EDUCATION
2005 – 2010 PhD in Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Thesis title: Dagbani tongue-root harmony: A formal account with ultrasound investigation
2003 – 2005 Msc. in Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Thesis title: Number marking in Dagbani
2003 Proficiency certificate, Arabic Lang & Lit. Ghana Institute of Languages
1998 – 2002 BA. Linguistics with English, University of Ghana, Legon
Long Essay Title: Phonological integration of English-Dagbani loanwords
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
2012 – 2013 African Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. 18,000.00 dollar-value award for postdoctoral research.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
2008 & 2009 Student Initiative Fund Award: The University of British Columbia ($1,250-value (3 awards) from the Alma Mater Society for conference trips)
2007 & 2008 University Graduate Fellowship: The University of British Columbia ($32,000 (two awards) for PhD students of high academic Achievement)
Sept. 2005 University Entrance Scholarship: The University of British Columbia ($11,300-value for first year PhD students of high academic achievement)
May 2002 First Class Honors: University of Ghana.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Experimental phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Psycholinguistics
TEACHING
Undergraduate
LING201/LNGS 201: Phonetics
LING222/LNGS202: Introduction to syntax
LNGS 318: Acoustic phonetics
LING331/LNGS301: Introduction to phonology
LING333/LNGS303: Phonetics and phonology of a Ghanaian language (Dagbani)
LING334/LNGS304: Morphology and syntax of a Ghanaian language (Dagbani)
LING452/LNGS418: Psycholinguistics.
LING421/LNGS401: Phonological theory
Graduate
Masters
LING 641: Theory of phonology
LING 646: Seminar in Phonology
TESL 647 Research Methods
AUDY 607: Introduction to psycholinguistics (Audiology, Speech and Language Developmental Phonetics and Phonology Therapy students, Korle-bu)
Doctoral
LING 705 Issues in phonological theory
LNGS 706 Advanced Phonology
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND AFFILIATIONS
Since Feb. 2017 Senior Lecturer Department of Linguistics University of Ghana, Legon
Dec. 2010 – Jan. 2017 Lecturer Department of Linguistics University of Ghana, Legon
Aug.–Nov. 2010 Assistant Lecturer Department of Linguistics University of Ghana, Legon
2009 – 2010 Part-time Lecturer Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2008 – 2009 Instructional Teaching Assistant Instructional Skills Program for international teaching assistants UBC Centre for Intercultural Communication
2005 – 2010 Part-time Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Department of Linguistics, University of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003 - 2005 Part-time Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
2014 – 2018 School Exams Officer School of Languages, Univ. of Ghana
2014 – 2018 Centre Co-ordinator University of Ghana Examinations Processing Center. No. 13 Legon Hill
Since 2014 Placement Coordinator Dep't of Linguistics, Univ. Of Ghana
Since 2011 Tutor Commonwealth Hall, Univ. of Ghana
2011-2015 Seminar Coordinator Dep't of Linguistics, Univ. Of Ghana
Since 2011 Course Adviser, Level 400 Dep't of Linguistics, Univ. Of Ghana
UNIVERSITY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
Since 2016 Member, Examination Superintendent Committee for re-sit exams, College of Humanities, University of Ghana
Since 2016 Member, Special Programmes Committee, School of Languages
Since 2015 Member, TESL Management Committee, Department of Linguistics
Since 2014 Member, Commonwealth Hall Council
Since 2013 Member, Commonwealth Hall Governing Board
Since 2011 Member, University of Ghana Institutional Repository Committee
2014 – 2018 Member, Awards Committee, College of Humanities, Univ. of Ghana
2014 - 2018 Member, College of Humanities Board
2013 – 2014 Member, Board of Faculty of Arts, University of Ghana
2013 – 2014 Member, Board of Faculty of Science, University of Ghana
2011 – 2012 Faculty of Arts representative: University of Ghana Web Content Management Committee
2011 – 2012 Department of Linguistics representative: University of Ghana Web Content Management Committee
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2010 – Present Member of Linguistic Association of Ghana.
2008 – 2010 Member of Canadian Linguistics Association
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS
Hudu, Fusheini. (2018). Asymmetries in the phonological behaviour of Dagbani place features: Implications for markedness. Legon Journal of the Humanities. 29(2): 197–240.
Hiraiwa, Ken, George Akanlig-Pare, Samuel Atintono, Adams Bodomo, Komlan Essizewa and Fusheini Hudu. (2017). A comparative syntax of internally-headed relative clauses in Gur. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 2(1).
Hudu, Fusheini. (2016). Vowel neutralisation and the vowel inventory of Dagbani: phonology, acoustics, perception. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 37(1): 59 – 89
Hudu, Fusheini. (2014). What is a phonological word in Dagbani? A positional faithfulness account. Ghana Journal of Linguistics 3.1: 1–44.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2014). Dagbani vowel phonology: competition between constraint hierarchies. In Kwesi Yankah, Kofi Saah and Nana Aba Amfo ed. A Legon reader in Ghanaian linguistics: 136 – 161. Ayebia Clarke Publishing.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2014). [ATR] feature involves a distinct tongue root articulation: evidence from ultrasound imaging. Lingua. 143: 36 – 51.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2013) Dagbani vowel harmony: triggers, targets and blockers. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics.34(1): 47 – 73
Hudu, Fusheini. (2012). Dagbani focus particles, a descriptive study. Journal of West African Languages. 39:1. 97–129.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2008) The low vowel and retraction in St'át'imcets: an ultrasound investigation. SKY Journal of Linguistics 21: 67-81
EDITED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Hudu, Fusheini, Amanda Miller and Douglas Pulleyblank (2009) Ultrasound imaging and theories of tongue root phenomena in African languages. In Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation & Linguistic Theory 2 153 – 163. (eds.) Peter K. Austin, Oliver Bond, Monik Charette, David Nathan & Peter Sells. SOAS, London.
Hudu, Fusheini (2009) Focus marking in Dagbani. In Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle of the University of Victoria 19. Proceedings of the 23rd Northwest Linguistics Conference Victoria, BC, Canada, Feb. 17-19, 2007. 13 – 29.
Hudu, Fusheini (2007). Morphological Category and Nasal Contrast in Dagbani. In SFU Working Papers in Linguistics: Proceedings of the 22 Northwest Conference on Linguistics 119 – 132. (eds.) Nicole Carter, Loreley Hadic-Zabala, Anne Rimrott, Dennis R. Storoshenko.
SAMPLE CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (last 10 years)
Hudu, Fusheini. (2017) Developing a practical orthography for different language users: proposals for Dagbani orthography. Presented at the 30th West African Languages Congress and 10th Linguistics Association of Ghana Conference University of Education, Winneba 31st July – 5th August 2017.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2015) Another Look at Dagbani Number Marking: The Case of Pluractionals. Presented at the School of Languages Conference 1. 27th – 29th October 2015. University of Ghana, Legon.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2014). The case for a moraic analysis of the syllable in Dagbani. 1st Humbodlt Kolleg in Abidjan: International conference on challenges and new prospects on prosody in West Africa 4 – 9th May 2014. Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Amanda Miller Eno-Abasi Urua, Fusheini Hudu, Okey Oloene. (2013). The Representation of Labial-velars with contrastive airstream mechanisms. Presented at the West African Languages Congress. July 29–August 2 2013. University of Ibadan. (Presentation by Miller)
Hudu, Fusheini, Amanda Miller & Douglas Pulleyblank. (2009). Ultrasound imaging and theories of tongue root phenomena in African languages. Presented at the Conference on Language
Documentation & Linguistic Theory 2. 13–14 November 2009. School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom.(Presented by Fusheini Hudu).
Hudu, Fusheini. (2009). Consonants as undergoers and opaque segments in Dagbani [ATR] harmony. Presented at the Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association. May 23–25 2009. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2009). Articulatory correlates of dominant tongue-root features. Presented at the 40th Anniversary Reunion and Conference. May 16 2009. Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2008). Markedness and positional effects in Dagbani phonology: the case of lenition. Presented at the Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association. May 31 2008. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
Hudu, Fusheini. (2008). ATR harmony in Dagbani: domains, markedness and phonetic grounding. Presented at Les XXIIes Journées de Linguistique. March 28–29 2008. Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.
STUDENT THESIS/LONG ESSAY SUPERVISION
PhD students
2015 - 2018 Helen Atipoka Adongo. Aspects of Gurene Phonology
Masters students
2016 - 2018 Issahaku Jomo Sadia. A Study into the Structure and Style of Dagbani Dirges (Univ. of Education, Winneba) (MPhil)
2016 - 2018 Elias Williams Some Aspects of Jogo Phonology (Mphil)
2017 - 2018 Nuuratu Mustapha. The morphosyntax of the noun phrase in Sisaali. (MPhil).
2017 - 2018 Bernice Brown. First ten (10) words used by Twi speaking Ghanaian children between 12 and 18 months. (MSc)
2017 - 2018 Ruby Constance Commodore (MSc) First ten (10) Words Spoken In Ga By Ghanaian Children Between Age Twelve (12) Months To Eighteen (18) Months In Mamprobi And Korle Gonno Communities Within The Ablekuma South Constituency
2017 – 2018 Godwin Tettevi (MSc). First Ten Words Expressed By Typically Developing Ewe-Speaking Children Between The Ages Of 12-18 Months In Ghana
2016-2017 Mohammed Osman Nindow (Univ. of Education, Winneba) (MPhil). Syllable structure processes in Dagbani: An Optimality Theory account
2015–2016 Abdul-Razak Inusah (MPhil). Dialectal Variation in Dagbani Phonology
2014–2015 Divine Komla Gborsi (MPhil). Some Phonological Processes in Tutrugbu (Nyagbo)
2014–2015 Grace Dela Dzontoh (MPhil). Errors in the Construction of Sentences in Schools for the Deaf
2014-2015 Abdul-Moomin Abdul-Aziz (Mphil). Aspects of Waali Phonology.
2013–2014 Patrick Atinsunga Apeligiba (University of Education, Winneba) (MPhil). Aspects of the Phonology of the Nankarɛ Dialect of Farefari.
2013–2014 Linda Adika (MPhil). The Structure of the Clause in Gonja.
2011–2012 Mohammed Sumaila (MPhil). The Syntax and the Binding Properties of the Nominal Phrase in Dagbani
Undergraduate
2017 Nunana Edith Kofi (BA). Strategies for Maintaining Competence and Performance in a Foreign Language.
2017 Abdul-Latif Issaka Razak (BA). The Phonology of Tem-Kotokoli
PhD (UNDER SUPERVISION)
Since 2016 Innocent Akorli
EDITORSHIP
2007 – 2008 Editor, University of British Columbia Working Papers in Linguistics.
Advisory Board
Since 2016 Member of Advisory Board, Islamic University Ghana Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IJHASS)
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS
Nordic journal of African StudieS - 2017 1 manuscript
South African Journal of African Languages 2017 1 manuscript
Cognitive Processing 2016 1 manuscript
Ghana Journal of Linguistics 2017 1 manuscript, 2016 1 manuscript, 2012 1 manuscript
Studies in African Linguistics 2013 1 manuscript
Journal of West African languages 2013 1 manuscript, 2017 1 manuscript
Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 2011 1 manuscript, 2011 1 manuscript
Copora 2011 1 manuscript
LECTURESHIP/SEMINAR AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIP
May 2012 Invited to give a talk to students of NYU-Accra on aspects of the phonetics and phonology of Ghanaian languages.
Feb. 2009 Experiment demonstration: Invited to demonstrate the use of ultrasound in linguistic experiment. Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria. British Columbia, Canada.