I work in phonology and some of its interfaces. My interests are fairly broad, but a recurring fascination is the tension between repetition and similarity avoidance, particularly as it relates to reduplicative phenomena.
I'm also quite intrigued by globality and locality, and how they are accounted for (or not) as a consequence of the formal properties of Optimality Theory.
Recently I've done some work on the syntax of reduplication that takes larger-than-word constituents. I've also been doing some experimental work with Emily Elfner on phonologically-motivated reduplication in language games that involve infixation.
I'm currently exploring how to capture globally optimal aspects of reduplicative phenomena within a Harmonic Serialist framework. I'm also working on an account of local optionality that combines serial derivation various theories of phonological variation.