About

I am a linguist specializing in the application of computational methods to language documentation, with a focus on endangered and under-resourced languages. My research centers on how digital tools can enhance the documentation and analysis of linguistic data, particularly in contexts where traditional resources are limited. My other research interests include automatic speech recognition, computational morphology, discourse particles, and corpus linguistics. I am especially interested in improving the accessibility of state-of-the-art tools for documentary linguists, and in applying older NLP techniques to the challenges of modern low-resource NLP. My current projects include work on Kulung (Kiranti, Tibeto-Burman) and Akuzipik (St. Lawrence Island Yupik), where I lead efforts incorporating automatic transcription, part-of-speech annotation, and machine translation workflows into documentation pipelines. I have also developed tools for corpus-based analysis of French, including a project examining the integration of Anglicisms in French journalism.

I am currently completing my PhD in Computational Linguistics at George Mason University, where I am a Presidential Scholar and Graduate Research Assistant. I was previously a Graduate Research Assistant on an NSF-funded NLP project in GMU’s Computer Science department. My academic background combines linguistics, computational approaches, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. I am particularly invested in issues surrounding data collection in diasporic communities and the ethical, technical, and logistical challenges that accompany this work.