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Jay Jasanoff
Born	Jay Harold Jasanoff (1942-06-12) June 12, 1942 (age 82)
Title	Diebold Professor of Indo-European Linguistics and Philology
Spouse	Sheila Jasanoff
Children	2, including Maya
Awards	Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011) Fellow, Linguistic Society of America (2008) William Channing Cabot Fellowship, Harvard University (2004-2005) Hermann and Klara Collitz Professor, Linguistic Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz (1991)

Academic background
Education	Harvard University (BA, PhD)
Doctoral advisor	Calvert Watkins
Academic work
Discipline	Linguistics
Sub-discipline	Indo-European, Historical linguistics
Institutions	Harvard University (1998-present) Cornell University (1978-1998) Harvard University (1970-1978) University of California, Berkeley (1969-1970)
Notable students	Mary Beckman Claire Bowern Craig Melchert Alan Nussbaum
Notable works	Hittite and Indo-European Verb; The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent
Notable ideas	H₂e-conjugation theory

Website	http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~jasanoff/

Jay Harold Jasanoff (/ˈdʒæzənɒf/ or /ˈdʒæsənɒf/) is an American linguist and Indo-Europeanist, best known for his h₂e-conjugation theory of the Proto-Indo-European verbal system. He teaches Indo-European linguistics and historical linguistics at Harvard University.