Danko Sipka

Danko Šipka is a professor of Slavic languages and head of the German, Slavic, and Romanian Faculty at Arizona State University. He also holds a titular (presidential) professorship conferred upon him by the president of the Republic of Poland. Dr. Šipka served as a senior linguist or consultant to numerous language industry companies. He holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from the U. of Belgrade, a doctorate in psychology from the Polish Academy of Sciences, and an M.A. in Russian from the University of Poznan. Prof. Šipka is an ACTFL-certified Oral Proficiency Tester for Polish and English and a certified interpreter for the IRS, Homeland Security Department, and the Department of Justice. He is also a regular evaluator for the American Council on Education and the Department of Education. He is currently president-elect of NFMLTA.

Danko Šipka's research interests include lexicography, lexicology, lexical and inflectional morphology, computational linguistics, and computer-assisted language learning. His publications encompass over 150 papers and reviews as well as 30 books, including: Lexical Conflict: Theory and practice. Cambridge University Press, 2015, SerboCroatian-English Colloquial Dictionary. Springfield: Dunwoody Press, 2000, Dictionary of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian New Words. Springfield: Dunwoody Press, 2002, and A Comparative Reference Grammar of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. Springfield: Dunwoody Press, 2007. Dr. Šipka has presented invited lectures and keynote talks in the United States, Poland, Germany, Japan, Austria, and Serbia. Prof. Šipka is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Less Commonly Taught Languages. His most recent monograph is titled Lexical Layers of Identity (Cambridge University Press, 2019).