John M. Mugane
Professor of the Practice of African Languages and Cultures and Director of the African Language Program
Department of African and African American Studies
Address:
Harvard University
Department of African and African American Studies
Barker Center
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.496.4995
Email: mugane@fas.harvard.edu
Courses | Biography | Recent Publications | Curriculum Vitae
Courses
African and African American Studies 20: Introduction to African Languages and Cultures
African and African American Studies 90r: African Language Tutorials
Swahili B: Intermediate Swahili
Swahili 101ar: Reading in Swahili
Swahili 101br: (formerly African and African American Studies 121b) Reading in Swahili II
Gikuyu A: Elementary Gikuyu
Gikuyu B: Intermediate Gikuyu
Gikuyu 101ar: Reading in Gikuyu
Gikuyu 101br: Reading in Gikuyu II
Biography
John M. Mugane, a linguist specializing in African languages, recently came to Harvard University as Senior Preceptor and Director of the African Language Program. He is also President of the African Language Teachers Association of North America (ALTA), a position he has held since 2001. Before coming to Harvard, Professor Mugane was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
Professor Mugane earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Arizona and his M.A. in Linguistics at Ohio University. He also received an M.A. in International Affairs, African Studies at Ohio University. His B.Ed. in Languages, Literature, and Linguistics is from Kenyatta University in Kenya.
John Mugane's research interests include Bantu linguistics, African languages, computer mediated language instruction, grammar documentation, and pedagogy.
Among Professor Mugane's publications are the following: Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages: ACAL # 5 by Africa World Press; A Paradigmatic Grammar of Gikuyu by CSLI Publications, Tujifunze; Kiswahili Let's Learn Swahili by Aramati Publications; and Online African language learning resources incorporating multimedia for Swahili, Somali, and Gikuyu. Dr. Mugane is also the author of several published papers on Bantu languages and linguistics and on instructional technology.
Recent Publications
Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages: ACAL # 5, (Africa World Press, 2003)
Tujifunze Kiswahili Let's Learn Swahili (Aramati Digital Publications, 1999)
A Paradigmatic Grammar of Gikuyu. Stanford Monographs on African languages, Will Leben ed., (Stanford University, 1997)