Abbreviated C.V.

Education

Ph.D. in Linguistics, 2000. University of Connecticut, Storrs.

      Thesis:        Accessing linguistic competence: Evidence from children’s and adults’ acceptability judgments.

      Advisors:    Diane Lillo-Martin, William B. Snyder

M.A. in Linguistics, 1998.  University of Connecticut, Storrs.

B.A. in Linguistics, 1993.  Northwestern University. Departmental honors.

Professional Experience

2000-present    Assistant Professor of Linguistics, English Department, University of Michigan-Flint

Summer 1999    Lecturer, Eastern Connecticut State University

1998-2000        Graduate Research Assistant, Cross-Linguistic Early Syntax Study, University of Connecticut

1995-1998        Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut

1994-1995        Translator (Japanese/English), Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut

Awards

Extraordinary Expense Award (for dissertation research). 1999. University of Connecticut

Isabelle Y. Liberman Prize (for outstanding research in the psychology of language). 1999. University of Connecticut

Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut, 1995-1999

Languages

Native proficiency in English and Japanese

Able to comprehend and read Spanish

Professional Organizations

International Association for the Study of Child Language

Linguistic Society of America

Michigan Linguistic Society