about

I’m a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Glassdoor. Before that, I did my PhD in the Department of Linguistics at University of Maryland, where I was advised by Jeff Lidz and Norbert Hornstein (my dissertation can be found here). I was also a Language Science Fellow in University of Maryland’s Language Science Center. I still engage in some linguistics research, albeit at a much slower pace since I work in industry. For more information about my academic research, see my research page.

Outside of work and linguistics, I enjoy tinkering with computers as well as teaching others about computers. I’ve put together materials for a LaTeX workshop, loosely aimed at linguists, which I’ve taught several times. I’ve also put together materials for a git workshop, loosely aimed at scientists who do human subjects research, which I’ve taught once over the course of 7 weeks.

I also enjoy snowboarding, backpacking, and hiking. 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

• November 1, 2022

  I was promoted to Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Glassdoor.

• July 3, 2022

  My paper with Elaine Grolla and Jeff Lidz, “Cognitive inhibition explains children’s production of medial wh-phrases”, was just published in volume 29, issue 3 of Language Acquisition.

• May 20, 2022

  I graduated with my PhD from the Department of Linguistics at University of Maryland. My dissertation, “Explorations in Diagnosing Competence and Performance Factors in Linguistic Inquiry”, can be found here.

• March 18, 2022

  I defended my dissertation, “Explorations in Diagnosing Competence and Performance Factors in Linguistic Inquiry”, which was co-advised by Jeff Lidz and Norbert Hornstein. My committee also included Yi Ting Huang, Howard Lasnik, Colin Phillips, and Omer Preminger.

• January 31, 2022

  I started as a Machine Learning Scientist at Glassdoor today. I’ll be finishing up my last semester of my PhD program while also working at Glassdoor.