Jane was by far my favourite professor when I was an anthropology undergrad from 2000 to 2003. Even though I ultimately wound up studying archaeology and osteology, her classes were a joy. I still have the books and notes and her way of teaching inspired so many. She will be so missed.
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Yolanda Loza Marquez
7 years ago
I'm so sorry for her loss. A great Lady and scholar. RIP Jane
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Otto Santa Ana
7 years ago
There's so much I could say. With her scholarship on Mock Spanish, Jane showed why these statements cut us. When I teach Jane's work, my students widen and then they tear up. Then their faces tighten into a scowl. She will open the eyes and minds of generations of students far beyond our lifetimes. Rest in peace!
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Andrea Smith
7 years ago
Jane was an amazing mentor, dissertation advisor, and role model whose generosity of spirit was infectious. I'll never forget seeing her at *all* department sponsored talks -- fully engaged and making insightful connections -- whether at lectures by archaeologists, medical anthropologists, linguists, you name it- her curiosity knew no bounds. Much love to Ken and the rest of the family. Andrea Smith
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Michael Silverstein
7 years ago
What extraordinary sadness this news brings to the whole community of colleagues and friends!
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Angela Storey
7 years ago
Jane was truly one of the most amazing people and scholars that I've ever met. She was generous with her time and knowledge, profound and dynamic as a teacher, and sharp of wit and endlessly determined as a human. I feel incredibly lucky to have worked with her briefly as a graduate student at UA.
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Nese Kaya Ozkan
7 years ago
Jane Hill's work has been a great inspiration for me. I feel very lucky to have met her. She will be missed and remembered.
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Donna Tang
7 years ago
I was a student of Jane’s when I was getting a doctorate in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies (CCLS) at the University of Arizona. I treasured her accessibility and brilliant mind. Her warmth and support, as a member of my comps committee, kept me sane and balanced. Just recently, she generously shared her time and wisdom with me and other volunteers at the Arizona State Museum. I will never forget what a wonderful mentor, colleague, and human being she was. Rest in peace and power!
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Dr MJ Hardman
7 years ago
Highly esteemed colleague.
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Lourdes de León
7 years ago
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Jane deja una huella imborrable en la antropología y la lingüística en México. Su profunda y brillante contribución al campo y su generosa y colegial presencia será extrañada por nosotros.
Te guardamos siempre en nuestro corazón, querida Jane
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Robin Queen
7 years ago
Jane showed me what was possible as an academic in the most unassuming way possible just as I was becoming one. I have never forgotten it.
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Patience Epps
7 years ago
Jane has been an inspiration to me and others on so many levels. She'll be deeply missed.
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Lauren Deal
7 years ago
As a graduate student working on ling Anth and whiteness, Jane Hill’s work has been an inspiration and an aspiration. I would have loved to have met her some day. She will be missed and remembered.
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Kelley Hays-Gilpin
7 years ago
friend, co-author, teacher, mentor--I will miss her so much. My heart goes out to Ken and her family. Sending love from NAU in Flagstaff.
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Janet McIntosh
7 years ago
Inspirational, supportive, brilliant, modest. We don't often find all of these qualities together. And how many times have I invoked her name? So many of us are in Jane's debt.
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Anthony K Webster
7 years ago
Jane Hill was a model for me of what a linguistic anthropologist should be. Her work is a reminder of what a humane anthropology looks like. We are a better discipline because of her.
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Rafael Vega Centeno
7 years ago
Inés if my BEST professors
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Lynnette Arnold
7 years ago
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I never met Jane personally, but her work has been incredibly influential in my own research and teaching. Her book (The Language of White Racism) has changed the thinking of so many students in my courses and will continue to do so in the future. Her legacy lives on. Que viva Jane!
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Daria schwalbe
7 years ago
Her work will live forever in new generations of linguists and linguistic anthropologist to come.
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Jacqueline Messing
7 years ago
Tlazohkamati Janeahtsi- Thank you Jane for sharing your gifts with your students, colleagues, and readers. So many people have been impacted by your ideas, integrity, leadership, collegiality, and stories. Discussions of syncretic speech in classrooms and Mexican bilingual communities have been forever changed, as have studies of language endangerment, language and racism, not to mention your recent work contributing further to Uto-Aztecan linguistics. You will be missed.
Jane was by far my favourite professor when I was an anthropology undergrad from 2000 to 2003. Even though I ultimately wound up studying archaeology and osteology, her classes were a joy. I still have the books and notes and her way of teaching inspired so many. She will be so missed.
I'm so sorry for her loss. A great Lady and scholar. RIP Jane
There's so much I could say. With her scholarship on Mock Spanish, Jane showed why these statements cut us. When I teach Jane's work, my students widen and then they tear up. Then their faces tighten into a scowl. She will open the eyes and minds of generations of students far beyond our lifetimes. Rest in peace!
Jane was an amazing mentor, dissertation advisor, and role model whose generosity of spirit was infectious. I'll never forget seeing her at *all* department sponsored talks -- fully engaged and making insightful connections -- whether at lectures by archaeologists, medical anthropologists, linguists, you name it- her curiosity knew no bounds. Much love to Ken and the rest of the family. Andrea Smith
What extraordinary sadness this news brings to the whole community of colleagues and friends!
Jane was truly one of the most amazing people and scholars that I've ever met. She was generous with her time and knowledge, profound and dynamic as a teacher, and sharp of wit and endlessly determined as a human. I feel incredibly lucky to have worked with her briefly as a graduate student at UA.
Jane Hill's work has been a great inspiration for me. I feel very lucky to have met her. She will be missed and remembered.
I was a student of Jane’s when I was getting a doctorate in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies (CCLS) at the University of Arizona. I treasured her accessibility and brilliant mind. Her warmth and support, as a member of my comps committee, kept me sane and balanced. Just recently, she generously shared her time and wisdom with me and other volunteers at the Arizona State Museum. I will never forget what a wonderful mentor, colleague, and human being she was. Rest in peace and power!
Highly esteemed colleague.
Jane deja una huella imborrable en la antropología y la lingüística en México. Su profunda y brillante contribución al campo y su generosa y colegial presencia será extrañada por nosotros. Te guardamos siempre en nuestro corazón, querida Jane
Jane showed me what was possible as an academic in the most unassuming way possible just as I was becoming one. I have never forgotten it.
Jane has been an inspiration to me and others on so many levels. She'll be deeply missed.
As a graduate student working on ling Anth and whiteness, Jane Hill’s work has been an inspiration and an aspiration. I would have loved to have met her some day. She will be missed and remembered.
friend, co-author, teacher, mentor--I will miss her so much. My heart goes out to Ken and her family. Sending love from NAU in Flagstaff.
Inspirational, supportive, brilliant, modest. We don't often find all of these qualities together. And how many times have I invoked her name? So many of us are in Jane's debt.
Jane Hill was a model for me of what a linguistic anthropologist should be. Her work is a reminder of what a humane anthropology looks like. We are a better discipline because of her.
Inés if my BEST professors
I never met Jane personally, but her work has been incredibly influential in my own research and teaching. Her book (The Language of White Racism) has changed the thinking of so many students in my courses and will continue to do so in the future. Her legacy lives on. Que viva Jane!
Her work will live forever in new generations of linguists and linguistic anthropologist to come.
Tlazohkamati Janeahtsi- Thank you Jane for sharing your gifts with your students, colleagues, and readers. So many people have been impacted by your ideas, integrity, leadership, collegiality, and stories. Discussions of syncretic speech in classrooms and Mexican bilingual communities have been forever changed, as have studies of language endangerment, language and racism, not to mention your recent work contributing further to Uto-Aztecan linguistics. You will be missed.