Expertise

Linguistic Anthropology, Language Socialization, Language Contact, Language Endangerment and Revitalization, Interspecies Interaction, Creole Languages and Cultures, the Caribbean Region

Biography

  • Ph.D., New York University, Anthropology 
  • M.A., New York University, Anthropology 
  • B.A., Yale University, Sociology (with concentration in African Studies) 

Courses Taught

  • Language in Society (Anthropology 0815)
  • Language, Power, and Identity (Anthropology 2501)
  • Fundamentals of Linguistic Anthropology (Anthropology 2507)
  • Language in the City (Anthropology 2536)
  • Language Socialization and Cultural Reproduction (Anthropology 3509)
  • Theory and Method in Linguistic Anthropology (Anthropology 3510)
  • Language as Social Action (Anthropology 3589)
  • Language, Power, and Agency (Anthropology 5501)
  • Language as Social Action (Anthropology 5504)
  • Language Socialization and Cultural Reproduction (Anthropology 5509)
  • Methods in Linguistic Anthropology (Anthropology 5510)
  • Approaches in Linguistic Anthropology (Anthropology 8004)