About Ethan
I am a Minneapolis-based web developer and aspiring linguist with a particular interest in Scandinavian languages. As a web developer, I work primarily with PHP, Python, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, but I also have experience with Ruby and (unfortunately) ColdFusion. I study linguistics and Scandinavian languages (with a concentration in Swedish) at the University of Minnesota.
Interests
- Sweden
- Mediæval Iceland
- Faroe Islands
- Generative grammar
- Scandinavian linguistics
- Language preservation
- Software design
- Web standards
- Reading
Languages
- Fluent
- English (native), Swedish, Spanish
- Competent
- Norwegian
- Partially Competent
- Danish, German
(These rankings are by my own standards. Accurately ranking one's language competency is, especially for a linguist, an impossible task.)
Associations & Affiliations
- Lowter (external link) (managing editor)
- Student Unions & Activities, UMN (external link) (student web developer)
- Linguistic Society of America (external link) (webmaster)
- Den Svenska Klubben, UMN (external link) (president)
- University Episcopal Community (external link)
- American Swedish Institute (external link)
For information about my work experience, please contact me or visit my LinkedIn profile (external link).