Teaching & Advising

I currently teach at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, generally rotating through various undergraduate and graduate courses in phonetics and sociolinguistics. In addition, I offer independent studies at the undergraduate and graduate level and mentorship for student research projects.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

LING 150C: Language in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific

Offered: Spring 2025

An entry-level introduction to language science, history, and culture in Hawaiʻi and the broader Pacific region. Designations: WI, HAP

LING 410: Articulatory Phonetics

Offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Fall 2026

A major-level introduction to acoustic and articulatory phonetics. Required course for BA, MA, and PhD; prerequisite for LING 421 and 600-level phonetics courses.

LING 415 (ANTH 413): Language and Gender

Offered: Fall 2024

The sociolinguistics of language, gender, and sexuality. Cross-listed with Anthropology. Designations: DS

LING 418 (ES 451): Raciolinguistics

Offered: Spring 2026

The sociolinguistics of race, ethnicity, language, and power. Cross-listed with Ethnic Studies. Designations: DS, O, HAP

LING 640S: Sociolinguistics

Offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2025

A graduate-level introduction to sociolinguistics, with a focus on modern variationist sociolinguistics.

LING 640F: Experimental Phonetics

Offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2025

A graduate-level introduction to experimental phonetics, incorporating hands-on skills building and conducting original research.

LING 640S: Ultrasound-based Articulatory Phonetics

Offered: Spring 2025

A graduate-level course on using ultrasound to explore questions in articulatory phonetics, incorporating hands-on skills building and conducting original research.

LING 750S: Sociophonetics

Offered: Fall 2026

A graduate-level seminar focusing on analyzing large-scale phonetic data through the lens of sociolinguistics, with a focus on variationist theory and quantitative and computational skills.

University of California, Irvine

Winter 2021: Seminar in Phonetic Theory

Spring 2021: Intro to Sociolinguistics

University of California, Berkeley

Spring 2016: Linguistics 100

Introduction to Linguistic Science (Graduate TA, with Susanne Gahl)

Summer 2017: Linguistics 23

Language and Sex (Instructor of Record)

Fall 2017: Linguistics 110

Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (Graduate TA, with Susan Lin)

Spring 2018: Linguistics 115

Phonology and Morphology (Graduate TA, with Larry Hyman)

Fall 2018: Linguistics 375

Training for Linguistics Teaching Assistants (Graduate TA, with Line Mikkelsen)

Summer 2020: Linguistics 188

Linguistic Data (Instructor of Record)

Swarthmore College

Spring 2019: Linguistics 045

Phonetics and Phonology (Instructor of Record)

Spring 2019: Linguistics 043

Morphology and the Lexicon (Instructor of Record)

Advisees

I am happy to advise PhD students at UHM interested in phonetics and sociolinguistics. I am currently accepting new students. Keep in mind that I do not directly accept students into the program; to apply, please visit our graduate admissions website.

Current PhD advisees (Chair of Dissertation Committee or Primary Adviser):

• Emma Breslow (2026)

• Nathan Nguyen

• Ping-Yu Lin

Current PhD students (Dissertation Committee member):

• Yuri Lee (2024)

• Katherine Strong (2025)

• Carolyn Siegman (2026)

• Sebastian Ohara-Saft (2026)

• Olivia Bianchini

• Youngin Lee

• Cole Flottman

• Jillian Breithaupt

• Shirley Gabber

Other Mentorship

In addition, I have mentored undergraduate students in hands-on original research through UC Berkeley's Linguistics Research Apprentice Practicum (LRAP) and the Bilingualism, Mind, and Brain Lab at UC Irvine, including advising one undergraduate honors thesis:

UC Berkeley

• Korean Sound Change (3 students). Spring 2016-Fall 2018.

• Heritage Korean Identity (11 students). Fall 2016-Spring 2020.

• Covert Articulation (2 students). Spring 2017.

• Power and Accommodation (3 students). Spring 2017-Fall 2018.

• Longitudinal Sound Change on YouTube (3 students). Fall 2019-Spring 2020.

UC Irvine

• Accent Perception in Southern California Asian American Communities (2 students). Fall 2020-Summer 2021.

• Social Context and Accent Perception in Heritage Bilinguals (6 students). Fall 2020-Summer 2021.

• Language Change during COVID-19 (Honors Thesis). Winter 2021-Summer 2021.

Simon Fraser University

• Babytalk in the Second Language (1 student). Summer 2022