Aaron Huey Sonnenschein

2026-2027 Visiting Scholar

【Professional Affiliation】 

Visiting researcher in the Center for International Indigenous Affairs, National Dong Hwa University.

Visiting professor in the International PhD Program in Indigenous Studies, National Dong Hwa University.

Professor and Chair Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles (on sabbatical 2026-2027)

【Education】

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Southern California (2003).

【Research Expertise】

• Language reclamation and sustainability
• Indigenous languages of Mesoamerica, specifically Oaxaca
• Indigenous language media and visibility
• Indigenous language pedagogy in public education and its intersection with language reclamation, Language rematriation/repatriation
• Ethnohistory and language revival, Community language autodocumentation, Community museums/spaces
• Language superdiversity in urban, diasporic spaces