Research

My research is primarily in theoretical syntax and morphology, and I have particular interests in grammatical gender, number, syncretisms, clitic doubling, and the fine line between prepositions and case markers. The languages I specialize in are Amharic (Ethio-Semitic) and Ancient Egyptian (the language written with hieroglyphs), both of which are members of the Afroasiatic language family.

• I gave a non-specialist talk on grammatical gender at the Centre for Advanced Study in Oslo, Norway in the spring of 2020. Here are the slides.

• In the fall of 2019, I spearheaded the organization of the 3rd Afranaph Project Development Workshop, funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

For detailed information about my past and present research activities, see my C.V. and this list of downloadable papers and handouts.

Teaching and Advising

I greatly enjoy teaching, and please see a list of past and present courses (being) taught.

Contact Information, etc.

If you need to reach me, here's how.

For the curious: more information on how I began studying Egyptian, and what I'm up to when I am not doing linguistics.