Doug Higby
International Language Technology Use Coordinator at SIL
language technology consultant
lexical data collection and publishing
linguistic data format conversion
web design
linguistic analysis and assisted translation
56 years old
Driving License
Grand Rapids (49507) United States (Michigan)
Professional Status
Employed
Unavailable
About Me
My wife and I have worked in West Africa doing language-based development work for 17 years. Now I am based in Michigan in order to oversee the language technology training for SIL Interational. I am passionate about empowering people to learn in their mother tongue.
Language Technology Use Coordinator
SIL International
Since November 2010
Kandern
Germany
- Mentor SIL Area Language Technology Coordinators in each of the 5 world regions.
- Lead the effort to develop Language Technology Consultants for minority languages globally.
- Maintain information and training websites to promote the use of Language Technology: http://lingtransoft.info
Language Technology Coordinator, Africa Area
SIL International
Since September 2005
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
- Responsible for the training of SIL's field workers and partners in language technology.
- Organizes two annual training events to train language technology consultants from 28 different countries in Africa.
- Promotes new language technology to organization leaders and demonstrates how it can improve efficiency in field work.
Linguist/Translator
Wycliffe Bible Translators
January 1990
to 2005
Sévaré
Mali
- Learned the Fulfulde Language
- Captured local stories and produced reading materials to promote literacy.
- Worked with a team of Malians and expatriates to translate the Scriptures and other materials into Fulfulde.
Counselor
Alternative Directions
September 1989
to May 1990
- Night supervisor for Alternative Directions, a half-way house for ex-offenders.
Studied Graduate level applied linguistics for 5 semesters total, with 4 years of field work in Côte d'Ivoire and Mali in the middle.
Took courses at UTA as part of my certificate requirements from SIL in Applied Linguistics.
Studied Religious Education, missions, languages, and intercultural communications. Minored in Koine Greek
- Keyboard development
- Linguistic analysis
- Adaptive Language Translation
- Data format conversion
- Curriculum Development
- Teaching
- Consultant Development
- Mentoring
- Blog writing
- Public Speaking
- Drupal
- HTML
- Web Design
- Web Development
- English
- French
- Fulfulde
