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

  • –present
    Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Sydney
  • 2013–2017
    Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of New England
  • 2011–2012
    Senior Lecturer in Historical Linguistics, University of Berne
  • 2009–2011
    Postdoctoral research fellow, James Cook University
  • 2008–2009
    Postdoctoral research associate, LaTrobe University

Education

  • 2008 
    LaTrobe University, PhD / Linguistics
  • 2004 
    University of Oregon, MA / Linguistics
  • 1995 
    Wesleyan University, BA (Hons) / Semiotics

Honours

2011 Panini Award

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