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Phyllis Perrin Wilcox

Phyllis Perrin Wilcox

​Symposium to honor services of UNM professor

The UNM Department of Linguistics is arranging a special symposium to pay tribute to Phyllis Perrin Wilcox, a professor of linguistics. 

The symposium will be take place on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in SUB Ballroom A, according to a UNM press release.

“Wilcox was the first instructor of American Sign Language at UNM, at a time when most people did not realize that ASL was a language. She went on to establish UNM's Signed Language Interpreting Program, one of the first Bachelor's-level preparation programs, and currently one of only 12 Bachelor programs to be nationally accredited,” the statement said.

More than 26,000 people have taken a class in ASL since Wilcox began teaching at UNM, according to the press release.

“Professor Wilcox has been instrumental in changing the intellectual landscape of New Mexico,” the press release quoted Professor Jill Morford, chair of the Department of Linguistics. “Without her influence, we would know much less about signed languages, and our conversations would lack the unique perspectives of our deaf colleagues, who have the most intimate knowledge of signed languages.”

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