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Sandra Thompson (politician)
Sandra Thompson may refer to: * Sandra Thompson (linguist), American linguist * Sandra Thompson (writer) Sandra Thompson (born Chicago) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and memoirist. Life She was raised in Park Ridge, Illinois. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, and from Brooklyn College with an MFA, where she studi ..., American novelist and short story writer * Sandra L. Thompson, American government official {{hndis, Thompson, Sandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Thompson (linguist)
Sandra Annear Thompson (born July 6, 1941) is an American linguist specializing in discourse analysis, typology, and interactional linguistics. She is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She has published numerous books, her research has appeared in many linguistics journals, and she serves on the editorial board of several prominent linguistics journals. Education Thompson received her BA in linguistics from Ohio State University in 1963. She earned her MA in linguistics in 1965 and her PhD in 1969, both from Ohio State. Career From 1968–1986, Thompson taught at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Since 1986, she has held a position at UCSB. Thompson is known for her large body of research on Mandarin grammar, much of which she has conducted in collaboration with UCSB colleague Charles Li. Their 1981 book ''Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar'' is widely cited and often compared to Yuen R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Thompson (writer)
Sandra Thompson (born Chicago) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and memoirist. Life She was raised in Park Ridge, Illinois. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, and from Brooklyn College with an MFA, where she studied with Jonathan Baumbach. She taught at the University of South Florida and at New College of Florida New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded in 1960 as a private institution known simply as New College, spent several years merged into the University of South Florida, and in 2001 became an aut .... She began her career at Magazine Management Co. in New York as editor of '' True Secrets''. She was an editor, writer and columnist for the '' St. Petersburg Times''. She was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize . She lives in Tampa, Florida, with her husband Chris Sherman; her daughter, Alex, lives in New York City. Awards * 1984 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction Works * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |