Structure of English

taught Fall 2024 at Gallaudet

This course introduces the linguistic study of English, with emphasis on a hands on approach to linguistic analysis. (Undergraduate general education)

Corpus Linguistics

taught Fall 2021-24 at Gallaudet

Corpus linguistics is the study of language as it is used in "texts" of various kinds. This class explores on how to build a corpus from ASL video data, focusing primarily on annotation and coding of sign tokens, as informed by previous corpus studies. (Introductory graduate)

Introduction to Syntax and Discourse

taught Spring 2021-24 at Gallaudet

Syntax and discourse are the study of sentence structures and how they are used. This class explores on how to analyze sentence structures in ASL and English, focusing primarily on the analysis of linguistic data. (Intermediate undergraduate)

Languages of the World

taught Spring 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2024 at Gallaudet

The languages of the world are much more varied than we might expect from studying only the linguistics of English or ASL. This class gives a general introduction to the diversity of linguistic constructions that are used across the languages of the world. (Advanced undergraduate and Introductory graduate)

Cognitive Linguistics 2

taught Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024 at Gallaudet

Cognitive Linguistics claims that language structures are motivated by their meanings. This course introduces the theoretical foundations of cognitive linguistics and explores how to apply these ideas to ASL data. (Introductory graduate)

Cognitive Linguistics 3

taught Spring 2022, Fall 2023 at Gallaudet

Cognitive Linguistics claims that language structures are motivated by their meanings. This seminar takes a particular aspect of cognitive linguistics such as the cognitive commitment or the usage-based hypothesis and explores it in depth. (Advanced graduate)

Introduction to the Study of Sign Languages

taught at the 2023 LSA Institute

Modern linguists are expected to know some basic information about how sign languages are structured and used. This course provides an introduction to linguistic research on American Sign Language, comparing ASL with spoken languages, with other sign languages, and with non-sign gestures. (Introductory graduate)

Cognitive Linguistics 1

taught Fall 2020, Fall 2021 at Gallaudet

Cognitive Linguistics claims that language structures are motivated by their meanings. This course surveys cognitive linguistic studies of ASL and other languages to understand how this linguistic approach works. (Introductory graduate)

Introduction to Phonology and Morphology

taught Fall 2020, Fall 2021 at Gallaudet

Morphology and phonology are the study of word-internal structure. This class explores on how to analyze word-internal patterns in ASL and English, focusing on the analysis of linguistic data from a variety of sources. (Intermediate undergraduate)

Gesture and Sign Language Analysis

co-taught with Corrine Occhino at the 2019 Linguistic Institute

The majority of our language experience comes from face-to-face interaction. This methods course provides hands-on practice applying familiar tools of linguistic analysis to visual and multimodal data. (Graduate seminar) (see also this short interview)

Sign Language Linguistics

taught at the 2017 Linguistic Institute

Modern linguists are expected to be familiar with research on sign language structure. This seminar provides an overview of American Sign Language research since 1960, comparing ASL with spoken languages, with other sign languages, and with non-sign gesture. (Graduate seminar)

American Sign Language and its Culture

taught Winter 2017 at UC San Diego

Sign languages hold important lessons for linguistics. This analytic class provides an introduction to the linguistic structure of American Sign Language and to the history of the American Deaf community it belongs to. (Introductory undergraduate)

Introduction to the Study of Language

taught Winter 2016, Fall 2016, and Winter 2017 at UC San Diego

Linguists study language scientifically. This class teaches how to challenge misconceptions about linguistics and about individual languages, and how to describe and analyze real-world language data using standard linguistic techniques. (Intermediate undergraduate)

Morphology

taught Spring 2016 at UC San Diego

Morphology is the study of word-internal structure. This class focuses on how to analyze morphological patterns in a diverse sample of languages, and how to contrast competing theoretical perspectives on morphological analysis. (Advanced undergraduate)

Teaching Assistantships at UC San Diego

I was the TA mentor for the Warren College Freshman Year Experience program from 2014 to 2016. I was a TA for a number of Linguistics courses, including Syntax, Sociolinguistics, and Languages and Cultures of America from 2010 to 2015. I was also a TA for Sixth College's Culture, Art, and Technology writing program from 2008 to 2010.