Research interests

• Narrow: A'-phenomena, (anti)locality, structure-form mismatches, voice phenomena

• Broad: syntax, morphology, semantics, fieldwork, typology, Northern Tujia, Sino-Tibetan, Gur, Bantu

My work has centered around understudied languages spoken in Asia and Africa, specifically those spoken in China, Kenya, and Côte d'Ivoire. 

Between 2017 and 2022, I was an active contributor to the documentation of Tiriki (or Lutirichi; Bantu-Luyia), alongside Kelvin Alulu, Michael Diercks (Pomona College), and other collaborators. 

Starting 2022, I began the collaborative language documentation work on Lobi, a Gur language spoken in Côte d'Ivoire, alongside many collaborators including Sansan Claude Hien, Hannah Sande, and Shweta Akolkar. We are currently working toward publishing our fieldwork materials at the California Language Archive and an edited volume of Lobi grammar sketch and texts.

In fall 2023, I began working on Northern Tujia in collaboration with Huawu Xiang (Shanghai Normal University/Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) and Yuqiong Ran. I conducted in-situ fieldwork in Longshan County, Hunan China in summer 2024.