Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1997
Dissertation title: A Minimalist Account of Optional Wh-Movement
Committee chair: Frederick J. Newmeyer
M.A. in Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1992
Thesis title: Processing NP Traces in Passive Sentences
Committee chair: Andrew Barss
B.A., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1989
Major in Linguistics and French
Associate Professor, Western Washington University, 2005-
Assistant Professor, Western Washington University, September 2000-2005
Lecturer, Western Washington University, 1997-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor, Western Washington University, 1996-1997
Linguistics at School: Language awareness in primary and secondary education , co-edited with Anne Lobeck, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2008.
Introductory Linguistics (co-authored with Anne Lobeck),
Boston, MA: Thomson/Heinle, forthcoming 2007.
English Grammar: A Guided Tour (co-authored with Anne Lobeck).
Commissioned by Blackwell Publishing Company, Boston, Mass, forthcoming 2008.
Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistic Knowledge into K-12 Teaching (co-edited with Anne Lobeck),
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
Handbook of English Grammar, co-edited with Anne Lobeck, commissioned by Blackwell Publishing Company, Boston, Mass.
''Linguistics in a Primary School,'' Language and Linguistics Compass 1, June 2007.
''Teaching Students about Language Change, Language Endangerment, and Language Death,'' In Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistic Knowledge into K-12 Teaching, (edited by Denham and Lobeck), Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
''A Practical Grammar Course: A (Partially) Annotated Syllabus,'' coauthored with Anne Lobeck. In Syntax in the Schools: The Journal of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar, volume 18, no. 2, Winter 2002, pages 1-6.
“Incorporating Literary Style Prior to Literacy in the Elementary Tribal School,'' (coauthored with undergraduates Kevin George, Erek Rensink, and Jonathan Sarr). In Endangered Languages and Literacy: Proceedings of the Fourth Foundation of Endangered Languages Conference, ed. by Nicholas Ostler and Blair Rudes. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2000, pages 94-98.
''Optional Wh-Movement in Babine-Witsuwit’en,'' Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol. 18.2, May 2000, pages 199-251.
''Explaining Optionality,'' 1996 Mid-America Linguistics Conference Papers. Edited by Clifton Pye, Lawrence, KS: The University of Kansas. pages 115-148.
''An Account of Wh-Fronting in Aleut,'' University of Washington Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 12, 1995, pages 1-10. (Refereed within the university)
''Y Defends Cyclicity,'' Coyote Papers: Working Papers in Linguistics from A-Z, vol. 8, University of Arizona, 1992, pages 25-35. (Refereed within the university)
''Linguistics Is for Kids,'' Invited presentation (with Anne Lobeck), University of Washington, Linguistics Department, May 2007.
''Linguistics at Willowwood,'' Invited presentation at the Tufts Linguistics and Education Workshop, Tufts University, June 23-34, 2006.
''The Importance of Culturally-Relevant Materials,'' Invited lecture for the Washington Academy of Languages’ course on ESL Materials Selection and Development. May 2006.
''On Being a PRO,'' Keynote address (with Anne Lobeck), Western Washington University Undergraduate Conference in Linguistics I, May 2005.
''Acquiring Prescriptive Rules,'' University of Washington, Linguistics Department, May 2004.
''Reexamining Wh-Islands in English,'' University of British Columbia, Linguistics Department, March 2002.
''Is There Really Wh-Movement in American Sign Language? Selection and Projection of C,'' University of British Columbia, Linguistics Department, March 1999.
''Optionality and Wh-Movement in Athabaskan Languages,'' NSF Workshop on the Morphology-Syntax Interface in Athabaskan Languages, University of New Mexico, June 1995.
''An Account of Wh-Fronting in Aleut,'' Syntax Roundtable, University of Washington, March 1995.
“Linguistics in a One Room Schoolhouse,” Linguistic Society of America workshop presentation at “K-12 Linguistics Materials,” Albuquerque, NM, January 2006.
“Ludlings Teach Language Diversity and Change: From Pig Latin to Ubby Dubby,” Presentation at the NCTE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 2005
“A Nonstandard Approach to the Standard,” Linguistic Society of America symposium “Forging Connections between Linguists and Educators,” (co-organizer) January 2005, Oakland, CA.
“Teaching about Grammar with Examples from Language Change,” NCTE’s Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar Conference, Seattle, WA, July 2004.
“Linguistics First, Then Grammar,” NCTE’s Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar Conference, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, July 2003.
“Focus on Focus,” WWU BFR/Sigma Xi Faculty Research Presentation Series, November 2001.
“What are those things anyway? Examining the complementizers/relative pronouns/determiners of Lushootseed,” 36th International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages, Sto:lo Nation, Chilliwack, British Columbia, August 2001.
“If a phrase moves and no one hears it, how do we know it moved?” WWU Linguistics Program Colloquium, January 2001.
“Incorporating Literary Style Prior to Literacy in the Elementary Tribal School,” (based on work with undergraduates Kevin George, Erek Rensink, and Jonathan Sarr), Foundation on Endangered Languages Conference on Endangered Languages and Literacy, Charlotte, NC, September 2000.
“A Minimalist Account of Optional Wh-Movement in Babine-Witsuwit’en,” Mid-America Linguistics Conference, University of Kansas, November 1996.
“The Presentational Deictic in Cognitive and Generative Grammar,” Functionalism/Formalism Linguistics Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, April 1996.
“Restrictions on Optional Wh-Movement in Babine-Witsuwit’en,” Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas’ annual meeting, San Diego, January 1996.
“Wh-Movement in Athabaskan Languages,” Athabaskan Languages Conference, University of New Mexico, June 1995.
“Making HEL (History of English) Relevant to Students and the Curriculum: A HEL Course for K-12 Teachers,” (with Moira Fitzgibbons and Anne Lobeck), SHEL-2 (Studies in the History of the English Language II) conference, University of Washington, Seattle, March 2002.
“The Writing Classroom as a Gateway for Linguistics,” (with Anne Lobeck) Linguistic Society of America symposium “Bringing Linguistics into the Schools: Preparing K-12 Teachers and Curricula” (co-organizer) January 2002, San Francisco.
“Clitic vs. Affix in the Preverbal Morphology of Witsuwit’en,” (with Sharon Hargus) presented at the Athabaskan Languages Conference, University of New Mexico, June 1995.
“Priming in Visually-Presented Passive Sentences, “ (with Janet Nicol and Laura Conway) presented at the CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 1993.
“Multiple Voices in the Classroom: Attending to them, learning from them, and the threat of silencing them,” Organizer and moderator of refereed panel at the National Council of Teachers of English annual meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2006.
“K-12 Linguistics Materials,” Co-organizer and panel discussant (with Carol Lord) of refereed workshop at the 2006 Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM, Jan. 2006. Sponsored by the Language in the School Curriculum Committee, LSA.
“Fun with Prescriptive Rules and Language Change in the K-12 Classroom,” Organizer and panel discussant of refereed panel, National Council of Teachers of English annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 2005.
“Forging Connections between Linguists and Educators,” Co-organizer and panel discussant (with Anne Lobeck) of refereed symposium at the 2005 Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, San Francisco, January 2005. Sponsored by the Language in the School Curriculum Committee, LSA.
“Bringing Linguistics into the Schools: Preparing K-12 Teachers and Curricula” Co-organizer and panel discussant (with Anne Lobeck) of refereed symposium at the 2002 Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, San Francisco, January 2002.
Lushootseed Texts: An Introduction to Puget Salish Narrative Aesthetics. Edited by Crisca Bierwert. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 1996. In American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22. 2, Spring 1998.
Linguistics in the Elementary School, Weekly linguistics instruction for 1st-5th graders at Willowwood Schoolhouse, Bellingham, WA, January 2005 - .
Co-editor, Syntax in the Schools, journal of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar (ATEG), an assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). 2003 - 2005.
Program Co-Chair, 15th Annual Conference of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar, Seattle, July 2004.
Advisory Board of the University of Washington Linguistics Department. Term began January 2004.
Language in the School Curriculum Committee of the Linguistic Society of America, 2003-2006. (Co-chair January 2005-2007)
Organizer of the 37th International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages, WWU, August 2002.
Coordinator of the Proposed Heritage Language Teaching Certification Program, a joint project with Northwest Indian College, Tulalip Tribe, and Nooksack Tribe.
Reviewer for the following journals:
The Linguistic Review, Syntax in the Schools, SAIL (Studies in American Indian Literatures)
Reviewer for History of the English Language textbook proposal. Broadview Press, November, 1999.
Reviewer for National Science Foundation grant proposals
February 2003, August 2002, March 2002, September 2001, March 2001
Professional Leave, fall 2006-winter 2007
National Science Foundation grant, The Western Washington University Teaching Partnership Project:
Improving Teacher Education through Partner Teaching, July 2006-August 2007
Western Washington University Summer Teaching Grant, 2005
Western Washington University Summer Teaching Grant, 2002
Western Washington University Summer Research Grant, 2001
University of Washington Dissertation Fellowship, 1996-97
Financial Recruitment Award, University of Washington, 1993-1996
Graduate College Academic Fellowship, University of Arizona, 1990-1992
Best Senior Paper in Theoretical Linguistics, Swarthmore College, 1989
N. Harvey Collisson Scholarship, Swarthmore College, 1985-1989
English Department, Western Washington University
English 270: Introduction to Language and Society
English 370: Introduction to Language
English 436: Structure of the English Language
English 438: Cultural History of English
English 439: Topics in Language and Linguistics:
Puget Sound Language, Literature, and Culture (winter 2000);
Puget Sound Salish Literature and Its Use in Language Teaching and Revitalization (winter 2001);
Dialect in Writing (spring 2002, spring 2003);
Dialect, Literacy, and Standardization (spring 2005)
English 514: Lushootseed Language, Literature, and Translation (winter 2001); Dialect, Literacy, and Standardization (winter 2004)
Independent Study on Syntax and Writing
Independent Study on Psycholinguistics
Independent Study on Language in Education
Independent Study on Grammar in the Elementary School
Linguistics Program, Western Washington University
Linguistics 303: Syntax
Linguistics 402: Advanced Syntax
Linguistics 204: Sociolinguistics
Linguistics Department, University of Washington
Introduction to Linguistic Thought
Independent Study on Language Acquisition
Introduction to Linguistics (teaching assistant)
Linguistics Department, University of Arizona
Introduction to Government and Binding Syntax (teaching assistant)
Introduction to Linguistics (teaching assistant)
Western Washington University
Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2005-06
Daytime Shuttle Committee, 2005-
Sustainable Transportation Task Force, 2005-
Western Washington University English Department
Outreach and Awards Committee, Chair, 2005-2006
Curriculum Committee, Chair, 2004-05
Medieval Literatures Search Committee, 2003-04
Advisory Committee, 2001-2003
Lecturer Committee, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Curriculum Committee, 2000-2001
English Education Committee, 1996-97
Library/Media Committee, 1996-97
Western Washington University Linguistics Program
Co-advisor for English Concentration, 2001-
Organizer, Linguistics Program Scholars Week, 2003-
Linguistics Program Student Colloquium Coordinator, 2000-
Faculty Advisor, Linguistics Club, 2003-
Honors Thesis Committee Chair (Linguistics), Laurel Evans, 2004
Selected as Faculty Mentor for Jordan Crossfield, Most Outstanding Graduating Senior in Linguistics, 2002
Linguistics Program Lecture Series Coordinator, 2000-2002
Co-organizer Linguistics Program Colloquium Series, 1999-2000
Linguistics Program Steering Committee, 1996-
Service, UW and UA:
President, Linguistics Society at the University of Washington, 1995-96
Coordinator, University of Washington Department of Linguistics Colloquium Series, 1994-95
Vice-president, Linguistics Society at the University of Washington, 1994-95
Committee member, University of Washington syntax position search committee, 1994
Co-organizer, Arizona Linguistics Conference, April 1992
President, University of Arizona Linguistics Circle, 1991-92
Linguistic Society of America, 1990-
Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar, 1996-
National Council of Teachers of English, member 1989-1994, 2001-
Modern Language Association, 1996-
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, 1992-
Foundation for Endangered Languages, 1997-
Golden Key International Honor Society Honorary, 2004
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