Kristine Hildebrandt is an American linguist who is known for her research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas.
Her work focuses on the Nar-Phu and Gurung languages and other languages of the Manang District of Nepal,[1][2] with an expertise in phonetics.
Hildebrandt earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2003 from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
[3] She is a Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship Center at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
[4] Hildebrandt is the editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Himalayan Linguistics,[5] and the President of the Endangered Language Fund (ELF).