Jacob Kodner is a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. He has worked as an inter-organizational documentation manager for Wikitongues, Living Tongues, and the Jewish Language Project to develop oral histories and dictionaries for several Judeo-Iranian languages. He has researched a number of East Asian languages, including developing a documentation platform for Manchu, and has also worked with the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas to create language learning materials.