I'm an Associate Professor at the Rutgers Department of Linguistics.
My research uses computational and mathematical approaches to study fundamental questions in phonological theory.
I am currently the
Graduate Program Director for the Department of Linguistics.
Please direct any questions regarding the graduate program to grad@linguistics.rutgers.edu.
You can hear me talk about some issues with AI and language on this episode of SHI's Innovation Heroes podcast.
Research interests:
- formal language theory
- learning/grammatical inference
- model theory/logic
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- representation
- tone/pitch accent
- long-distance processes
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- Bantu
- Japonic
- Austronesian
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Some recent activities:
PhD advisees:
- Hyunjung Joo. 2026 (expected).
- Tatevik Yolyan. 2025 (expected).
- Huteng Dai. 2024. Phonological learning in the real world. [pdf]
- Eileen Blum. 2023. The effects of non-linear data structures on the computation of vowel harmony. [pdf]
- Nate Koser. 2022. The computational nature of stress assignment. [pdf]
- Chris Oakden. 2021. Modeling phonological interactions using recursive schemes. [pdf]
- Luca Iacoponi. 2018. Phonological agreement by headed feature correspondence. [pdf] (Co-advised with Paul de Lacy.)
Teaching for fall 2025:
- 615:525 Phonology Seminar (Tue, Fri 8:30-9:50am, 18 Seminary Pl, Rm 108)
Office hours for fall 2025:
TBA