I am a Professor in, and Director of, the Program in Linguistics at Princeton University. Exciting things are underway at Princeton: we recently became an independent academic unit in the Social Sciences division, and we have a brand new official major!

My research is mainly in the areas of syntax and morphology, including allomorphy, infixation, agreement, and nominal licensing, and with a new interest in root-and-pattern morphology. I investigate all these topics through typological research and case studies on a variety of languages, which has included Turoyo and Senaya (Neo-Aramaic), Nancowry (Austroasiatic), Kurmanji (Indo-Iranian), Malagasy (Austronesian), and Hixkaryana (Carib).