Degrees

PHD, 2010, Univ Calif Davis; MA, 2007, Univ Calif Davis; MA, 1998, Northrn Arizona Univ; BA, 1995, Iowa State Univ

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Bio

I graduated with my Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, Davis in 2010 and then was an Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh from 2010-2012. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Linguistics: Forensic Linguistics Programs at Hofstra University.

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Teaching Interests

Discourse Analysis, Corpus Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Forensic Linguistics

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Research Interests

Forensic Linguistics (specifically examining the language of threatening communications and the language of sexual assault trials)

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Recent Courses Taught

Course	Title	Level
LING 101	(IS) INTRO TO LINGUISTICS	Undergraduate
LING 158	(IS) FORENSIC LINGUISTICS	Undergraduate
LING 181	SP TP:INTRO CORPUS LINGUISTICS	Undergraduate
LING 206	SOCIOLINGUISTICS	Graduate
LING 231	DISCOURSE ANALYSIS	Graduate
LING 250	CORPUS LINGUISTICS	Graduate
LING 290	INTRNSHP IN FORENSIC LINGSTCS	Graduate
LING 301	MASTER'S ESSAY	Graduate
LING 2158	(IS) FORENSIC LINGUISTICS	Graduate