Areas of Interest

Pre-Christian Germanic Language, Religion, Culture
Historical Linguistics
Archaeology
Folklore

Biography

Mary Lynn Wilson earned a double B.A. in History and English Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She earned her M.A. in Medieval European History at UCLA and her Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies at UCLA. Indo-European Studies is an interdisciplinary program in Historical Linguistics, Archaeology, and Folklore. Her specialty is pre-Christian Germanic language, religion, and culture. She has studied 13 different languages and trained in reconstruction of proto language and culture. Dr. Wilson is a lecturer in the History and Marketing Departments at San José State University.