About Me
I teach courses in linguistics and language processing and direct the Sentence and Discourse Processing Lab
at Brown Universtity.
I conduct research in theoretical linguistics, with a focus on argument structure (especially of adjectives), information structure, and discourse. I also do experimental work testing the hypotheses generated by my linguistic research. I work primarily
on English, as spoken by typical adults, but am also a collaborator on a project documenting Moro, a language spoken in Sudan.
I joined Brown in 2010 after leaving the University of California, San Diego, where I receieved a
PhD in Linguistics and was a pre-doctoral training fellow at the Center for Research in Language.
Linguistics at Brown
Theoretical Liguistics at Brown covers four core areas of linguistic theory (phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics), with expertise in the syntax-semantics interface (Pauline Jacobson) and the syntax-pragmatics interface (Kertz). Fall 2012 will see two new additions to our faculty with Geoff Pullum joining us as a visiting professor and with the arrival of a new hire in phonology (search in progress). Given our position within the larger CLPS department, our BA and PhD programs offer a unique environment for training in linguistics, placing special emphasis on empiricism while still maintaining a critical engagement with linguistic theory. Read more about our undergraduate curriculum and our graduate program.