Dr. Freddy Boswell

Freddy Boswell works as a Senior Translation Consultant for SIL. He has served in a variety of SIL Global leadership roles, including Executive Director/CEO from 2008-2016, and International Translation Coordinator from 2000-2005. His field work experience has been based in Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, where he helped the Cheke Holo team complete their full Bible translation in 2022, and the Gao language finish their New Testament and Psalms in 2024. He currently assists various language groups and consultants-in-training in Eurasia, and he serves on the faculty of Dallas International University and the Canadian Institute of Linguistics. He is also the managing editor SIL’s Journal of Translation. He earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biblical studies from Oral Roberts University, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Leiden University. He lives in Alabama, USA, and is married to Bekah. They have three married children and 3 grandchildren.