Carol Rose Little

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Carol Rose Little is an assistant professor of linguistics at the University of Oklahoma. She works with Ch’ol, a Mayan language of southern Mexico. In addition to her linguistic research with Ch’ol, she co-translates poetry from Ch’ol to English and has worked as a Ch’ol-English interpreter in California criminal court.

A Conversation with Tsotsil Filmmaker María Sojob

March 2024
Carol Rose Little
Still from Tote/Abuelo / Courtesy of María SojobMaría Sojob, a Tsotsil filmmaker, visited the University of Oklahoma in November 2023 as part of the Mayan Film Festival organized by Carol Ros…
Maya Directors to Headline Film Festival at OU

November 3, 2023 Carol Rose Little
Luz Vázquez and María SojobExplore Mesoamerica through a Mayan Film Festival this November at OU! There will be two events: a showing of two short films with a panel discussion featuring the screenwri…
A Conversation with Ch’ol Poet Juana Peñate Montejo

Carol Rose Little, Charlotte Friedman
Tumbalá, Chiapas / Photo by Carol Rose Little The following interview was conducted in Ch’ol at the poet’s house in Tumbalá, Mexico, on January 7, 2022. Little and Friedman’s translations of thre…
Translating Ch’ol: A Bridge Between Linguistics and Poetry

March 2022
Carol Rose Little, Charlotte Friedman
View from the poet’s roof, Tumbalá, Chiapas / Photo by Carol Rose Little TO VIST THE Ch’ol poet Juana Peñate Montejo’s house in Chiapas, Mexico, requires several flights, at least th…