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Faculty Profile

Christopher David Sapp

Modern Languages
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GERMAN
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E-211B BONDURANT
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
(662) 915-7664
csapp@olemiss.edu
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Joined UM: 08/17/2006

Areas of Expertise

  • GENERATIVE LINGUISTICS
  • GERMAN CULTURE
  • HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
  • LINGUISTICS

Brief Bio

Christopher D. Sapp is Associate Professor of Modern Languages. Dr. Sapp holds a B.A. in German from Austin College (1996) and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics from Indiana University (2006). He joined the University of Mississippi faculty in 2006. His awards include a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for independent travel and research, a DAAD grant for study in Germany, a Fulbright grant for study in Austria, and a Faculty Research Fellowship. His research specialization is the historical morphology and syntax of German, but he has also investigated language acquisition and Scandinavian linguistics. Dr. Sapp teaches courses in the fields of German language and culture, German linguistics, and general linguistics.

Degrees

BA
GERMAN
AUSTIN COLLEGE/SHERMAN, TEXAS (1996)
MA
GERMAN
UNIVERSITY/BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA (2001)
PHD
GERMAN
INDIANA UNIVERSITY/ BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA (2006)

Committee Memberships

Arabic Lang Prog - Summer Intensive
UG Application Selection Committee
Modern Languages - German Committee
UG Application Selection Committee