I spent most of my research time in 2025 working on four invited chapters pertaining primarily to tonal typology. In addition, I work continued on historical comparative work centering on Jarawan.

In Spring 2026, my focus will be on continuing my Jarawan description and documentation project. One goal is to firm up details of the Jhar (Mbat and Galamkya dialects) tone system in anticipation of completing a curated text collections book that is under contract. I have also been working through new data on Gwak which, like Duguri, seems to have an inverted tone system, in comparison to other Jarawan languages like Jhar, Kulung, and Mbula.

Spring 2026 will be my last semester as Associate Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.