I teach theoretical phonology at all levels, field linguistics, seminars on topics of theoretical interest, and courses on language and gender. The links below take you to the course syllabi on Canvas, which is accessible to anyone in the Yale community.
Current courses
Fall 2024
Phonology II (canvas; requires Yale login)
Phonetics 1 (canvas; requires Yale login)
Spring 2025
Phonology 1
Topics in Phonology: Prosody, Syntax, Structure
Previous courses
Introductory
This is a first year course for non-majors and is crosslisted with Psychology and with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Enrollment has grown each year, with 78 students enrolled in Spring 2024.
- Language and Gender (Spring 2024; Spring 2022; Spring 2020, co-taught with Claire Bowern)
Phonology
Phonology 1 is one of two required courses in our undergraduate major (alongside Syntax 1). Phonology II is a first-year graduate course in phonology which may also be taken by interested undergraduates.
- Phonology II (Fall 2023; Fall 2022; Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019)
- Phonology I (Spring 2023; Spring 2022; Fall 2019, Fall 2018)
Field methods
- Field Methods [Spring 2023]
Seminars
The seminar classes below frequently re-use the same course numbers but are never taught in the same manner twice!
- The syllable and below (Fall 2019)
- Topics in Phonology: Prosody-Syntax Structure Correspondence (Fall 2021, Spring 2019)
- Topics in Phonoloy: Models of Phonological Variation (Fall 2022)
(Last updated: 20 October 2024)