in Khmer: Advanced-Level with interactive CD-ROM. |
| 2003-2004 |
Author/Developer,
University of Minnesota, Less Commonly Taught Languages
(LCTL). Partial award to develop Web-Based Lesson: Direction
and Map for Beginners. |
| 1999-2001 |
Project
Director/Author/Developer, US-DOE. Award to
research, write and develop CIK: Intermediate-Level
Khmer with Interactive CD-ROM. |
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| Research Publications and Textbooks - Journals |
| 2015 |
Colloquial Cambodian. New Edition. Complete Course for Beginners.
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. London and New
York. ISBN 978-0-415-52407-0 (pbk) and ISBN 978-0-203-12065-1
(ebk). |
| 2015 |
Advanced
Study of Khmer. Textbook and Web-based. Funded by Fulbright-Hays.
University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Restricted
access to registered participants only). |
| 2011 |
Twenty-Seven
Tales of the Hare: Classic Folktales of Cambodia.
Khmer Folklore Stories. Bilingual, Khmer-English.
DatAsia, Inc. [in press]. ISBN 978-1-934431-54-2. |
| 2008 |
Communicating
in Khmer: Third-Year. Textbook, Web-based
and CD-ROM. University of Hawai'i at Manoa. (Interactive,
Multimedia, Language Teaching/Learning). Honolulu,
Hawai'i.
learnkhmer.net/modernkhmer.htm#thirdyear |
| 2006 |
Advanced
Study of Khmer. Textbook. University
of Hawai'i at Manoa. Honolulu, Hawai'i. (Restricted
access to registered participants only). |
| 2005 |
The
Sdok Kak Thom Inscription (K.235): With A Grammatical Analysis
of the Old Khmer Text. With
the Assistance of Philip N. Jenner. Buddhist Institute
in Cambodia. 268 pages.
drive.google.com/file/d/16Yzssn5zUrVdr1J5nWnplZ7iS0tUXqjU/view |
| 2005 |
Communicating
in Khmer: Reading and Writing for Beginners.
Textbook, Web-based and CD-ROM. (Interactive, Multimedia,
Language Teaching/Learning). Honolulu, Hawai'i.
learnkhmer.net/modernkhmer.htm#firstyear |
| 2005 |
Khmer
Culture for Second-Year Class. CD-ROM.
University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Honolulu, Hawai'i. (Restricted
access
to registered participants only). |
| 2003 |
Communicating
in Khmer: An Interactive Intermediate-Level Khmer
Course. Textbook, Web-based and CD-ROM.
(Interactive, Multimedia, Language Teaching/Learning).
Honolulu, Hawai'i.
learnkhmer.net/modernkhmer.htm#secondyear |
| 2003 |
"Adjectives
or Stative Verbs in Modern Khmer." Papers
from the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Southeast
Asian Linguistics Society, ed. K.L. Adams
et al., Tempe, Arizona, pp. 153-259. Arizona State
University, Program for Southeast Asian Studies.
learnkhmer.net/Articles/Published/sak-humphry2003adjectives.pdf |
| 1997 |
"Flying
In and Out in Khmer and Thai." Southeast
Asian Linguistics Studies in Honor of Vichin
Panupong. ed. A.S. Abramson, pp. 209-220. Chulalongkorn
University Press.
learnkhmer.net/Articles/Published/sak-humphry1992status.pdf |
| 1995 |
"Serial
and Completive Verbs in Khmer?" Papers
from the Third Annual Meeting of the Southeast
Asian Linguistics Society, ed. M. Alves, pp.
177-204. Arizona State University, Program for Southeast
Asian Studies.
learnkhmer.net/Articles/Published/sak-humphry1995serial.pdf |
| 1993 |
"The
Syntax of Nouns and Noun Phrases of Pre-Angkorian
Khmer Dated Inscriptions." Mon-Khmer
Studies Vol. 22:1-126, A Journal of Southeast
Asian Languages, Mahidol University.
learnkhmer.net/Articles/Published/sak-humphry1993syntax.pdf |
| 1992 |
"The
Status of Man and Tel in Pre-Angkorian Khmer." The
Third International Symposium on Language and Linguistics,
Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 1335-1350. Chulalongkorn University.
learnkhmer.net/Articles/Published/sak-humphry1992status.pdf
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| Professional Activities |
| 2016-Present |
Member of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS). |
| 2015-Present |
Member of the Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL). |
| 2011-2014 |
President of the Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL). |
| 2009-2014 |
President of the National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans (NAFEA). |
| 2008-2014 |
Executive Secretary Officer, Board of Directors of the Friends of the East-West Center. EWC, Honolulu, Hawai'i. |
| 2006-Present |
Editorial Team of the Journal of Southeast Asian American and Advancement (JSAAEA). |
| 2006-Present |
Member of the Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association,
Hawai'i Chapter (PPSEAWA). |
| 2002-Present |
Executive
Board Member, East-West Center, Alumni-Hawai'i
Chapter. |
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| Courses Taught |
| www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/cam.htm/ or www.hawaii.edu/khmer/Courses/Class.html |
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| Language Background |
| Cambodian (Native speaker). French (Eighteen years of formal study in Cambodia, in the US, and in France). Thai (Intermediate level). |
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