I have been going to school for the past 23 years or so. The most recent locations include the following.
UMass, Ph.D. program in Linguistics, since 2007
MIT, B.S. in Linguistics and Philosophy, 2003-2007
Institut für Linguistik: Anglistik, Stuttgart, Germany, summer 2006
PLD High School in Lexington, KY, specifically MSTC, 1999-2003
I'm interested in syntax. Right now I'm working on partial wh-movement. I'm also really into fieldwork.
English (native)
German (pretty good)
Finnish (beginning, fieldwork)
Mandarin (heritage non-speaker)
Burmese (fieldwork)
Tibetan (fieldwork)
Dholuo/Luo (fieldwork)
Kikuyu (fieldwork)
Finnish -hAn and Addressee Attention, 2011, my second GP
Variable Unaccusativity and the Lexicon, 2010, my first GP
Wh Questions in Dholuo, 2009, term paper for 748
Polar Questions in Finnish, 2009, term paper for 753
dissertation stuff
TO for 201 Introduction to Linguistic Theory
Independent Study in Finnish with Jim Cathey
grading for 101 People and Their Language
writing my prospectus/dissertation
grading for 101 People and Their Language online, summer session 1
Independent Study with Kyle Johnson
dissertation stuff
TA for 401 Intro to Syntax
Independent Study in Finnish with Jim Cathey
teaching Finnish to some freshmen
794A Morphology
writing my second GP
TO for 201 Introduction to Linguistic Theory
Independent Study in Finnish with Jim Cathey
teaching Finnish to some freshmen
writing my second GP
grading for 101 People and Their Language online, summer session 1
752 Topics in Syntax (left periphery)
writing my GPs
TA for 201 Introduction to Linguistic Theory
Independent Study in Finnish with Jim Cathey
748 Structure of a Non-Indo-European Language
750 Proseminar in Syntax (movement and multidominance)
797A Third Year Seminar
writing my GPs
TA for 201 Introduction to Linguistic Theory
Independent Study in Finnish with Jim Cathey
grading for 101 People and Their Language online
grading for 101 People and Their Language online, summer session 2
611 Psychological Background to Linguistic Theory
753 Topics in Semantics (focus)
793A Second Year Seminar
writing my first GP
TA for 101 People and Their Language
Independent Study in Finnish with Jim Cathey
GLSA Manager
grading for 101 People and Their Language online
810 Syntax Seminar (phi features) (spectating)
591A Quantitative Methods in Linguistics
720 Proseminar on Semantic Theory (Pacific Northwest Languages)
Independent Study with Rajesh Bhatt
TA for 101 People and Their Language
Independent Study in Finnish with Jim Cathey
GLSA Manager
CHINESE 126 Beginning Intensive Chinese (auditing)
604 Syntactic Theory
606 Phonological Theory
620 Formal Semantics
748 Structure of a Non Indo-European Language (Tibetan)
SLAVIC 121 Elementary Finnish II (auditing)
MATH 713 Algebraic Number Theory (spectating)
601 Introduction to Transformational Grammar
603 Generative Phonology
610 Semantics and Generative Grammar
SLAVIC 111 Elementary Finnish I (auditing)
750 Proseminar in Syntax (ellipsis) (spectating)