Education

Ph.D. Linguistics, 2020

University of California San Diego

Dissertation: Laryngeal Articulations and Grammatical Structure

I investigate the interface of different domains of grammar by looking at the phonetic implementation of laryngeal sounds that can arise at different levels of the grammar (phonological, morphological & post-lexical prosodic domains) in two Uto-Aztecan languages: Chicontepec Nahuatl and Choguita Raramuri.

M.A. Linguistics, 2013

California State University, Northridge

Thesis: A Phonological description of Huasteca Nahuatl from Chicontepec, Veracruz

A description and analysis of the system of sounds in Chicontepec Nahuatl.

B.A. in Linguistics and in Anthropology

University of California Los Angeles

Anthropology Departmental Honors Thesis: La Danza: Performance and Recontextualization

Linguistics Senior Paper: An O.T. Analysis of Spanish Loanwords in Cochabamba Quechua

Other relevant training:

IDIEZ Intensive Summer Nahuatl Program, 2012,

Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, Mexico

Course and curriculum design series, 2017-2018

UCSD Center for Engaged Teaching

Art and Graphic Design Coursework, 2004-2006

UCLA Extension