A bit about me
California native. Regular travel abroad. Avid camper, karaoke-r, Netflix watcher, and home-cooker. Assorted interests include planes, bridges, and trees.
Lecturer
In the English Language and Culture program, I teach courses in English linguistics and Academic Proficiency courses (writing and speaking). I also teach on the Intercultural Communication program, and supervise Master’s theses and internships. My research is housed in the Language and Communication group, where I am more recently focusing on issues of gender in talk-in-interaction.
Lecturer
In Winter 2018 and 2019, I lectured for the Linguistics Department. I designed and delivered the course “Language and Gender in Society.”
Instructor
With USD’s English Language Academy I taught English as a Second Language courses for prospective USD students. Courses included academic and research writing, oral presentations and academic speaking, and culture.
Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher
I joined a cohort of 10 visiting post-doctoral researchers to investigate Language Evolution and Interaction in a year-long position. More about the cohort can be found here. My work at the MPI brought many collaborations, including the use of multiple data sets for investigating repair. I also co-chaired the "Minds, Mechanisms, and Interaction in the Evolution of Language" workshop.
Lecturer
After my receiving my PhD, I lectured for the Departments of Linguistics and Anthropology at UCLA. Course descriptions can be found here.
PhD and Masters
Both my PhD (2015) and Masters (2010) degrees were completed in the Department of Applied Linguistics at UCLA. My specialization was in language acquisition, broadly. My Masters thesis focused on peer corrective feedback in the L2 classroom, while my Doctoral dissertation examined the role of interaction in language acquisition, transmission, and evolution.
Bachelor of Arts
My Bachelor's degree (2006, with Honors) was conferred by the Honors College at UNLV. While my initial ambitions at the university were in Hotel and Food Administration, I soon realized my passion for language. I completed by BA in Spanish, with a focus in linguistics in 2006.