This is me.

This is me.

I study phonology, language acquisition, constraint-based grammars, and other things. Photo credit: J. Craft.

CV

Education

  • B.A. Honours, Linguistics, McGill University, 2001 - Advisor Heather Goad
  • Ph.D., Linguistics, UMass Amherst, 2007 - Advisor Joe Pater

Appointments

  • 2006-2012: Assistant Professor, Linguistics, University of Alberta
  • 2011-2012: Visiting Assistant Professor and Language Learning Research Fellow, Linguistics, University of Michigan

  • 2013-2016: Associate Professor, Linguistics, University of Alberta

  • 2016-2017: Lecturer I, Linguistics, University of Michigan
  • 2017-2018: Lecturer I, Psychology, University of Michigan
  • 2017-2018: Research Investigator, Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan

  • 2017-2021: Adjunct Professor, Linguistics, Simon Fraser University

  • 2019-2020: Assistant Professor, Linguistics, University of British Columbia
  • 2020-present: Associate Professor, Linguistics, University of British Columbia

Teaching

These days I teach various undergraduate and graduate courses in phonology, language acquisition, and other stuff probably. Most years I teach LING451, Acquisition of Phonology, in the January-April semester. If you’re curious about a class I might teach, or my office hours, just email me.
For any courses you think I might have taught in the past, at UBC, the University of Alberta, the University of Michigan, Simon Fraser University, Michigan State University, or the 2013 or 2017 LSA Summer Institutes – feel free to email me.

Or! Maybe you would like to see my textbook?!

Advising

At the University of British Columbia

  • Kaili Vesli, PhD student, in progress
  • Sijia Zhang, PhD student, in progress

  • Zara Gazelle Khalaji, MA student, in progress

  • Edward Leung, BA Honours Thesis (in progress)
  • Lauren Denusik, BA Honours Thesis (2020)

MA Thesis Committees: Gina Pineda Mora (2021), Wendy Amoako (2020) PhD Thesis Committee: Emily Sadlier-Brown (in progress), Alex Ayala (in progress)

Generals Papers committees: Alexander Angsonga

At the University of Michigan

  • Rennie Pasquinelli, B.A. Honours Thesis (co-advised with Ioulia Kovelman) 2018.

Generals Papers supervised: Justin Craft (co-advised with Andries Coetzee).

At the University of Alberta

  • Tsung-Ying Chen, Ph.D. (co-advised with Robert Kirchner), 2012.
  • Tamara Sorenson Duncan, M.Sc. (co-advised with Johanne Paradis), 2010.

  • Marnie Krauss, M.Sc., 2008.

  • Jeff Klassen, B.A. Honours Thesis, 2009.
  • Lisa Elliott, B.A. Honours Thesis, 2008.

Generals Papers supervised: Corey Telfer, Saliu Shittu, Lena Vasilyeva, Kayla Day.

Publications

Talks

Note: the only talks listed currently are recent things, for which there is no associated paper… For any other talks you think I’ve given, freel free to email.