Curriculum Vitae
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Education
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Publications
Conference Presentations
and Invited Talks
Experience
Languages
References
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September 1998 - January 2007
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Ph.D. in
Linguistics
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Concentration in
Theoretical Linguistics
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Dissertation:
Distributed Morphological Mechanisms of Labovian Variation in Morphosyntax
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Committee (see References):
Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University (Chair)
David Adger, Queen Mary,
University of London
Kleanthes Grohmann,
University of Cyprus
Natalie
Schilling-Estes, Georgetown University
Summer 2001
Stuttgart University
Stuttgart, Germany
Hauptseminar
§
Two seminars passed for 3 credits graduate credit:
"The Acquisition of Verb Placement" (Manuela Schoenenberger)
"Topics at the Morpho-Syntax Interface" (Artemis Alexiadou)
1993 - 1998
Portland State
University Portland, OR
Bachelor of Arts in
Applied Linguistics
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With Honors
§
Minor in
Japanese Language and Literature (see
Languages)
Summer 1997
Cornell
University Ithaca, NY
Linguistic Society of America, Summer
Institute
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Courses passed for undergraduate credit:
"Minimalism" (Collins)
"Phrase Structure and
Movement" (Fukui)
"Diachronic Syntax" (Garret)
"History of Linguistics" (Fromkin)
"Language Variation" (Guy).
1994 - 1995
Yonsei University
Seoul, Korea
International Study Program, Portland State
University/Yonsei University
§ Courses passed for undergraduate credit, included Korean language (see Languages), modern Korean literature, Korean history, Chinese and Korean philosophy, and the history of Buddhism.
Fall 2004
Georgetown University Washington, DC
Department of Linguistics, Graduate Scholarship
§ Provided tuition scholarship.
Fall 1999 - Fall 2000; Fall 2001 - Fall 2002
Georgetown University Washington, DC
Department of Linguistics, Graduate Assistant
§ Provided full tuition and monthly stipend. Activities varied by semester (see Experience).
Fall 1998 - Spring 1999 Georgetown
University Washington, DC
Georgetown University Graduate Fellowship
§ Provided full tuition and monthly stipend. Activities varied by semester (see Experience).
1995 - 1998 Portland State
University Portland, OR
Oregon Laurels Scholarship
§ Merit based; provided full tuition.
(To appear) A Minimalist, Distributed Morphology approach to Labovian variation: The Case of weak expletive it on Smith Island. In Grohmann, Kleanthes and Phoevos Panagiotidis (eds.), Interface Issues in Linguistic Minimalism. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press.
(To appear) Review of Cornips, Leonie, and Karen P. Corrigan (eds.), Syntax and Variation: Reconciling the Biological and the Social. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2005. In English Language and Linguistics.
(To appear) Distributed Morphological mechanisms of Smith Island weren’t leveling. In University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 13.1: Proceedings of the 30th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics.
(To appear) Distributed Morphological mechanisms of pronoun-case variation. In University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 12.2: Selected Papers from NWAV 34. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics.
(2002) Dialect death and morpho-syntactic change: Smith Island weak expletive 'it'. In Johnson, Daniel Ezra and Tara Sanchez (Eds.), University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 8.3: Selected Papers from NWAV 30. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics.
(2002) Untangling Lateralization and De-Lateralization. In Ahn, Hee-Don and Namkil Kim (Eds.), Selected Papers from the Twelfth International Conference on Korean Linguistics. Seoul: Kyungjin Publishing Co.
(2001) Review of Wiese, The Phonology of German. The Linguist List (12.2354). [http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-2354.html]
(2000) Negative Inversion in African American Vernacular English: A Case of optional movement? In Antrim, Nancy Mae and Grant Goodall, Martha Schulte-Nafeh, Vida Samiian (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Western Conference on Linguistics, Vol. 11 (WECOL 1999). California State University, Fresno: Department of Linguistics.
(1999) With Takae Tsujioka (Eds.), Georgetown University Working Papers in Theoretical Linguistics, Vol. 1. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University, Dept. of Linguistics.
Selected articles from Today's Science on File (see Experience):
(2006) Psychology: Starling Syntax? Animal Grammars and the Evolution of Language. Today's Science on File (TSOF), September 2006: online only.
(2006) Archeology: Shell Beads May Push Back Origins of Culture. TSOF, August 2006: 299-301.
(2005) Paleontology: Teeth are First Chimp Fossils. TSOF, October 2005: 64-65.
(2005) Biology: Chick-a-dee-dee-Danger! TSOF, September 2005: 37-38
(2005) Paleoanthropology: The Contentious Hobbits of Flores. TSOF, September 2005, Supplement: 20-24.
(2005) Biology: Hibernation on Demand: A Smelly Solution. TSOF, July 2005: 265-269.
(2005) Earth Science: Arctic Warming Fast, Polar Bears on Thin Ice. TSOF, February 2005: 156-161.
(2004) Psychology: Altruistic Punishment: A Sweet Dish. TSOF, November 2004: 89-90.
(2004) Psychology: Talking to Dogs. TSOF, September 2004: 32-35.
(2004) Paleontology: From Fin to Limb. TSOF, July 2004: 265.
(2003) Anthropology: Cows Give Males the Upper Hand. TSOF, December 2003: 112.
Conference Presentations and Invited Talks
(2006) Dialect Death by Concentration on Smith Island. Lecture and discussion for Ling-e121c “The Rise and Fall of Languages,” instructor Prof. Andrew Nevins. Department of Linguistics, Harvard University. September 28, 2006.
(2006) Distributed Morphological Mechanisms of Labovian Variation: The Case of Smith Island. Ling-Lunch. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. September 28, 2006.
(2006) Distributed Morphological Mechanisms of Labovian Variation: The Case of Smith Island. Harvard GSAS Linguistic Theory Workshop. Department of Linguistics, Harvard University. September 27, 2006.
(2006) WEIT on Smith Island (another vexing expletive). Poster presentation. InterPhases Conference. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. May 18-20, 2006.
(2006) Distributed Morphological mechanisms of Smith Island weren't leveling. 30th Penn Linguistics Colloquium, Special Session on Distributed Morphology. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. February 24, 2006.
(2005) Beyond you and I: Distributed Morphological mechanisms of pronoun variation. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 34. New York University, New York, NY. October 22, 2005.
(2005) From the Arctic to the Amazon, Whorf rides again (the Whorfian Fallacy revisited). Come Together NYC. Apex Art, New York, NY. February 12, 2005.
(2004) Variability as an empirical phenomenon and its implications for linguistic theory (a case study). Poster presentation. Georgetown University Round Table (GURT) 2004. Georgetown University, Washington D.C. March 26-29, 2004.
(2003) Variation, change, and the morphological component. Linguistics Research Group Colloquium, Institute for German Language and Literature. University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. January 29, 2003.
(2002) With Jennifer Mittelstaedt. A Distributed Morphology account of 'were't' leveling. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 31. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. October 9 - 13, 2002.
(2001) Head movement in minimalist syntax: Some problems and proposals. Two-part lecture for a seminar in syntactic theory, instructor Prof. Raffaella Zanuttini. Georgetown University, Washington, DC. October 18-23, 2001.
(2001) Dialect death and morpho-syntactic change: Smith Island Weak Expletive 'it'. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 30. Raleigh, NC. October 11 - 14, 2001.
(2001) Explaining variable linear ordering asymmetries in English: A morphological alternative. Asymmetry Conference. University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada. May 7 - 10, 2001.
(2000) Untangling Lateralization and De-Lateralization. Conference of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL) 12. Prague, Czech Republic. July 13 - 15, 2000.
(1999) The Minimalist Program, variation, and AAVE. Lecture for an introduction to linguistics course, instructor Jo Mackiewicz. Georgetown University. November 1999.
(1999) African American Vernacular English. Lecture for an Introduction to Linguistics course, instructor Takae Tsujioka. Georgetown University. November 1999.
(1999) Negative Inversion in African American Vernacular English: A Case of optional movement? Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL) 28. El Paso, TX. October 28 - 30, 1999.
(1999) A Minimalist analysis of Negative Inversion in African American English. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 28. Toronto, Canada. October 14 - 16, 1999.
(1999) A Minimalist analysis of Negative Inversion in African American English. Mixed Bag Munch Colloquium Series. Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University. September 30, 1999.
November 2003 and August 2006
- present
Today's Science on File New York, NY
Freelance Science Writer
§ Wrote articles about linguistic evidence in anthropology and starling experiments (see Publications).
August 2005 - August 2006
Today's Science on File New York, NY
Contributing Editor
§
Managing Editor: Chris Larson (clarson AT facts DOT com)
§
Primarily responsible for production of print issues (discontinued August 2006);
secondary responsibilities included writing science-news articles (see
Publications) and other tasks (see below).
April 2004 - August 2005
Today's Science on
File New York, NY
Editorial Assistant
§
Managing Editor: Amy Perry (aap270 AT nyu DOT edu)
§
Responsibilities included researching and writing science-news feature articles
and briefs (see Publications), monitoring science
news from various sources, copy and content editing, layout of print issues in
Adobe Framemaker and Photoshop, corresponding with scientists, corresponding
with freelance writers, gathering photographs and graphics, obtaining credits
and permissions for publication of photographs and graphics, mailing, and other
miscellaneous office work.
July - November 2002; March 2003 -
April 2004
Facts on File News Services New York, NY
Editorial Assistant
§
Managing Editor: Jonathan Taylor (jtaylor AT facts DOT com)
§
Responsibilities included assigning newspaper and journal articles
to writers by topic, clipping, sorting, and distributing articles, photocopying
and distributing finals and corrected finals, opening mail, and other
miscellaneous office work.
Spring 2002 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Editorial and Research Assistant
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Editor: Prof. David Lightfoot (Dean, Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences)
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Assisted with (2002) David Lightfoot (Ed.),
Syntactic Effects
of Morphological Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Responsibilities included copy editing, checking references, assembling and
editing subject and author indexes, faxing, copying, coordinating communication
and proofreading with authors, and other miscellaneous office work.
Fall 2001 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Teaching Assistant: Ling 001 - Introduction to Language
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Instructor: Prof. Donna Lardiere (see References)
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Responsibilities
included grading homework, exams and papers, tutoring, and
teaching bi-weekly section.
Spring - Summer 2001 Georgetown University
Munich, Germany - Washington, DC
Linguistic Transcriber: Dialect Change and Preservation in
Smith Island, MD
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Primary Investigator: Prof. Natalie Schilling-Estes (see
References)
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Transcribed approximately 20 hours of multi-speaker conversations
recorded on Smith Island, MD.
§
Worked long distance - transcripts were emailed from Munich,
Germany to Washington, DC.
Fall 2000 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Teaching Assistant: Ling 225 - Syntax
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Instructor: Bruce Moren
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Responsibilities
included grading and tutoring.
Fall 1999, Spring 2000 Georgetown
University Washington, DC
Teaching Assistant: Ling 527, 528 - Generative Syntax I,
II
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Instructor: Prof. Hector Campos
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Responsibilities
included grading, tutoring, and teaching weekly section.
Spring 1999 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Co-editor: Georgetown University Working Papers in
Theoretical Linguistics
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With Takae Tsujioka (see Publications)
§
Responsibilities
included soliciting and selecting papers for publication,
coordinating communication with referees and authors, proofreading, copy editing
and content editing selected papers, desktop publishing and printing the
completed volume.
Fall 1998 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Teaching Assistant: Ling 225 - Syntax
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Instructor: Prof. Elena Herburger
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Responsibilities
included grading, tutoring, and giving class lectures.
1994 - 1995 Various clients
Seoul, Korea
Private English Tutor
§ Various ages and instructional settings.
English
§ Native speaker (Willamette Valley, Oregon)
Korean
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3 years formal instruction (Foreign
Languages and Literatures at PSU; Korean
Language Institute at Yonsei University)
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Lived 15 months in Seoul, Korea (September 1994 - August 1995;
June - August 1999)
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Intermediate proficiency in written and spoken Korean
German
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8 weeks formal instruction (Goethe Institute
Munich; Munich Volkshochschule)
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Lived 17 months in Munich, Germany (May - August 2000; January -
August 2001; November 2002 - March 2003)
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Basic proficiency in written and spoken German
Japanese
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5 semesters formal instruction (Japanese
at PSU)
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Elementary
proficiency in spoken and written Japanese
Prof. Donna Lardiere, Ph.D. (advisor)
Prof. David Adger, Ph.D. (dissertation-committee member)
Prof. Kleanthes Grohmann, Ph.D. (dissertation-committee member)
Prof. Natalie Schilling-Estes, Ph.D. (dissertation committee member)
Prof. Andrew Nevins, Ph.D.