Kenneth A. McElhanon, Ph.D.

Degrees

• Ph.D., Linguistics, Australian National University, 1970
• B.A., Anthropology/Greek, Wheaton College, 1961

Current positions

• Certified Senior Anthropology Consultant, SIL International, 2012–
• Visiting Faculty, Handong Global University, 2006–
• Senior Faculty, Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL), 2005–
• Adjunct faculty, University of Texas at Arlington, 1991–

Other professional experience and service

• Associate Professor, GIAL (formerly TXSIL), 1999–2005
• Faculty, Texas Summer Institute of Linguistics (TXSIL), 1991–1999
• Associate Professor of Cross-Cultural Communication, E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1986–1990
• Adjunct faculty, School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1984–1985
• Field linguist, SIL Papua New Guinea Branch, 1963–1985

Professional memberships

• Society of Biblical Literature, 2007–
• Evangelical Theological Society, 1992–
• American Society of Missiology, 1985–

Language proficiencies

• English: ILR 5
• Selepet: ILR
• Tok Pisin: ILR

Research interests

• Cognitive science
• Cognitive semantics
• Hermeneutics
• World view
• Papuan linguistics