Academic Title:

Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Connecticut.

Research Interests:

Child Language Acquisition (Syntax, Morphology, Semantics).

Comparative Syntax and Morphology.

Syntax-Semantics Interface.

Publications and Conference Presentations

Editorial and Advisory Responsibilities:

Editor, Language Acquisition.

Review Board, Snippets.

Advisory Board, Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics.

Administrative Responsibilities:

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Linguistics.

Co-Director, Language Acquisition Laboratory.

Organizing Committee, Semantics and Linguistic Theory 17, University of Connecticut, 11-13 May 2007.

Teaching Responsibilities:

Undergraduate Courses:

Ling 101: Language and Mind

Ling 202: Principles of Linguistics

Ling 215C: Experimental Linguistics

Graduate Courses:

Ling 323: Acquisition of Syntax

Ling 332: Methods in Acquisition

Ling 333: Readings and Research in Acquisition

Ling 334: Advanced Topics in Acquisition

Additional Affiliations:

Visiting Faculty, 2007 LSA Linguistic Institute, Stanford University.

Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut (Research Affiliate).

Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut (Affiliated Faculty).

Education:

Ph.D., 1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Joint Doctoral Program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science,
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.

Research Internship in Cognitive Neuroscience,
Massachusetts General Hospital, 1989-1990.

S.B., 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.