Pamela Munro

Pamela Munro (b. May 23, 1947) is an American linguist who specializes in Native American languages. A graduate of the University of California, San Diego, her graduate adviser was Margaret Langdon. She is distinguished research professor of linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has published numerous articles and books on American Indian languages, and was instrumental in the creation of dictionaries for San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec,Chickasaw and Wolof. She is also the editor of a series of books on college slang, Slang U.