Dissertation:
“Tohono O’odham Syllable Weight:Descriptive, Theoretical and Applied Aspects”
1998 M.A. in Linguistics, University of Arizona
1995 B.A. magna cum laude in Linguistics, University of Arizona
1990 High School Diploma, Sagae High School, Yamagata, Japan>
Professional Experience
2003 - current Adjunct Assistant Professor,Linguistics Program, University of Montana
2002 - 2003 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Kansas.
2000 - 2002 Graduate Associate Coordinator, Teaching Teams Program,
University of Arizona.http://hal.lpl.arizona.edu/teachingteams
1999 - 2000 Graduate Research Assistant for
Dr. Michael Hammond, Dr. Mary Willie, and Dr. Ofelia Zepeda.
‘New Learning Environments and Instructional Technologies.’
Dept. of Linguistics, University of Arizona.
1996 - 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona.
1995 - 2002 Research Assistant for Dr. Tsuyoshi Ono, ‘Japanese Discourse Analysis.’
Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona.
Teaching Experience: Instructor
2006 (Spring)
LING 270 “Introduction to Linguistics” University of Montana.
2006 (Spring)
LING 471 “Phonology and Morphology” University of Montana.
2006 (Spring)
LING 570 “Graduate Seminar: Language Preservation” University of Montana.
2005 (Fall)
LING 270 “Introduction to Linguistics” University of Montana.
2005 (Fall)
LING 470 “Introduction to Linguistic Analysis” University of Montana.
2005 (Fall)
LING 489 “Languages of the World” University of Montana.
2005 (Fall)
LING 570 “Graduate Seminar: Phonology and Applied Linguistics” University of Montana.
2005 (Summer)
LING 270 "Introduction to Linguistics" University of Montana.
2005 (Summer)
LING 395 "Endangered Languages" University of Montana.
2005 (Spring)
LING 270 “Introduction to Linguistics” University of Montana.
2005 (Spring)
LING 471 “Phonology-Morphology” University of Montana.
2005 (Spring)
LING 570 “Graduate Seminar: Typology” University of Montana.
2004 (Fall)
LING 270 “Introduction to Linguistics” University of Montana.
2004 (Fall)
LING 477 “Bilingualism” University of Montana.
2004 (Fall)
LING 570 “Graduate Seminar: Phonetics and Applied Linguistics” University of Montana.
2004 (Summer)
LING 270 "Introduction to Linguistics" University of Montana.
2004 (Spring)
LING 270 “Introduction to Linguistics” University of Montana.
2004 (Spring)
LING 471 “Introduction to Phonology” University of Montana.
2004 (Spring)
LING 570 “Graduate Seminar: Language Preservation” University of Montana.
2004 (Winter)
LING 270 "Introduction to Linguistics" University of Montana.
2003 (Fall)
LING 270 “Introduction to Linguistics” University of Montana.
2003 (Fall)
LING 473 “Language and Culture” University of Montana.
2003 (Fall)
LING 570 “Graduate Seminar: Second Language Acquisition and Phonological Theory” University of Montana.
2003 (Spring)
LING 312/712 “Phonology I” University of Kansas.
2003 (Spring)
LING 492/791 “Topics in Linguistics: Native American Language Structures” University of Kansas.
2002 (Fall)
LING106 “Introductory Linguistics” University of Kansas.
2002 (Fall)
LING 714 “Phonology II” University of Kansas
1998 (Summer) LING 210 “Native Languages of North America” University of Arizona.
1997 (Summer) LING 210 “Native Languages of North America” University of Arizona.
Teaching Experience: Teaching Assistant (University of Arizona)
2000 (Spring)
INDV 101, “Language” Dr. Richard Demers.
1999 (Fall)
INDV 101, “Language” Dr. Cecile McKee.
1999 (Spring)
INDV 101, “Language” Dr. Richard Demers.
1998 (Fall)
INDV 101, “Language” Dr. Michael Hammond.
1998 (Spring)
LING 101, “Introduction to Language” Dr. Richard Demers.
1997 (Fall)
LING 210, “Native Languages of North America” Dr. Ofelia Zepeda.
1997 (Spring)
LING 320, “Social Issues and Language” Dr. Cari Spring.
1996 (Fall)
LING 210, “Native Languages of North America” Dr. Ofelia Zepeda.
1996 (Spring)
LING 320, “Social Issues and Language” Dr. Lou Ann Gerken.
Editorial Services
2000
Southwest Workshop on Optimality
Theory 4. with Jessica Maye. University of Arizona.
2000
Coyote Papers Vol. 10. with Amy
Fountain, Sean Hendricks, Sachiko Ohno and Deborah Cole. University of Arizona.
Academic Activities and Services
2005
Acting Director, Linguistics Program, University of Montana.
2002
Member of the Teaching Team with Dr. Mary Lyn and Dr. Akira Yamamoto
“Best Practice of Teaching Endangered Languages” at the Annual Conference on Oklahoma
Native American Languages,
Oklahoma Native American Language Association. Preston, Oklahoma.
2002
Staff, American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI). University of Arizona.
2001
Instructor, Teaching Japanese (K-3) in Japanese Playgroup, Private organization, Tucson, Arizona.
2000
Session chair, Student Conference in Linguistics 12, University of Arizona.
1999 - 2000 Staff, Linguistics Circle Coyote Papers Publishers, University of Arizona
1999
Student Volunteer, West Coast Conference of Formal Linguistics, University of Arizona.
1998 – 2002 Member of “Native American Online Dictionary Project Team (Tohono O’odham),”
with Dr. Michael Hammond, Dr. Ofelia Zepeda and Laura Moll.
1998 – 2000 Member of “Tohono O’odham syntax and phonetics project,”
with Dr. Richard Demers and Mr. Delbert Ortiz.
1998 – 1999 Member of “Japanese Dialectology project,” with Dr. Tsuyoshi Ono.
1998
Student support, “Tohono O’odham Dictionary Working Group”,
lead by the members of Tohono O’odham Tribal Group.
1998
Treasurer, Linguistics Circle, Dept of Linguistics, University of Arizona.
1997 – 1999 Member, “Descriptive linguistic study of Yamagata Japanese,” with Dr. Tsuyoshi Ono.
1997
Research Assistant for Dr. Ofelia Zepeda, Creating Workbook for the ‘A Papago Grammar’ by Dr. Ofelia Zepeda.
as a supplement Tohono O’odham teaching material.
1995 – 2001 Research Assistant Dr. Tsuyoshi Ono, Recording and transcribing Japanese conversations. (Japanese Discourse Analysis).
1995
Research Assistant Dr. Ofelia Zepeda. Creating a story in Tohono O’odham, “’E-hialwui ’Amjed.”
Grants/Awards/Scholarships
2001 Web-based
Dictionaries for Native American Languages, New Learning Environments and
Instructional Technology Grants,
2000 Award
for an excellent paper by graduate students, Formal Approaches to Poetry
& Recent Developments in Generative Metrics Conference,
2000 Web-based
Dictionaries for Native American Languages, New Learning Environments and
Instructional Technology Grants,
1999 Southwestern Foundation, dissertation grant, dissertation title “Tohono O’odham Syllable Weight: Descriptive, Theoretical and Applied Aspects”
1999 Web-based Dictionaries for Tohono O’odham,
New Learning Environments and Instructional Technology Grants,
1998 Tohono O’odham Language Dictionary Scanning Project, Social and Behavioral Science Research Institute (with Laura Moll and Ofelia Zepeda)
1998 Social and Behavioral Science Research Institute Graduate Student Summer Grant
1997 Fort McDowell Wassaja
Scholarship, tuition for American Indian Language Development Institute.
Publications
2006 “The Function of Pauses in Metrical Studies: Acoustic Evidence from Japanese Verse” with Deborah Cole.
In Formal Approaches to Poetry. Ed. by Dresher, B. Elan and Friedberg, Nila. Mouton de Gruyter.
2005 “Tohono O’odham.”
In Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd Edition. Elsevier.
2004 “Online
Dictionary Project for Southwestern Languages,” In Proceedings to Endangered
Languages of
2003 “Consonant
Clusters in Tohono O’odham.” In Studies
in Uto-Aztecan: Working Papers on Endangeredand Less
Familiar Languages 5. Ed. by Luis Barragan and Jason Haugen, 41-53. MITWPL.
2003 “Grammatical Relations in Tohono O’odham: An
Instrumental Perspective,” with Richard Demers and Delbert Ortiz. In Word Order and Scrambling. Ed.
by Simin Karimi.
Oxford: Blackwell.
2003 “Weight
Asymmetries in Tohono O’odham.” In MIT working paper in Linguistics. Proceedings of SCIL XI.
2000 “The Moraic
Structure of Diphthongs in Tohono O’odham” In Linguistics Notes from
2000 “Less
Stress, Less Pressure, Less Voice.”
In Proceedings of Southwest Workshop on Optimality Theory
Conference 4 proceedings. Ed. by Jessica Maye and Mizuki Miyashita. Linguistics Circle, The
2000 “Sequential
Grounding and Consonant-Vowel Interaction.” In Coyote Paper Vol. 10, ed.
by. Amy Fountain, Sean Hendricks, Sachiko
Ohno, Debbie Cole and Mizuki Miyashita.
Linguistics Circle, The
2000 “Audible Silence: A silent mora in Japanese Verses,” with Kumi
Kogure. In Proceedings of
Western Conference on Linguistics 1998.
1999 “Enhancing Language Materials Availability Through Computer Technology,” with Laura Moll. Revitalizing Indigenous Languages. Ed. by Jon Reyhner, et al.
Presentations
2008 "Blackfoot Lullabies."
Arizona Anthropology-Linguistics Symposium. . May,10th.
2008 "Blackfoot Lullabies and Language Revitalization."
With Shirlee Crow Shoe. The 15th Stabilizing Indigenous Language Symposium.. May,2nd.
2008
" Creating a Blackfoot Online Audio-Dictionary. " With Joshua Birchall and Meredith Ward CELCNA. March,30th.
2005 "Diphthong Classification in Tohono O’odham." LASSO, The 34th Annual Conference of The Linguistic Association of the Southwest. October,8th.
2005 "Language Maintenance and Sound Authenticity." A Symposium on Native Language Acquisition. . April, 18th.
2005 "Double
Reduplication and Two ALIGNREDs in a single
Grammar." Annual Meeting of Linguistics Society
of
2004 "O'odham
Collateral Reduplication" 7th Workshop on American Indigenous Languages.
2003 “Japanese L2 performance of American
Liquids: Phonological Explanation via Phonetics” Second Language Research
Forum.
2003 “Determining Moraicity: phonetics-phonology interaction” Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL) UC Santa Barbara. April 26th.
2003 “Tohono O’odham as a
Quantity-Sensitive language,” Colloquy, Department of Linguistics,
2002 “The American Indian Language Online
Dictionary Project”, invited presentation with Sonya Bird, The Third
Richard A. Harvill Conference on Higher Education:Developing a Sense of
Place for Distance Education,
2001 “Online Dictionary for Endangered Languages
of the Southwest” Invited Speaker for Endangered Languages of
2000 “English as Foreign
Language” Guest Lecturer,
2000 “Word Order Freedom in Tohono O'odham: An
Instrumental Perspective.” with Richard Demers and Delbert Ortiz. Scrambling conference,
1999 “Poetic Meter in a
Prominence-Insensitive Language” with Deborah Cole, Formal Approaches to Poetry
and Recent Developments in Generative Metrics, October,
1999 “The Moraic Structure of Diphthongs in Tohono O’odham.”
Southwest Workshop on Optimality Theory Conference 5,
May 15, UC
1999 “Demonstration Tutorial for Accessing and Using
an Online Dictionary of Tohono O’odham.” with Laura Moll. Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conference, June,
1999 “Weight Asymmetries in
Tohono O’odham” Student Conference in Linguistics 11, May,
1999 “Online Dictionary Project” with Laura Moll.
Poster session. May,
1999 “The Development of
Final Particle Ha in
1998 “Orthography and Language Revitalization in
Tohono O’odham” LASSO XXVII,
1998 “Audible Silence: A silent mora in Japanese Verses” with Kumi
Kogure. WECOL.
1998 “Enhancing Language
Material Availability Through Computer Technology” with Laura Moll. Stabilizing Indigenous Language Conference 5.
1998 “Less Stress, Less Pressure, Less Voice” Southwest Workshop on Optimality Theory 4, invited presentation, University of Arizona.
