Scholars & Contributors
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Dr. Jackson Crawford
Leading Old Norse specialist, translator, and expert in Runic scripts
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Dr. Jared Klein
Scholar of Indo-European syntax and discourse structure, focusing on Sanskrit, Old Persian, and Greek
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Dr. Luke Gorton
Researcher of Mediterranean languages and religions, with a special emphasis on Wine in the ancient world
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Dr. Andrew Byrd
Indo European specialist spearheading endeavors to make Proto Indo European more accessible to the public, including translation efforts for Far Cry Primal
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Dr. Kenneth Harl
Anatolian expert, numismatic scholar, and author of the recent Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation
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Dr. Anthony Yates
Hittite scholar and researcher in Indo-European historical linguistics, with an emphasis on the Anatolian language family
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Dr. Brian Joseph
Former President of the Linguistic Society of America, and a preeminent scholar of Greek, Balkan, and South Slavic languages
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Dr. Brenna Reinhart Byrd
Lexington-based researcher whose work spans language pedagogy, Indo European studies, and Turkish-German linguistic identity
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Dr. Joseph Salmons
Expert in speech sounds and language change, with research spanning languages as diverse as Germanic, Mixtec, and Algonquian