vita

Vita of

BRIAN   DARREL   STUBBS

E-mail: uanist@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

13th place in the Utah State High School Math Contest among sophomores, 1965.

A perfect score of 36 on the math portion of the ACT in high school.

Graduated from Provo High School, 1967.

B.A. in University Studies (languages), Brigham Young University, 1974.

M.A. in Linguistics, University of Utah, 1981.

Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Utah,1982.

Completed coursework (3.9 gpa) and comprehensive exams toward a

Ph.D. in linguistics, Hebrew, and Arabic, University of Utah, 1982.

EXPERIENCE

LDS Mission among the Navaho, 1968-1970.

High school region record in the mile; ran cross-country for BYU; have run two marathons.

Counselor for the Utah State Division of Rehabilitation, 1974-1977.

Adult Education Teacher on White Mesa Ute Reserve, 1977-1978.

Graduate assistant instructor at the University of Utah in

            Linguistics Dept. 1980-81 (tutor for Linguistics 120)

            Middle East Dept. 1981 (taught Arabic 201)

            ESL/English Dept. 1981-82 (taught English to non-native speakers)

Worked for the LDS Church’s Translation Dept., 1981-1983.

Initially tutored by my father (a PhD in music), I pursued further study of music composition on my own and have written 30-plus compositions and six complete musicals.

Have taught English, algebra, Spanish, cross-country, and music courses for the San Juan Campus of the College of Eastern Utah, 1982 to the present.

Taught Introduction to Linguistics for Weber State and Utah State University, 1993 to 2005.

While languages backed by college credit include Spanish (4 years), Hebrew (4), 
Arabic (3), Navaho (2), German (2), Aramaic (1), Sanskrit (1), and Ancient Egyptian (1), 
I have studied or researched dozens of others through 30 years of research in the 
languages of the Americas and the Near East.

PUBLICATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS

Stubbs, Brian D.  1983.  Observations in Uto-Aztecan.  Monograph published by FARMS

            (Foundation of Ancient Research and Mormon Studies).

—     1983. “Inter-Clausal Predicates.”  In Proceedings of the Deseret Language

            and Linguistics Symposium.  Provo: Brigham Young University.

—     1988.  A Creolized Base in Uto-Aztecan.  Provo: FARMS .

—     1989.  Presented "The Hidden Challenge for Second Language Learners:

            The Subconscious Mind's Role in Language Acquisition" at the 1989 Community

            College Conference in Saint George, Utah.

—     1992. “Book of Mormon Language.”  Encyclopedia of Mormonism,

            Vol. 1: 179-181.   New York: Macmillan.

—     1994.  "The Native American Languages of San Juan County."

            In Blue Mountain Shadows, vol. 13: 63-67.

—     1995. “The Labial Labyrinth in Uto-Aztecan.”

             International Journal of American Linguistics 61/4: 396-422.

—     1996. “Looking Over vs. Overlooking Native American Languages.”

            Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5/1: 1-49.

—     1996. “A Lengthier Treatment of Length.”

             Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5/2: 82-97.

—     1996. Henry Harold Stokes: A Biography.  Monograph.

—     1997.  “A Short Addition to Length: Some Relative Frequencies of

            Circumstantial Structures.”  Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6/1: 39-46.

—     1997. “A review of Comanche Vocabulary: Trilingual Edition,” compiled by

            Manuel García Rejón, translated and edited by Daniel J. Gelo.  Austin: University of

            Texas Press, 1995.  International Journal of American Linguistics 63/2: 282-4.

—     1998. “Commentary on Linguistics, Inscriptions, and Glyphs.”

            In Across Before Columbus, eds. Donald Y. Gilmore and Linda S. McElroy, 245-51. 

            Edgecomb, Maine: NEARA Publications.  

—       1998. “A Curious Element in Uto-Aztecan.”

             Epigraphic Society Occasional Papers, vol. 23, 109-140.

—     2000. "More Palatable Reconstructions for Uto-Aztecan Palatals."

            International Journal of American Linguistics 66/1: 125-37.

—     2000. “The Comparative Value of Tubar in Uto-Aztecan.” 

            In Eugene H. Casad and Thomas L. Willett (eds.), Uto-Aztecan: Structural,

            Temporal, and Geographic Perspectives, Hermosillo, Mexico: Universidad de

            Sonora, 357-69.

—     2000. “Was there Hebrew Language in Ancient America: an Interview with

            Brian Stubbs.”  Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9/2: 54-63.

—     2001.  Morsels for the Mind with Chunks of Chuckle Soup, 2^nd ed.

            Blanding, Utah: Four Corners Book.

—     2001.  Life with Mr., Jr., and Some Misses of Communication.  A comedy

            musical about family miscommunication: script, lyrics, and music by the author.

—     2002.  Paradise Lost and Found.  A comic musical about tourists on a cruise

            ship who shipwreck on an island and comically commence plans for survival, 
            rescue, or permanent vacation: script, lyrics, and music  by the author.

—     2003.  Paradise Lost and Found: part II.  A comic musical, a continuation of

            part I: script, lyrics, and music by the author.

—     2003. “New Sets Yield New Perspectives for Uto-Aztecan

            Reconstructions.”  In Jason Haugen and Luis Barragan, eds.,  
            MIT Working Papers on Endangered and Less Familiar Languages 4, 1-20.  
           Studies in Uto-Aztecan Linguistics.  
           Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

—     2003. “Elusive Israel and the Numerical Dynamics of Population Mixing.” In

            The FARMS Review 15/2: 165-182.

—     2004.  Mr. Scrumple’s Opus.  A comedy musical about teaching: script, lyrics,

            and music written and produced by the author.

—     2005.  Great!  Expectations!  A musical on the history of Blanding, written by

            request of the city’s centennial committee: script, lyrics, and music written 
            and produced by the author.

—     2009.  Morsels for the Mind Mingled with Mirth, 3^rd ed.

            Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services.

—     2009.  Has Beens, Wannabes, and Rather-Nots. 

A musical completed and performed June 11-13, 2009.

—     2011.  Uto-Aztecan: A Comparative Vocabulary. 

Rocky Mountain Books and Productions, Blanding, Utah, and 
Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services.

Stubbs, Brian D., Mary Jane Yazzie, Aldean Ketchum, Loretta Posey.  2011. 

White Mesa Ute: Lessons and Dictionary. White Mesa Ute Council.

Stubbs, Brian D.  2012.  Learning to Love Life and Live with the Limp: 
            The First 62 Years before I Forget. Rocky Mountain Books and 
            Productions, Blanding, Utah, and 
            Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services.

Several single compositions too numerous to list, if even recoverable again.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Stubbs, Brian D.  Rio Grande Tewa: an Indexed Vocabulary.  It is now about 250 pages, perhaps

            60-70% complete, and is the largest Tewa dictionary in existence, though the tribe prefers

            that I not publish it.

—      “Athapaskans, Puebloans, and the Ancestry of the Navaho.”

—     Paradise Lost and Found.  A novel.

—     Declarations of Independence.  A musical