Former Director of Operations and Long Now Library
Laura Welcher is a linguist with research interests in endangered language documentation, description and revitalization, as well as the growing subdiscipline of computer-assisted linguistics. She received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley, where she learned first hand the importance of creating digital language resources that last in her field research with critically endangered North American languages. Since then she has become involved with various projects in linguistics that are working towards developing standards for the creation and archiving of digital language resources and interoperable tools to support linguistic research.
Principal at Penguin Automated Systems
Member Program Associate (02016 - 02019)
Digital Research Director
Office Manager & Programs Associate (02012-02016)
Long Now Research Fellow
Long Now Research Fellow
Programs Associate
Long Now Research Fellow
Long Now Research Fellow
Beverage Director & Lead Bartender
Long Now Research Fellow
Beverage Director for The Interval
Office Manager (02002 - 02008)
Office Manager (01998 - 02001)
Associate Director of Operations (02011 - 02014)
Consulting Engineer
Machinist/Fabricator & Clock Install
Clock Engineer
Community Manager
Rosetta Technical Director
Office & Store Manager (02007 - 02008)
Outreach & Development Manager (02012 - 02015)
Digital Infrastructure Consulting
Bell Maker
Product Designer
office manager (02001)
system admin
Designer & Developer (02003-02013)
Long Now Research Fellow
Principal at Seattle Solstice
Clock Engineer
Long Now Research Fellow
Lead Clock Engineer
Director of the Rosetta Project (01999-02005)
Design Management Consultant for Clock One
Former Assistant Manager of Museum & Store
Fabrication Specialist
Scholar-in-Residence at The Interval
Video Director and Editor
Machinist and Fabricator
Long Now Research Fellow
Writing Intern
Operations Associate (02016-02017)
Clock Engineer
Clock Engineer
Office Manager (02009 - 02010)
Former Director of Operations and Long Now Library