Dr. Bill Gardner

Dr. Bill Gardner

Assistant Professor of Linguistics

Biography

Dr. Gardner has spent 19 years working with SIL International in various African countries, including 9 years in Kenya, 7 years in Mozambique and 2 years in Congo-Brazzaville. He has also taught for 4 years with the Canada Institute of Linguistics at Trinity Western University and is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Dr. Gardner and his wife Lori have two sons and three grandsons. Outside of the classroom, he enjoys books, board games, and Spider-Man.

Academic Credentials

PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2010 
MA, University of North Dakota, 1990 
Master of Christian Studies, New College for Advanced Christian Studies (Berkeley), 1985 
BSc, University of California – Davis, 1979

Areas of Specialization

Phonology, morphology, orthography, Bantu languages