about

I’m a first year PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at University of Maryland. My advisors are Jeff Lidz and Norbert Hornstein. For more information about my research, see my research page.

Outside of linguistics, I’m also interested in web development, programming, and system administration. And I really like coffee. I worked as a barista, off-and-on, for a few years at the Dunn Bros at the Smith Douglas More House, now known as Smith.

recent updates

• July 12, 2018

  My paper, “Scalar Implicature Variability in Adults and Children: The Case of ‘or’” with Alan Munn, Rachel Stacey, Robert Felster, Adam Smolinski, and Cristina Schmitt was presented at the Scalar Implictures: Formal and Experimental Exploration workshop, hosted by Università di Siena in Siena, Italy.

• March 23, 2018

  My paper “Grammaticalized number, implicated presuppositions, and the plural” with Tess Huelskamp, Chris Heffner, and Cristina Schmitt was published in Glossa.

• October 2, 2017

  My paper “The Interpretation of Plural Morphology and (Non-)Obligatory Number Marking: An Argument from Artificial Language Learning” with Chris Heffner and Cristina Schmitt was published in Language Learning and Development.

• August 20, 2017

  I’ve released a much overdue update to my LaTeX workshop (for linguists) handout. I hope you will find this useful; feedback is more than welcome! 😀 🎉

• April 4, 2017

  I’ve accepted a Flagship Fellowship at the University of Maryland, where I will be joining the Department of Linguistics to complete a PhD.