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Experience

Fieldwork

 

I carried out an independent three-week fieldwork project in Ethiopia in June, 2025 to analyze the prosody of Amharic, in collaboration with Addis Ababa University.  For this project I was awarded a Boston University Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship (GRAF).

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Teaching

 

I have worked as an instructor of record and teaching fellow in various Boston University classes to upwards of 80 students, including Introduction to Linguistics and Introduction to Sound Systems.  Courses I am prepared to teach include Phonetics/Phonology, Prosody, Field Methods, and Acquisition

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​​​Languages

 

Proficient–Native

  • English, Spanish

Beginner–Intermediate

  • Amharic, Arabic, American Sign Language

Research

  • Amharic, Haitian Creole, Kabyle Berber, Minangkabau, ​Scottish Gaelic, Tagalog

​​​Technical skills

 

Proficient in

  • R (statistical computing software)

  • LaTeX (typesetting system)

  • Praat (speech analysis software)

  • Python

  • OpenSesame (experiment builder platform​

Organizing

 

I have served on the organizing committee for the Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) as a Co-Chair, Volunteer Chair, and Registration Chair.  As part of this service I edited the proceedings for BUCLD 47.

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Organizing committee and invited speakers for BUCLD 48
(November 2023)

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