I am a linguist and a phonetician and phonologist. My primary focus is prosody from the speech signal to grammar and processing. My work integrates diverse approaches, including fieldwork, experiments, formal language theory, and machine learning. Recent language areas of focus include Samoan, Formosan languages, and African American English.

Interests

  • Tone/intonation
  • Computational prosody
  • Polynesian and Formosan languages
  • African American English
  • Phonetics & phonology
  • Language variation

Education

  • PhD in Linguistics, 2011

    University of California Los Angeles

  • BS in Chemistry, 2004

    Stanford University

Current Collaborators

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Alessa Farinella

Graduate Student,
UMass Linguistics

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Anissa Neal

Graduate Student,
UMass Linguistics

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Ayana Whitmal

Graduate Student,
UMass Linguistics

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Brendan T. O'Connor

Associate Professor,
UMass College of Information and Computer Sciences

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Cerys Hughes

Graduate Student,
UMass Linguistics

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Lisa Green

Distinguished Professor,
UMass Linguistics

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Meghan Armstrong-Abrami

Associate Professor,
UMass Hispanic Linguistics

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Seung Suk (Josh) Lee

Graduate Student,
UMass Linguistics

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Yu-An Lu

Associate Professor,
National Chiao Tung University

Past Collaborators

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Deniz Özyıldız

Ph.D (2021),
UMass Linguistics

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Edward P. Stabler

Xerox PARC,
Professor Emeritus,
UCLA Linguistics

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Hiu-Wai Lam

UCLA Linguistics B.A., M.A.

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Kie Zuraw

Professor,
UCLA Linguistics

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Robyn Orfitelli

Lecturer,
University of Sheffield

Doctoral Advisees

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Ivy Hauser

Assistant Professor,
UT Arlington
Ph.D. (2019)

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Leland Kusmer

Ph.D. (2020),
UMass Linguistics

Five Colleges Prosody Group Co-Directors

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Heather Pon-Barry

Associate Professor,
Mount Holyoke College Computer Science

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Mara Breen

Associate Professor,
Mount Holyoke College Psychology

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Meghan Armstrong-Abrami

Associate Professor,
UMass Hispanic Linguistics

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