Randy Lebold, PhD
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Linguistics; Co-Chair, Linguistics & World Languages; Vice President, Academic Affairs (CanIL)
It is a thrill for me to see students develop a passion for linguistics and to hear about how they plan to use their knowledge and skills to serve God all over the world.
Randy Lebold spent two years living and working in Indonesia, first learning Indonesian and then doing sociolinguistic survey with SIL among the minority language communities in the province of Papua. After returning to live in Canada, Randy continued to support the work of sociolinguistic survey in Papua by working remotely and taking short trips to Indonesia. During this time his energies were focused primarily on training national language surveyors and survey report writing. Randy began teaching at TWU in the fall of 2009 and currently chairs the BA in Linguistics program.
- PhD Educational Studies (Talbot School of Theology, Biola University; 2023)
- Master of Applied Linguistics & Exegesis (ACTS Seminaries; 2002)
- Bachelor of Theology (Emmanuel Bible College; 2001)
Expertise
Sociolinguistic survey, Learners’ sense of community, Regulation of learning
Recent Publications
- Lebold, R. An exploration of learners' sense of community and its relationship with involvement and social regulation of learning in a linguistics department at a Christian university in Western Canada (Doctoral dissertation, Biola University). Biola University. (2023) https://www.proquest.com/docview/2808494809
- Lebold, R., & Lee, M.-Y. Survey report on the Emem language of Papua, Indonesia. Journal of Language Survey Reports 2016-008. (2017) https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/70010
- Lebold, R., Kriens, R., Sohn, M.-S., & Susanto, Y. Report on the Upper Digul Helicopter Survey. Journal of Language Survey Reports 2014-002. (2014). https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/56910
- Lebold, R., Kriens, R., & Susanto, Y. A report on the Bamgi, Kia, and Lower Digul River language survey in Papua, Indonesia. Journal of Language Survey Reports 2013-008. (2013) https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/52712
- Kriens, R., Lebold, R., & Menanti, J. Report on the Haju Subdistrict Survey in Papua, Indonesia. Journal of Language Survey Reports 2011-024. (2011) https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/41627
- Lebold, R., Kriens, R., & de Vries, P. J. Report on the Okaba Subdistrict survey in Papua, Indonesia. Journal of Language Survey Reports 2010-008. (2010) https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9086
- Lebold, R., Kriens, R., de Vries, P. J., & Rumaropen, B. Report on the Assue subdistrict survey in Papua, Indonesia. Journal of Language Survey Reports 2010-024. (2010). https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9150
- Kriens, R., & Lebold, R. Report on the Wildeman River survey in Papua, Indonesia. Journal of Language Survey Reports 2010-010. (2010). https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9214
- Sohn, M.-S., Lebold, R., & Kriens, R. Report on the Merauke Subdistrict Survey, Papua, Indonesia. Journal of Language Survey Reports 2009-018. (2009) https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9116
Affiliations & Memberships
- Canada Insitute of Linguistics
- LIN 566 / LING 466/566 Principles of Sociolinguistic Survey
- LIN 571 / LING 371/571 Training Across Cultures
- LING 101 Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 102 Applying Linguistics in the World
- LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
- LING 360 Morphosyntax I
- LING 398 Linguistics Practicum
- LING 399 Internship in Field Linguistics