Background
Tsiapera, Maria was born on July 26, 1935 in Cyprus. Naturalized, 1964. Daughter of Anastasis and Aphrodite Tsiapera.
Tsiapera, Maria was born on July 26, 1935 in Cyprus. Naturalized, 1964. Daughter of Anastasis and Aphrodite Tsiapera.
Bachelor of Arts, University Texas, Austin, 1957; Master of Arts, University Texas, Austin, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, Austin, 1963.
Assistant professor linguistics, Fresno (California) State University, 1964-1966; assistant professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966-1967; associate professor, department chairman, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967-1972; professor, chairman, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972-1973; professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1973.
Member Linguistic Society of America (executive committee), Southeastern Conference Linguistics (founder, president), American Oriental Society, Modern Greek Studies Association, American Association Teachers Arabic, North America Association for History of Language Sciences (vice president, president-elect 1992).
Married Jeff Beaubier, May 1, 1969. 1 daughter, Nike Tsiapera.