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Dr. Joseph Dupris, Jr. is joining the CU faculty this fall, 2021, where he will serve as Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Linguistics. Dr. DuprisÌýreceived his PhD in Linguistics and Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 2020. Dr. Dupris's workÌýaddresses issues around tribal language research, withÌýa focus onÌýanalyzing language, race, and nation and sustaining the integrity of tribal polities. In the words of his PhD advisor, Dr. Ofelia Zepeda, "[Dr. Dupris's]Ìýresearch calls for language researchers to respect existing obligations to tribal peoples; compare national and racial contexts to better understand the role of language research in establishing and reproducing overarching (Indian, Indigenous) categories; consider the implications of racial and political recognition in tribal contexts; and offer an approach for tribalizing language research in an era of revitalization, and reclamation".ÌýIt is anticipated that Dr. Dupris's CU appointmentÌýwilll lead to a permanent position within the initial appointment period. Dr. Dupris isÌýenrolled in the Klamath Tribes (the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribes ofÌýsouthern Oregon and northern California),Ìýand is of Modoc, Klamath, Paiute and Lakota descent. Dr.ÌýDupris was introduced to maqlaqsyals as a child attending tribal culture camps. His interest in language was reignited in 2013 when he returned to Chiloquin and participated in adult maqlaqsyals language classes after graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in American Indian Studies. Since then, Dr.ÌýDupris has developed teaching methods and workshop seriesÌýto help youth learn — and adults re-embrace — a language that has long been suppressed. For over a century, beginning in the 1860s, Klamath tribalÌýyouth were separated from their families and sent to boarding schools from Pennsylvania to Nevada, where they were punished for speaking their language. These efforts helped to extinguishÌýfluency in the language.ÌýJoe is using new methods to expand daily use of maqlaqsyals, from to remote teaching to an independennt study courseÌýat Chiloquin High School, whichÌýallows students from the approximately 50 percent Tribal student body to access their ancestral language. Dr. Dupris will teach ETHN 1023: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies, in Fall 2021.Ìý