I currently work in the Office of Inspector General at the National Science Foundation as an Investigative Scientist. I investigate allegations of research misconduct (plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification) and fraud (theft and abuse of government funds) in NSF proposals, publications, and by NSF employees. I also perform outreach in the academic community, talking with university leaders about the NSF-OIG investigatory process, research integrity, and Responsible Conduct of Research. (All inquiries and investigations are confidential unless there is a finding which results in a government-wide debarment.)
All students and faculty should know the following at a minimum:
http://tinyurl.com/DontPlagiarize

I received my doctoral degree in Linguistics from Georgetown University.  My dissertation is entitled, "Sounding Southern: Phonetic Features and Dialect Perceptions." The work utilizes techniqes in acoustic phonetics to measure linguistic production, using the results to inform a survey of linguistic perception. The work ultimately investigates how Southern features work together to create non-linguists' perceptions of a stronger or weaker accent.

I received a Master's Degree in Computational Linguistics in 2007. My primary interest within the field of Compling was Machine Translation.