EDUCATION

Ph.D.                Linguistics       1988-1994
    Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana

    Fellowships and grants:
    University Graduate School Overseas Conference Grant  1994
    Doctoral Student Grant-In-Aid of Research   1993
    College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant   1992, 1993
    Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad in Tanzania  1991 Summer
    Foreign Language Enhancement Program Fellowship  1990 Summer
    Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship   1989-1991
    Linguistics Departmental Fellowship    1988-1989

M.A.                Teaching English as a Second Language    1982-1983
    University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

    Honors: Phi Kappa Phi

B.A.                French/Education      1971-1976
B.S.                Agriculture Business/Marketing    1971-1976
    Iowa State University at Ames, Iowa

    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi

Additional Education

The Third Australian Linguistics Institute   1996 Summer
   Australia National University, Canberra
   Classes in Optimality Syntax, Typology, Case

Laval University, Quebec, Canada    1989 Summer
   Classes in French Stylistics and Quebec Literature

University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria    1988 Summer
   Classes in German

Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany    1987 Fall
   Classes in German

University of Nebraska at Omaha    1979-80, 1988
   Classes in Linguistics, ESL, and German

Institute of European Studies, Paris, France   1976-1977
   Classes in French and Economics

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma     2000-present
 Assistant Professor of English and Languages

University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania       1999-2000
 Fulbright Lecturer and Researcher in Linguistics

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan     1995-1999
 Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics and African Languages

Université Nationale du Bénin, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin     1985-1987
 English for Special Purposes Instructor
 

PUBLICATIONS

Chichewa.  2001.  (With Andrew Kulemeka).  München: Lincom Europa.

 “Animacy: A Principle of Grammatical Organization.”  1999.  In Chicago Linguistic Society 35: The Panels, Vol. 2, ed. by S. Billings, J. Boyle, A. Griffith.  Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society, pp.  291-309.

 Review of English Syntax: From Word to Discourse, by Lynn M. Berk, (12 August 1999), Vol-10-1194.
 <http://linguistlist.org/issues/10/10-1194.html#1>

 “Head-Marking Versus Dependent-Marking in Swahili, Kikuyu, and Chichewa.”  1999.  In New Dimensions in African Linguistics and Languages: Trends in African Linguistics, Vol. 3, ed. by P. Kotey.  Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, pp. 165-175.

 Review of Introduction to Typology: The Unity and Diversity of Language, by Lindsay J. Whaley, in Language 74, Number 2 (1998).

 “The Marking of Grammatical Relations in Swahili.”  1998.  Studies in African Linguistics, Vol.27, No. 2, pp. 177-197.

 “Variation in Bantu Verbal Agreement.”  1997. In African Linguistics at the Crossroads: Papers from Kwaluseni, ed. by R. Herbert. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, pp. 239-250.

“HyperCard Exercises for Swahili.” 1997.  (With Eugene Gray).  East Lansing: Michigan State University.

 “Animacy and Pronominal Systems in Bantu.”  1995. East Lansing:  Michigan State University.  (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 385 142)
 

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Northeastern State University  Introduction to Linguistics   2000-present
     History of English
     Traditional Grammar and Usage
     French I and II
     Freshman Composition

University of Dar es Salaam  Introduction to Linguistics   1999-2000
     Introduction to Syntax
     Introduction to Typology

Michigan State University  Introduction to Linguistics   1995-1999
     Swahili I and II
 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Total Physical Response Storytelling and Native Languages”    2001 Oct
 6th Annual Oklahoma Native Language Association
 Northeastern State University Center for Tribal Studies and
 Oklahoma Indian Methodist Missionary Conference Center
 Preston, Oklahoma

“Ideophones and Expressives in Kiswahili and Kinyakyusa”    2001 Mar
 32nd Annual Conference of African Linguistics
 University of California-Berkeley

“Reduplication in Swahili”        2000 Mar
 International Colloquium on Kiswahili 2000
 Institute of Kiswahili Research, University of Dar es Salaam

“The Acquisition, Categorization, and Interpretation of Reduplicated Words  1999 Jul
 by American Learners of Swahili”
 30th Annual Conference of African Linguistics
 University of Illinois-Champaign

“Animacy: A Principle of Grammatical Organization”     1999 Apr
 35th Annual Chicago Linguistic Society
 University of Chicago

“Swahili HyperCard Exercises: Two Demonstrations”     1999 Apr
 3rd Annual International Conference of the African Language Teachers Association
 Howard University

“A Comprehensive Second-Year Syllabus for Swahili”     1998 Apr
 2nd Annual International Conference of the African Language Teachers Association
 Michigan State University

“An Animacy-Sensitivity Continuum”       1997 Sep
 Association for Linguistic Typology II
 University of Oregon-Eugene

“The Marking of Grammatical Relations in Swahili”     1997 Jul
 2nd World Congress of African Linguistics
 University of Leipzig, Germany

“Internet Exercises for First-Year Swahili”      1997 Apr
 1st Annual International Conference of the African Language Teachers Association
 University of Wisconsin-Madison

“Case Marking and Agreement in Three Bantu Languages ”    1996 Mar
 27th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
 University of Florida-Gainesville

“Animacy and Pronominal Systems in Bantu”      1995 Mar
 26th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
 University of California-Los Angeles

“Variation in Bantu Verbal Agreement”       1994 Jul
 1st World Congress of African Linguistics
 University of Swaziland

“Factors Promoting Object Agreement  in Swahili”     1994 Mar
 25th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
 Rutgers University

“The Syllable Structure in Swahili”       1993 Jul
 24th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
 The Ohio State University

“Adjective Categorization in Swahili”       1992 Mar
“Anaphor Distribution in Swahili: The Case of Ji, Yake,and Mwenyewe”   1992 Mar
 23th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
 Michigan State University

“A Silent Revolution”         1990 May
 Conference on Sustainable Agriculture in Africa:
 Socio-Cultural, Political, and Economic Considerations
 The Ohio State University

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Association for Linguistic Typology
Linguistic Society of America
Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers’ Association
Oklahoma Native Language Association
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
South Central Modern Language Association
 

 
SERVICE

Member Professional Advisory Committee: Development of a   2001
  language survey for the Cherokee Nation
College Rep Northeastern State University Faculty Council    2001-02
Member Arts and Letters Graduate Committee     2001-02
Member Curriculum Committee for the College of Arts & Letters   2000-01
Member Grants and Funding Development for the College of Arts & Letters 2000-01
Member Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for Department of English  2000-01
  and Languages at Northeastern State University
Coordinator Seminar Committee for Department of Foreign Languages and  1999-00
  Linguistics at the University of Dar es Salaam
Member Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Selection Committee  1997-98
  for the Summer Language Program of the African Studies Center
  at Michigan State University
Member Organizational Group for Inter-Departmental Committee for Model 1997
  Demonstration and Leadership Training Initiative (MULTI)
Member Promoting Foreign Language Study (MULTI)    1997
Member Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Selection Committee 1997
  for the Center for Advanced Studies in International Development
Organizer Collegial Conversations for Language Teaching (Departmental)  1997
Member Swahili Task Force (National)      1996-97
Member Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Selection Committee 1995
  for the African Studies Center at Michigan State University
President Indiana University Linguistics Club     1993-94
Secretary Indiana University Linguistics Club     1992-93
Asst. Editor Departmental Newsletter for Linguistics at Indiana University  1992-94
Coordinator African Noon Hour Talks at Indiana University    1992-93
 

 
LANGUAGES

French, Swahili, German, Cherokee Syllabary
 

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