About me
I am a doctoral candidate in the Linguistics Department at the University of Hawai‛i at Mānoa. My dissertation research focuses on language attitudes on Pohnpei, FSM. My other research projects involve language documentation and conservation, linguistic geography, acoustic phonetics, discourse analysis, quantitative approaches to linguistic research, sociolinguistics, Micronesian languages, and decolonizing linguistic methodologies. The primary language communities that I work with are Pohnpeian, Ngatikese, Ngatik Men's Creole, and others of the Chuukic-Pohnpeic subfamily.
I am also the current "Web Production Editor" (aka Layout Editor) for the journal Language Documentation & Conservation (http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/). If you ever need help with document design or LaTeX, I'm your guy!
Prior to starting grad school, I was a volunteer 8th grade teacher with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps-International in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia from August 2011 to June 2013.
I am also the current "Web Production Editor" (aka Layout Editor) for the journal Language Documentation & Conservation (http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/). If you ever need help with document design or LaTeX, I'm your guy!
Prior to starting grad school, I was a volunteer 8th grade teacher with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps-International in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia from August 2011 to June 2013.