Education

UCLA, 1984, Ph.D., Linguistics, Thesis title: Constraining Metrical Theory: A Modular Theory of Rhythm and Destressing
MIT, 1982-1983, Visiting Scholar
UCLA, 1982, C.Phil., Linguistics
UCLA, 1981, M.A., Linguistics, Thesis title: Some Vogul Morphology: A Hierarchical Account of Multiple Exponence
UCLA, 1979, B.A., summa cum laude in Linguistics

Selected Honors & Grants

NSF Conference Proposal (with A. Barss; Spring 99)
SBSRI Intellectual Communities Grant (with K. Green and N. Mendoza-Denton; Spring 99)
New Learning Environments and Instructional Technologies Grant (with M. Willie and O. Zepeda; Spring 98)
SBSRI Research Professorship (Fall 96, Fall 90)
NIH Fogarty Senior International Fellowship (92-94)
High-Level Grant, French Scientific Mission(Fall 92)
SBSRI Minigrant (Spring 92)
SBSRI Small Grant Competition (Spring 91)
UA Innovative Minority Graduate Student Retention Grant (with D. Archangeli, O. Zepeda, and E. Jelinek; Spring 91)
UA Innovative Minority Graduate Student Retention Grant (with O. Zepeda and E. Jelinek; Spring 90)
SBS Grant Proposal Competition (Spring 90) SBSRI Minigrant Competition (Spring 90)
UW Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Grant (87-88)
UWM Research Incentive Program Grant (Fall 86)
UWM Graduate School Research Grant (86-87)
Japan Foundation Scholarship (Summer 80)
UCLA Regent's Fellowship (79-83)
B.A. Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude (79)

Professional Experience

Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona, Fall of 1999 to present
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona, Fall of 1992 to Spring of 1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona, Fall of 1988 to Spring of 1992
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Fall of 1984 to Spring of 1988
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Minnesota, Fall of 1983 to Summer of 1984
Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of California-Los Angeles, Fall of 1980 to Summer of 1982.

Courses taught

Language, Introduction to Language, Introduction to Linguistics, Phonetics, Structure of English Words, Applied Phonetics, Linguistic Analysis, Phonology, Applied Phonology, Advanced Phonology, Historical/Comparative Linguistics, Linguistics and Literary Theory,Production and Perception of Prosodic Constituency, Seminars on: Accent and Extrametricality, Metrical Constituency, Stress and Learnability, Syllabification, External Evidence in Phonology, Poetic Meter, and Computational Phonology.

Dissertations Directed

Amy Fountain (1997) Prefixal Syllables in Navaho.
Patricia Perez (1996) P-centers in English Disyllables.
Lee Fulmer (1996) Parallelism and Planes in Optimality Theory: Evidence from Afar.
Colleen Fitzgerald (1996) O'odham Rhythms.
Jane Tsay (1994) Phonological Pitch.
Jean Ann (1993) Handshape in ASL and TSL.
Jorge Lemus (1992) A Two-Level Theory of the Lexicon.
Larry Hagberg (1992) An Autosegmental Theory of Stress.
James Myers (1992) A Processing Theory of Rule Application.

Reviewing for

Language, Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Phonology.
National Science Foundation, Canada Research Council
WCCFL, SCIL, ESCOL, NELS, HIL, WECOL, FLSM
Basil Blackwell, Edward Arnold

Selected University and Departmental Service

Editorial Board, Versification, Syntax.
Joint Linguistics-Anthropology PhD Program Codirector (with Jane Hill; 98-)
SBS ITAC, 98-
WCCFL Committee, 98-99
LSA Program Committee, 95-97
SBS Curriculum Committee, 94-
Instruction and Curriculum Policy Committee, 93-95 (U. of A.)
Faculty Senate Member, 92-94 (U. of A.)
Undergraduate Advisor, 91-95 (U. of A.)
Committee on Graduate Studies, 89- (U. of A.)
GAT Coordinator, 89-91, 96- (U. of A.)
Honors/Collegial Dialogs, 89- (U. of A.)
Pizza-with-the-Profs Workshop, 89 (U. of A.)
Graduate Admissions Committee, 88-89 (U. of A.)
Departmental Advertising Coordinator, 88-89 (U. of A.)
Phonology Conference Co-coordinator, 88-90 (U. of A.)
(University) Faculty Senate Member, 87-88 (UWM)
(University) Graduate Research Committee, 87-88 (UWM)
Colloquium Coordinator, 84-88 (UWM)
Symposium Committee Chair, 85-86 (UWM)
Symposium Committee, 86-87 (UWM)