Language Development and Training Personnel


Caryn Devilbiss Benitez

M.A.  in Linguistics 


Language Development and Training  Coordinator 

Team Associate Director, SOLEA  MSEAG 

(Scripture Engagement, Orality, Literacy, EthnoArts, Anthropology) 

Liz Foerster

B.A. Elementary Education

M.A. Applied Linguistics 


Language Development and Training  Coordinator 

Training Specialist  and Mother Tongue Literacy Consultant and Trainer

Interests: Mother tongue based education, literacy materials development, Lanna literacy

Dr. Kimmo Kosonen

PhD in Education

Languages Development Specialist 

Justin Randoph 

B.A. Social Work, Minor in Music

M.A. Master of Art in World Arts

EthnoArts Consultant


Chiu Lai Yee
M.A. Language and Translation

Training Specialist


Michael YK Leung

B.A. Hons, Philosophy

Training Specialist


Dr. Todd Saurman

Guest Lecturer

Senior EthnoArts Consultant, SIL International, 

Chiang Mai, Thailand

 Saurman, Todd. 2013. “Singing for Survival in the Highlands of Cambodia: Tampuan Revitalization of Music as Cultural Reflexivity.” PhD diss., Chiang Mai University, Thailand. 

Dr. Mary Saurman

Guest Lecturer

Senior EthnoArts Consultant, SIL International, 

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Saurman, Mary Elizabeth. 2021. 

“Hmong Songs in Education Through a Therapeutic Lens: An Innovative Approach in Northern Thailand.” Bangkok: White Lotus. 

Kristyna Rousova

Guest Lecturer

Ethno Arts Consultant