Research

Research Interests

  • Indo-Iranian
  • Latin/Italic
  • Diachronic morphophonology
  • Computational linguistics
  • Comparative mythology

Publications

Articles

  • 2021: “Rhinoglottophilia in Avestan: *h > [h̃] and Its Orthographic and Phonological Consequences.” In David M. Goldstein, and Stephanie W. Jamison, and Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (November 8–9, 2019). Hamburg: Buske. 79–93.

Presentations

  • “The Lengthening of *i, *u > ī, ū / __rC in Sanskrit”, the 232nd Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Boston, 18–21 March, 2022.
  • “The reconstruction of *-wr̥-/-wén-stems in Vedic”, the 32nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Virtual, 5–7 November, 2021.
  • “Morphological change from allophonic asymmetry: Indo-Iranian nasals and directional remodeling”, the Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual, 7–1o January, 2021.
  • “A reflex of the Indo-European dragon in Italy: The relationship of Lānuvium and *Déh₂nu”, the 39th East Coast Indo-European Conference, Virtual, 12–14 June, 2020.
  • “Rhinoglottophilia in Avestan: Explaining Younger Avestan *h > ŋh”, the 31st Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 8–9 November, 2019.
  • “Rounding of Indo-Iranian *R̥(H)”, the 30th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 9–10 November, 2018.

Courses

  • Instructor
    • (Summer 2021) Intensive First-Year Greek (GREEK 16), UCLA (co-instructor Alex Roy, supervisor Richard Ellis)
  • Teaching Assistant
    • (Spring 2021) Introduction to Linguistic Analysis (LING 20), UCLA (Dr. Claire Moore-Cantwell)
    • (Winter 2021) Introduction to Historical Linguistics (LING 110), UCLA (Dr. David Goldstein)
    • (Spring 2019) Introduction to Historical Linguistics (LING 110), UCLA (Dr. David Goldstein)
    • (Winter 2019) Introduction to Linguistic Analysis (LING 20), UCLA (Dr. Carson Schütze)
    • (Fall 2018) Introduction to the Study of Language (LING 1), UCLA (Dr. Dominique Sportiche)

Awards

  • 2021: Mellon Foundation Pre-dissertation Fellow
  • 2017: UCLA Graduate Dean’s Scholar Award