- Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Sydney
Expert in languages of Asia, especially minority/tribal languages.
13 years experience as field linguist in India, China and Thailand, comprehensively documented several new languages spoken in the Himalayan chain.
Current research concerns the history and evolution of Asian languages, the interaction between Asian languages and Asian cultures, and modernity and the process of language change.
Experience
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–presentLecturer in Linguistics, University of Sydney
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2013–2017Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of New England
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2011–2012Senior Lecturer in Historical Linguistics, University of Berne
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2009–2011Postdoctoral research fellow, James Cook University
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2008–2009Postdoctoral research associate, LaTrobe University
Education
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2008LaTrobe University, PhD / Linguistics
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2004University of Oregon, MA / Linguistics
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1995Wesleyan University, BA (Hons) / Semiotics
Honours
2011 Panini Award
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