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Catherine Rudin
Modern Languages, Linguistics
 Catherine
Rudin teaches linguistics, languages (French, Russian, Native
American languages), writing, dance, and related subjects
at Wayne State College. She grew up in Wisconsin and received
her B.A. in linguistics from the University of Wisconsin,
Madison. Her graduate degrees, M.A. in linguistics and PhD
in linguistics with a Slavic studies minor, are from Indiana
University, Bloomington. Before coming to Wayne, she taught
linguistics at the University of Wisconsin and at Miami University.
She has also taught Bulgarian language several times in intensive
summer language programs at George Mason University and Indiana
University, and participates as an instructor in University
of Nebraska-Lincoln's Career Ladder program for Native American
teachers.
Rudin's main scholarly interests are in the syntax (formal
analysis of sentence structures) of Slavic and Balkan languages,
especially Bulgarian, and Siouan languages, especially Omaha-Ponca.
She has published numerous articles and two books on Bulgarian,
and is currently working on a grammar of Omaha-Ponca. She
is an active member of the Linguistic Society of America,
the Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages,
the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas,
and several other professional organizations. In addition,
she serves as the associate editor for syntax of the Journal
of Slavic Linguistics. Rudin is also an avid international
folk dancer and performs and teaches Balkan singing and East
European music and dance.
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