Teaching

Spring 2007 (course materials are available on Blackboard)

ENG 3310: Introduction to Language and Linguistics
ENG 4317: Comparative Syntax
ENG 5303: Studies in Linguistics: Science of Language

Academic Background

B.A., honors, Voronezh State Pedagogical University, Russia (English and German), 1999
M.A., Eastern Michigan University (Linguistics), 2001
Ph.D., University of Maryland (Linguistics), 2006

Research Areas

Syntactic Theory; Language Acquisition; Slavic Linguistics

Publications

In press. Multiple Left-branch Extraction under Sluicing. Proceedings of the 41st Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS 41).
In press. Agreement in Russian Secondary Predicates. Proceedings of the 40th Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS 40).
2007. Sluicing in Slavic. Journal of Slavic Linguistics 15.1
2006. Sluicing and Multiple Wh-fronting. Proceedings of GLOW in Asia 5, New Delhi, India.
2006. Multiple Interrogatives in Child Language. Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 30).
2006. Sluicing Puzzles in Russian. Proceedings of the Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics 14 (FASL 14).
2005. Sluicing and Left-branch Extraction out of Islands. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 24 (WCCFL XXIV).
2004. Superiority - Syntactic and Interpretive. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 23, (WCCFL XXIII).
2004. Interpretation of Slavic Multiple Wh-Questions. Proceedings of the Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL 12, 2003).

Dissertation

2006. Multiple Interrogatives: Syntax, Semantics, and Learnability University of Maryland - College Park

Conference Presentations

Upcoming. “Multiple Interrogatives and Learnability.” The Annual Meeting of the Slavic Linguistic Society (SLS). Columbus, OH.
2006. "When multiple wh-fronting is not multiple" Slavic Linguistic Society. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
2005. "Multiple Sluicing and Wh-fronting in Russian." ConSOLE XIV, EHU-U of Basque Country, Victoria-Gasteiz.
2005. "Selective Multiple Wh-fronting in Slavic." The Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL), Washington, DC.
2005. "Sluicing and Multiple Wh-fronting." GLOW in Asia 5, New Delhi, India.
2005. "Multiple Interrogatives in Child Language." The Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 30).
2005. "Sluicing Puzzles in Russian." The 14th Meeting of the Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL 14), Princeton University.
2005. "Multiple left-branch extraction under Sluicing." The 41st Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society (CLS 41).
2005. "Sluicing and Left-branch Extraction out of Islands." The 24th Meeting of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL XXIV), Vancouver, Canada.
2005. "Sluicing and the nature of violation marking." ECO-5 Syntax Workshop, Harvard.
2004. "Deriving Successive Cyclicity." Annual meeting of the Michigan Linguistic Society, Flint, MI.
2004. "Superiority - Syntactic and Interpretive." The 23rd Meeting of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL XXIII), Davis, CA.
2004. "Agreement in Russian Secondary Predicates." The 40th Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society (CLS 40), Chicago, Ill.
2004. "Equidistance in CP domain: Consequences for Multiple Interrogatives." Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics (GURT 2004), Washington DC.
2004. "Head-movement and Superiority in Embedded Contexts." The 74th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). Boston, Mass.
2003. "Interpretation of Slavic Multiple Wh-Questions." The 12th Meeting of the Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL 12), Ottawa, Canada.
2003. "The Nature of the Q-morpheme and Interpretation of Multiple Interrogatives." ECO-5 Syntax Workshop, UConn, Storrs, CT.

Service

English Department Representative, Spring Premiere, 2008
Reviewer, Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics, 2006-present
Reviewer, Language Learning, 2006
Reviewer, American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL), 2005
Chair, Panel on Lithuanian Syntax, The Annual Meeting of AATSEEL, Washington DC, 2005
Organizing Committee, Mayfest 2005: Wh-fest, 2005
Chair, Organizing Committee, ECO-5 Syntax Workshop, College Park, 2004
Associate Editor, The LINGUIST List, 1999-2001

Awards

Summer Research Sabbatical, Baylor University, 2008, 2007
Mary Savage Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2005-2006
Paula Menyuk Travel Award, Boston University Conference on Language Development, 2005
Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland, 2005
Ilene H. Nagel Travel Grant, University of Maryland, 2004
The Outstanding Scholar Award, University of Connecticut, 2001-2002
The Brenner Scholarship, Eastern Michigan University, 2000-2001
The Writing Award, Eastern Michigan University, 2000-2001
ACTR/ACCELS Undergraduate Exchange Program Scholarship, 1996-1997

Last updated: 5/14/2008