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Mentor Areas

  • Historical and comparative Indo-European linguistics
  • History of English
  • Principles of language change
  • Ancient Greek

Description:

I have no current projects; students should contact me to discuss possible projects.

I am prepared to supervise projects remotely; two years ago I supervised a project remotely (for a student not at Penn) with good results.

Preferred Qualifications

In order to participate in research, students must have a good command of the language(s) under investigation.

Details:

Preferred Student Year

First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior

Academic Term

Fall, Spring, Summer

I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).

Volunteer

Yes

Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.

Paid

No

Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.

Work Study

No

Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.

Researcher


Professor Of Linguistics