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Dr. Sadaf Munshi

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Linguistics

(940) 565-2152

Email: sadafmunshi@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
    Major: Linguistics
    Dissertation: Jammu & Kashmir Burushaski: Language, Language Contact and Change
  • MPhil, University of Delhi, India, 2001
    Major: Department of Linguistics/ "Development of Kashmiri Vowel System: A Diachronic Approach"
  • MA, University of Delhi, India, 1999
    Major: Department of Linguistics/ "Configurationality in Paadam"
  • BS, University of Kashmir, India, 1996
    Major: Department of Bio-Sciences

Professional Positions

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2013 - Present).
  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2006 - 2013).
  • Assessment Objects Developer for Urdu Reading, University of Maryland. University of Maryland. (2005 - 2006).
  • Content Objects Selector for Urdu Reading, University of Maryland. University of Maryland. (2005 - 2006).
  • Assistant Instructor, University of Texas at Austin. University of Texas at Austin. (2003 - 2005).
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin. University of Texas at Austin. (2001 - 2003).

Professional Memberships

  • Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institute (CAMCSI), UNT. (Present).
  • Linguistic Society of America. (2016 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • LING 3060 - Principles of Language Study, 12 courses.
  • LING 4040 - Phonetics and Phonology : The Sound Patterns of Language, 7 courses.
  • LING 4070 - History of the English Language, 8 courses.
  • LING 4100 - Poetics, 1 course.
  • LING 4120 - Migration and Language Contact, 4 courses.
  • LING 4130 - Discovering Language from Data, 4 courses.
  • LING 4410 - World Englishes, 4 courses.
  • LING 4800 - Special Seminar in Linguistics, 2 courses.
  • LING 4900 - Special Problems, 4 courses.
  • LING 4950 - Senior Capstone Field Experience, 1 course.
  • LING 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
  • LING 5020 - Studies in Historical Linguistics, 5 courses.
  • LING 5040 - Principles of Linguistics, 14 courses.
  • LING 5300 - Phonology I, 6 courses.
  • LING 5360 - Studies in Descriptive Linguistics, 1 course.
  • LING 5380 - Linguistic Field Methods, 4 courses.
  • LING 5400 - Tools and Methods for Lexicography and Language Analysis, 1 course.
  • LING 5570 - World Englishes, 2 courses.
  • LING 5900 - Special Problems, 6 courses.
  • LING 5950 - Master's Thesis, 7 courses.
  • LING 6000 - Tools for Language Technology, 1 course.
  • LING 6050 - Phonology II, 1 course.
  • LING 6900 - Special Problems, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Postdoctoral Research Supervision, "Developing an Annotated Corpus of Pakistani English as a Research Tool," Linguistics. (March 2023).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis External Evaluator), "SCIENCE OF TRANSFORMATIONS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SYNTACTIC CONSTRUCTIONS IN PUNJABI AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES," Linguistics. (January 2023).
  • Supervised Research Chair, "Dimasa with use of hierarchical annotation to improve interlinear glossing of texts.," Linguistics. (August 2023 - December 2023).
  • Supervised Research Chair, "Phonological Nativization of Lexical Borrowings in Mankiyali: A Descriptive Analytical Study," Linguistics. (January 2022 - December 2023).
  • Supervised Research Chair, "An Exploration of the Ethical Concerns of Language Documentation and Fieldwork," Linguistics. (2022 - 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "A First look at the Morpho-Syntax of Mankiyali," Linguistics. (September 2021 - May 2022).
  • Postdoctoral Research Supervision, "Reduplication in Hindi-Urdu and Other Indo-Aryan Languages," Linguistics. (August 2021 - March 2022).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis External Evaluator), "“Identity Construction of Shina: An Ethnographic Study”," Other - Outside UNT. (2020 - 2021).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis External Evaluator), "“A Morphosyntactic Description of Dhani”," Other - Outside UNT. (2020 - 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "“The Phonology of the Mankiyali Language”," Linguistics. (2020 - 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "An Ethnography of a Digital Archive: A Usability Study of the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America," Anthropology. (2019 - 2021).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis Evaluator), "Linguistic Critique of African-American Fiction: A Siociopragmatic Study”," Linguistics. (2020 - 2020).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis Evaluator), "“Identity Construction of Shina: An Ethnographic Study”," Linguistics. (2020 - 2020).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis Evaluator), "“Triple Mirror of the Poet: Tracing the Translational Strategies in English Translations of Iqbal’s Shikwah”)," Linguistics. (2019 - 2019).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis Evaluator), "“Exploring the Motivational Dynamics of Learning English and Arabic: A Case Study of Madrasa Students in Punjab”," Linguistics. (2018 - 2018).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis Evaluator), Other - Outside UNT. (2017 - 2017).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis Evaluator), Other - Outside UNT. (2016 - 2017).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis Evaluator), Other - Outside UNT. (2016 - 2017).
  • Other (Doctoral Thesis Evaluator), Other - Outside UNT. (2016 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Examining the Bilingual Psycholinguistic Continuum: Comparing the Language Development of Simultaneous and Sequential Bilinguals," Educational Psychology. (2013 - 2015).
  • Other, "Hindi Language Proficiency Test," (2014 - 2014).
  • Other, "The 'English Corner': an applicable out of class learning activity for ESL learners on American campu," Linguistics. (2013 - 2013).
  • Other, "Hindi Language Proficiency Test," (2013 - 2013).
  • Other, "Referential Density and the Meithei Language," (2012 - 2012).
  • Other, "Urdu Language Proficiency Test," (2012 - 2012).
  • Other, "Ergativity, Transitivity and Semantics of Burushaski Verbs," (2011 - 2012).
  • Other, "Moraic Onsets in Burushaski language," Linguistics. (2011 - 2012).
  • Other, "Directions towards a "Happy Place": Metaphor in Conversational Discourse," (2011 - 2011).
  • Other, "Consonantal Alternations in Burushaski Verbs," Linguistics. (2011 - 2011).
  • Other, "Identities in Transition: Changing Language Roles in the Kashmiri Speech Community," (2009 - 2010).
  • Other, "‘Semantic Shift and the Link between Words and Culture’," (2008 - 2008).
  • Other, "‘The Cromarty Fisher Dialect’," (2008 - 2008).
  • Other, "An Analysis of the Syntactic and Lexical Features of Indian English Oral Narrative: A Pear Story Study’," (2007 - 2007).

Awards and Honors

  • Distinguished Service to International Education, University of North Texas. (January 2023).
  • Leadership Fellow, UNT. (2019).
  • Myerson's Grant, UT Austin. (2005).
  • South Asia Institute Travel Grant, UT Austin. (2005).
  • University Fellowship, UT Austin. (2005).
  • NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, UT Austin. (2004).
  • Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship, UT Austin. (2002).
  • Professional Development Award, UT Austin. (2002).
  • South Asia Institute Travel Grant, UT Austin. (2001).
  • Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission of India. (1999).
  • Shri R. N. Shrivastava Gold Medal, University of Delhi (best performance in M.A. program). (1999).
  • Shri Uggrasain Gold Medal, University of Delhi (best student in the M.A. program). (1999).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Munshi, S. (2019). Srinagar Burushaski: A Descriptive and Comparative Account with Analyzed Texts. Leiden, Brill Publications.

    • Book Chapter

  • Munshi, S., Abbas, Q., Raja, M. (2020). Kashmiri Language and Literature: In Times of Peace and Conflict. Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir. 176-194. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group.

    • Book Review

  • Holst, J.H., Munshi, S. Advances in Burushaski Linguistics. Other. 10. Tübingen, Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics (de Gruyter).

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Munshi, S., Englert, E. (2023). Avoiding “A Certain Kind of Plant”: A Case Study in Multidisciplinary Approaches to Lexicography. 6. Yonsei, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicography, Yonsei University.
  • Munshi, S., Englert, E. (2023). Issues and Challenges in Lexicography: A Comparative Study on Burushaski, Kashmiri and Mankiyali. 6. Yonsei, Yonsei University, South Korea.
  • Mangrio, R., Munshi, S. (2022). Reduplication in Hindi-Urdu and Other Indo-Aryan Languages.. (2022) 41-66. Austin, Texas, Proceedings of the 21st Meeting of the Texas Linguistic Society Conference..

    • Digital Collection

  • Munshi, S. Mankiyali Language Resource. https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/MKLR/
  • Munshi, S. (2016). Burushaski Language Resource. https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/BURUS/

    • Journal Article

  • Munshi, S. (2014). Poetic Traditions of Kashmir. Other. 9. Oxford University Press.
  • Munshi, S. (2012). The Metrical Structure of Kashmiri Vanivun. Ars Metrica. 1-32. Budapest, ELTE.
  • Munshi, S., Crowhurst, M. (2012). Weight sensitivity and syllable codas in Kashmiri stress. Other. Cambridge University Press.
  • Munshi, S. (2010). Other. 32-72. Berlin, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Munshi, S., Bhat, R. (2009). Neg Movement and Optional Verb Second in Kashmiri. Other. 205-239. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Munshi, S. (2006). Dardic. Other. 3 (2) 354-356. Oxford, Elsevier Limited.
  • Munshi, S. (2006). Indo-Aryan Languages. Other. 3 (2) 62-632. Oxford, Elsevier Limited.
  • Munshi, S. (2006). Kashmiri. Other. 6 (2) 156-158. Oxford, Elsevier Limited.
  • Munshi, S. (2005). Aspects of Kashmiri folk poetics: meter and rhythm. Other. 111-126. University of Kashmir.

    • Webpage

  • Munshi, S., Raina, A., Keen, S. (2014). Kashmir Oral History. http://www.kashmiroralhistory.org

Presentations Given

  • Invited lecture on "Documentation of endangered languages: issues and challenges", (2015 - 2015).
  • Invited lecture on "Language Documentation and Documentary Linguistics: An integrated approach", (2015 - 2015).
  • Invited lecture on "Languages of Jammu & Kashmir: Endangerment, documentation and preservation", (2015 - 2015).
  • Invited workshop on FLEx, (2015 - 2015).
  • Invited as discussant on a panel presentation, (2014 - 2014).
  • Invited lecture on "Documentation of Burushaski Language: methods, Issues and Techniques", (2014 - 2014).
  • Invited lecture on "Kashmiri Poetic Traditions: A Socio-Historical Perspective", (2014 - 2014).
  • Workshop on Language Documentation, (2014 - 2014).
  • Invited Lecture on the History of English Language, (2013 - 2013).
  • Panel on "Women in Islam", (2013 - 2013).
  • Kashmiri Language and Literature: In Times of Peace and Conflict, (2012 - 2012).
  • Burushaski Language Documentation: An Integrated Approach, (2011 - 2011).
  • Endagered Languages Week, (2011 - 2011).
  • Kashmiri Poetic Traditions: A Socio-historical and Linguistic Perspective, (2011 - 2011).
  • Archive of Annotated Burushaski texts: Data Collection, Transmission, Preservation and Revitalization, (2010 - 2010).
  • 2009-"Documenting the Burushaski Language: Issues in Data Collection, Transmission, Preservation, and Revitalzation", paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation, University of Hawaii, March 12-14, 2009., (2009 - 2009).
  • 2008-"Endangered Languages: Documentation, Transmission, and Revitalization", paper presented at the South Asia Conference, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison (Oct. 16-19, 2008), (2008 - 2008).
  • 2008-"Kashmiri folklore: metrical structure and rhyme", paper presented at South Asian Languages Analysis, preconference at UW, Oct. 16, 2008, (2008 - 2008).
  • Munshi, S. (Other), Language Documentation in Kashmir, (2008 - 2008).
  • 2007-"Effects of Language Change in a Diglossic Context", paper presented at the 29th All India Conference of Linguistics, the Annamalai University (TN, India), Dec. 12-14, 2007., (2007 - 2007).
  • Munshi, S. (Other), Weight Sensitivity and Syllable Codas in Kashmiri Stress, (2007 - 2007).
  • 2006-"Contact-induced Change in J & K Burushaski", paper presented at the Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA), April.7-9, 2006, UT Austin., (2006 - 2006).
  • 2005-"Language Contact and Change in J & K Burushaski", paper presented at the South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable (SALA) - XXV, Sept.16-18, 2005, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., (2005 - 2005).
  • 2003-"Aspects of Kashmiri folk poetics: meter and rhythm", paper presented at the national seminar of Linguistics, Language Teacher and Pedagogy at the University of Kashmir, India, October 2003., (2003 - 2003).
  • 2003-"Kashmiri Stress", paper co-authored with Megan Crowhurst (invited keynote address), presented at the annual international conference the South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable (SALA) - XXIII, Oct.10-12, 2003, UT Austin., (2003 - 2003).
  • 2002-"Neg Movement and Optional Verb Second in Kashmiri", paper co-authored with Rajesh Bhatt, presented at the South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable (SALA) - XXII, June 21-23 2002, University of Iowa., (2002 - 2002).
  • 2001-"Underlying Representations of the Phonology of Kashmiri Vocalism", paper presented at a Linguistics Colloquium at UT Austin, Oct 2001., (2001 - 2001).
  • 2001-"Underlying Representations of the Phonology of Kashmiri Vocalism", paper presented at the South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable (SALA) - XXI, Oct. 8-10, 2001, University of Konstanz, Germany., (2001 - 2001).

    • Invited Talk

  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Kashmir Retreat -- an interdisciplinary academic conference, Crossing the Line of Control: Challenges in Documentation Research in India and Pakistan, New India Foundation, Bengaluru, India, India. (2023 - 2023).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Seminar on Language Documentation, “Language Documentation and Capacity Building in Pakistan”, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2021 - 2021).
  • Munshi, S. (Panelist), International Congress on Pluricentric Languages: Pluricentric Languages of the SAARC Nations in the Digital Age, Pluricentricism and the Changing Picture of Hindi-Urdu, UNESCO Chair in Language Policies for Multilingualism (Brazilian Section), Online (Host country: Brazil), Brazil. (2021 - 2021).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), CoRSAL III, October 29, 2019, UNT (with Fakhruddin Akhunzada, Language Documentation and Archiving in Pakistan, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Language Documentation: Tools and Technology, Post-Graduate Women’s College, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Pakistan., Pakistan. (2019 - 2019).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Documentation of endangered and low-resource languages of Pakistan: Building infrastructure and capacity, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women’s University, Peshawar, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2019 - 2019).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Choosing a Career Path, India. (2018 - 2018).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Basics of Grant Writing, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, India. (2018 - 2018).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Language, Religion and Identity Politics in Kashmir, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikhode, India,, India. (2016 - 2016).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Languages of Jammu & Kashmir: Endangerment, Documentation and Preservation, University of Kashmir, India., India. (2015 - 2015).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Language Documentation and Documentary Linguistics: An Integrated Approach, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2015 - 2015).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Introducing Documentary Linguistics: Language Hunting in India and Pakistan, Government Women's College, Nawakadal, Srinagar (India), India. (2015 - 2015).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Documentation of Endangered Languages: Issues and Challenges, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2015 - 2015).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Special Series on Kashmir, Language Documentation Research in India and Pakistan, Brooklyn Raga Massive, New York, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), International Conference of the Linguistic Association of Pakistan, “The Lyrical Journey of Ghazal: History, Structure and Development in a Cross-Linguistic Context.”, University of Sargodha, Pakistan, Sargodha, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2021 - 2021).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), “4th International Hindukush Cultural Conference 2020” in Chitral, Pakistan., Capacity Building in Language Documentation, Forum for Language Initiative, Pakistan, Chitral Pakistan, Pakistan. (2020 - 2020).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Tools and Methods in Language Documentation, Documentation of endangered and low-resource languages of Pakistan: Building infrastructure and capacity, Air University, Pakistan in collaboration with UNT, Islamabad, Pakistan. (2019 - 2019).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), 3rd Kashmir International Conference on Linguistics, Documentation of endangered, minority and low-resource languages: Towards building a global infrastructure and capacity, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad. Pakistan., Pakistan. (2018 - 2018).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Englert, E. (Author & Presenter), 16th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicography, Avoiding “ Certain Kind of Plant: A Case Study in Multidisciplinary Approaches to Lexicography, Yonsei University, South Korea, Korea, South. (2023 - 2023).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Englert, E. (Author & Presenter), 16th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicography, Yonsei University, Issues and Challenges in Lexicography: A Comparative Study on Burushaski, Kashmiri and Mankiyali"., Korea, South. (2023 - 2023).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), South Asian Languages Analysis roundtable - 34, Dative and Oblique Case Morphology in Burushaski: A Comparative Study, Germany. (2018 - 2018).

    • Other

  • Munshi, S. (Leader), One-week Workshop on Language Documentation, Language Documentation and Digital Archiving, National Science Foundation and Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Allama iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. (2022 - 2022).
  • Munshi, S. (Leader), Workshop on Language Documentation and Archiving, Workshop on Language Documentation and Archiving, National Science Foundation, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2022 - 2022).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Workshop on Professional Writing and Grant-Writing, Workshop on Professional Writing and Grant-Writing, University of North Texas and Pulwama College, Pulwama, Kashmiri (India), Government Girls College, Pulwama. Kashmir (India), India. (2022 - 2022).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Workshop on Orthography Development, Issues in Orthography Development, NSF and Forum for Language Initiatives (Pakistan), Chitral, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2019 - 2019).
  • Munshi, S. (Leader), Workshop on Tools and Methods in Language Documentation, Workshop on Tools and Methods in Language Documentation, National Science Foundation, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2019 - 2019).
  • Munshi, S. (Leader), Workshop on Tools in Language Documentation, Workshop on Tools in Language Documentation, Air University (Pakistan) and UNT, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan. (2018 - 2018).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Linguistic Society of America, Documenting Pakistan’s Endangered and Low Resource Languages: Towards Building Infrastructure and Capacity, National Science Foundation, New Orleans, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Language and Political Conflict, Documenting Kashmir’s Conflict History: Kashmir Oral History Project, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Munshi , S. (Author & Presenter), Computational Resources on South Asian Languages (CoRSAL), Ethics in Data Sharing, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

    • Paper

  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), International Year of Indigenous Languages, Language Documentation in Pakistan: Towards Building Capacity., National Science Foundation, Purdue University, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Literacy promotion and orthography issues for minority and endangered languages: the case of Kashmiri and Burushaski., DFW Conference at GIAL, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Poster

  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Englert, E. (Author & Presenter), Linguistic Society of America, "Mankiyali Consonantal Phonology and the Development of Tone". Refereed poster presentation at the Linguistic Society of America., National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Englert, E. (Author & Presenter), Linguistic Society of America, “Vocativity in Mankiyali: A Descriptive Morphological Analysis". Refereed poster presentation at the Linguistic Society of America., National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Professional Meeting Contribution

  • Munshi , S. (Author & Presenter), UNT Day of Digital Humanities, Burushaski Language Corpus: An Overview, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Palmer, A.M. (Author & Presenter), Chelliah, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Kular, S. (Author & Presenter), Munshi, S. (Author & Presenter), Zhang, X. (Author & Presenter), Robinson, M. (Author & Presenter), UNT Day of Digital Humanities, Digitally-enabled Linguistics at UNT, UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2017).

Media Contributions

  • Gilgit-Baltistan Times.
  • Munshi holds a painting exhibition in Srinagar.
  • Peer to Peer: UNT Builds Educational and Research Partnerships in India.

    • Internet

  • "Equally Different, GirlUp," Girl Up Kashmir. (2022).

    • Magazine

  • "This Is No Dream and Other New Poems," The Punch Magazine. (February 2021).

    • Newspaper

  • "Dying Languages," The Space Ink. (January 2021).
  • "Iran-Kashmir Collaboration Bringing Music to War-Weary World," Kashmir Observer. (July 2020).
  • "Burushaski: The Language That Survived," Live Mint Interview. (January 2019).
  • "Passion for Preservation: Professor records dying language," Denton Record Chronicle. (March 2011).
  • "UNT professor travels to find lost languages," UNT professor travels to find lost languages. (February 2011).
  • "Poetry recitation," A Unique South Asian Mushaira at University of North Texas. (2009).
  • "Experts discuss Asian languages," Experts discuss Asian languages. (2009).

    • Radio

  • "I was asked not to Write about Kashmir," East and West: A Podcast by David Lepeska. (May 31, 2021).

    • TV

  • "The Kashmir Files," NZ Punjab TV. (2022).
  • "International Conference on Documentation of Endangered Languages," Pakistan Television. (June 28, 2022).
  • "Good Morning J & K," Doordarshan Kashir. (May 22, 2022).
  • "Good Morning J&K," Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar. (August 2014).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Munshi, S., "Documenting the Poetic Traditions of Kashmir," sponsored by COI Seed Grant, Local, $3500 Funded. (2019).
  • Munshi, S. (Principal), "Investigation of Tonogenesis and Consonant Inventories through Language Documentation," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $284728 Funded. (2018 - 2024).
  • Munshi, S., "Symposium on the endangered folk traditions of Kashmir," sponsored by Global Venture Fund; University of North Texas, Local, $3000 Funded. (2019 - 2020).
  • Munshi, S. (Principal), "Preserving for Posterity," sponsored by India Venture Fund, University of North Texas, $7500 Funded. (2018 - 2018).
  • Munshi, S. (Principal), ""Archive of Annotated Burushaski Texts"," sponsored by NSF Documentation of Endangered Languages program (NSF-DEL), Federal, $163000 Funded. (2010 - 2017).
  • Munshi, S. (Principal), "NSF Supplemental Award for Orthography Workshop and Archiving," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $10840 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Munshi, S. (Principal), "Investigation of Tonogensis and Consonant Inventories Through Language Documentation," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2018 - 2022).
  • Chelliah, S.L. (Principal), "Lamkang Lexical Database and Online Dictionary (LMK)," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2012 - 2018).
  • Munshi, S. (Principal), ""Archive of Annotated Burushaski Texts"," sponsored by NSF Documentation of Endangered Languages program (NSF-DEL), Federal, Funded. (2010 - 2017).
  • Munshi, S. (Principal), "NSF Supplemental Award for Orthography Workshop and Archiving," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Munshi, S. (Principal), "Archive of Annotated Burushaski Texts," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2010 - 2017).

Service

University Service

  • Chairperson, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (September 2023 - Present).
  • Member, Linguistics Search Committee. (November 2022 - Present).
  • Member, Personnel Affairs Committee and RPTC. (September 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Scholarships and Awards Committee. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Member, Advisory Board of Computational Resource for South Asian Languages. (2018 - Present).
  • Member, Linguistics Search Committee. (2023 - 2023).
  • Member, COI Search Committee for Associate Dean of Research. (November 2022 - December 2022).
  • Other (COI Representative for UNT Chairs Council), Chair's Council. (September 2019 - December 2022).
  • Chairperson, Department of Linguistics. (January 2, 2018 - January 16, 2021).
  • Committee Member, Administrator Evaluation Committee. (2020 - 2020).
  • Other (Fellow), Leadership Fellow. (2019 - 2020).
  • Member, College of Information Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (September 2017 - 2018).
  • Member, Search Committee faculty/chair in Comp Ling. (September 2017 - 2018).
  • Committee Chair, Scholarships and Awards Committee. (September 2015 - December 2017).
  • Committee Chair, Personal Affairs Committee, Linguistics. (2015 - 2017).
  • Member, College of Information RPTC. (September 2016 - August 2017).
  • Other (Member), CAMCSI Internal Advisory. (2011 - 2016).
  • Member, Search Committee for faculty in Comp Ling and SLA. (September 2015 - May 2016).
  • Other (Panelist), Panel on "Women in Islam". (2013 - 2013).
  • Committee Member, Linguistics Graduate Committee. (2011 - 2013).
  • Committee Member, Academic Affairs Committee. (2012 - 2012).
  • Program Organizer, Seminar: "Kashmir: A Way Foreward". (2012 - 2012).
  • Other (Member (Temporary)), Executive Committee, LTC. (2011 - 2011).
  • Other (Conference Organizing Committee and Panel Organizer), South Asia Peace Conference. (2011 - 2011).
  • Committee Member, South Asia Peace Conference Organizing Committee. (2011 - 2011).
  • Program Organizer, Linguistic Circle featuring Pamela Jenson and Nickolas Lester (UNT). (2010 - 2011).
  • Committee Member, Linguistics and Technical Communication Search Committee. (2010 - 2010).
  • Committee Member, Peer Evaluation Committee, LTC. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (Interim Member), Personal Affairs Committee, LTC. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (Symposium Organizer), Symposium on Folklore in Muslim South Asia and Middle East. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (I am collaborating with several members of the UNT community to strengthen the University's presence in and facilitate research and academic programs on South Asia.), UNT's Task Force and Special Interests Group. (2007 - 2010).
  • Other (Colloquium Organizer), Linguistics Colloquium featuring Dr Rajesh Bhatt, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. (2009 - 2009).
  • Other (Conference Organizer, with Shobhana Chelliah), South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable (SALA) conference --Annual international conference. (2009 - 2009).
  • Other (Organizer, with Dr Qaiser Abbas), Multi-lingual South Asian languages poetry recitation program. (October 2009).
  • Other (Organizer and Chair), Invited Panel on Language Endangerment; Conference on South Asia. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Colloquium Organizer), Linguistics Colloquium featuring Dr Hans Henrich Hock, Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Colloquium Organizer), Linguistics Colloquium featuring Dr Ian Hancock, the UN ambassador for Roma ("Gypsies"), and the Alice T. Nowlin Regents Professor in Liberal Arts, and Professor of English, Linguistics and Asian Studies, UT Austin. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Colloquium Organizer), Linguistics Colloquium featuring Dr Megan Crowhurst, Associate Professor of Linguistics, UT Austin. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Colloquium Organizer), Linguistics Colloquium featuring Dr Robert D King, the Audrie and Bernard Rapoport Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor of Linguistics and Asian Studies, UT Austin. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Co-organizer), South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable conference (SALA). (2003 - 2003).

Public Service

  • Other, Webinar. (July 2020 - July 2020).
  • Guest Speaker, Multiple organizations. (2018 - 2019).

Professional Service

  • Other (External Evaluator for Doctoral Dissertations in Linguistics), National University of Modern Languages. Islamabad, (March 2016 - Present).
  • Task Force Member, India Initiatives Group (UNT). (2007 - Present).
  • Other (Juror), Agha Khan Foundation. Lewisville, Texas. (October 7, 2023 - October 8, 2023).
  • Member, Fulbright National Screening Committee. (October 2017 - 2019).
  • Other (Translator), Emmy Award-winning documentary film When the Storm Came. (2003 - 2004).