Description: (American Author and Linguist)
Daniel Leonard Everett is a distinguished American linguist and author known for his extensive research on the Pirahã people and their language in the Amazon basin. Currently, he is the Trustee Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Prior to this role, he served as the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University and led the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State University. Everett has also been a faculty member at the University of Manchester, the University of Campinas, and the University of Pittsburgh where he chaired the Linguistics Department.