Background
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove Anita was born on July 6, 1940 in Helsinki, Finland. Daughter of Erik Anders and Aura Kaarina (Voutila) Skutnabb.
researcher linguistics and education educator
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove Anita was born on July 6, 1940 in Helsinki, Finland. Daughter of Erik Anders and Aura Kaarina (Voutila) Skutnabb.
Bachelor, Helsinki University, 1962. Master of Arts, Helsinki University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Helsinki University, 1976.
Advanced Doctorate, Roskilde University, Denmark, 1987.
Teacher Swedish language arts and social Science Espoon Ammattikoulu, Finland, 1964-1966. Research assistant department Nordic languages Harvard University, 1967-1968. Teacher Swedish and German Rudolf Steiner School, Helsinki, 1968-1969.
Teacher Swedish Comprehensive Schools, 1969-1970. From assistant to assistant professor department Nordic languages University Helsinki, 1970-1976. Research assistant Finnish Academy, 1978-1980.
Researcher Danish Social Sciences Research Council, 1980-1981. Director research project Finnish Academy, 1984-1988, Swedish Humanities Research Council, 1987. Associate professor Copenhagen University, 1990-1993, Roskilde University, 1995-1997.
Reader in education University Ostrobothnia, Åbo Akademi, Vasa, Finland, since 1993. Programme coordinator Finnish Radio, School Radio Languages Section, 1970-1971. Guest researcher University Lund, Sweden, 1974, 77, 78, Roskilde University, since 1979.
Member World University Service, Denmark, since 1982. Board directors Institute Migrations-und Rassismusforschung, Hamburg, Germany. Member advisory board University California Educational Research Center, Fresno, 1994-1998.
Member international advisory committee Language Policy Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, since 1995. Member expert mission to Slovakia and Hungary Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe High Commissioner on National Minorities, 1996. Member advisory board Center Conflict Resolution, since 1994.
Vice president Terralingua Partnerships for Linguistic and Biological Diversity, since 1998. Member advisory board Eur. Center Minister Issues, since 1999.
Lecturer in field.
Member Finnish Association Applied Linguistics (secretary 1970-1972, board directors 1970-1972, 75-76), Norden Association (chair cultural policy committee 1970-1972, chair language policy committee 1970-1979, vice president Helsinki board 1971-1979, central Nordic board 1973-1979), Nordic Association Immigrant and Minority Researchers (board directors 1981-1986), Elverum Namibia Association, Danish Association Applied Linguistics (board directors 1984-1986), International Association Applied Linguistics (president science commission language and education in multilingual settings 1984-1993), International Sociological Association (board directors, vice president research committee on ethnic, race and monority relations 1986-1993), International Association Study of Racism (board directors 1991-1998), International Network Researchs on Linguistic Human Rights, Danish Committee Human Rights for Kurds (board directors since 1991), Critical Research into Text/Talk, Information and Communications in Society International Foundation (board directors since 1994), Association Finnish Literature (correspondent member since 1989).
Married Tero Tapio Kangas, June 25, 1961 (divorced 1978). Children: Ilka Elina Kangas, Kea Krista Kangas. Married Robert Henry Lawrence Phillipson, January 7, 1983.