Background
Der-Houssikian, Haig was born on August 16, 1938 in Cairo. Son of Vagharsh and Adrine (Karalian) Der-H.
Der-Houssikian, Haig was born on August 16, 1938 in Cairo. Son of Vagharsh and Adrine (Karalian) Der-H.
Student, American University, Cairo, 1959. Bachelor, American University, Beirut, 1961. Master of Arts, American University, Beirut, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1969.
Research associate University Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1966-1967. Assistant professor linguistics University Florida, Gainesville, 1967-1972. Director linguistics, 1971-1972, 84-85.
Associate professor University Florida, Gainesville, 1972-1977, director Center for African Studies, 1973-1979, professor, 1977—2003, chairman department African and Asian languages and literature, 1982-1991, professor emeritus, since 2003. Member graduate council University Florida, 1988-1991. Senior Fulbright lecturer Universidade de Luanda, Angola, 1972-1973, Universite du Benin, Lome, Togo, 1979-1981.
Visiting professor African linguistics University Zimbabwe, Harare, 1989. Panelist, grant proposal reviewer United States Department Education, Washington, since 1976. United States Information Agency Academy Specialist Grant consultant to University De Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1981.
United States Information Agency Academy Specialist Grant lecturer University Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo, May-August 1988. Occasional grant proposal evaluator Social Science and Humanities Council Canada.
Member Modern Language Association (African Linguistics bibliographer 1967-1974), Linguistics Society of America, African Studies Association, Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Gaylynne Hall, August 27, 1961.