I am interested in dialects, variationist sociolinguistics, and the overall research topic of language variation and change. I enjoy exploring diverse language communities and a wide range of linguistic variables and dialect features. Research projects include fieldwork in collaboration with the Sui community in China and other underrepresented groups in East/Southeast Asia, North America, and elsewhere. Before graduate school I lived in China for about 7 years where, among other eye-opening experiences, I learned Chinese and Sui, a Tai-Kadai minority language of Guizhou Province. Returning to the U.S. for graduate school, I received my Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2007 from Michigan State University (adviser: Dennis Preston). I taught for a year in the Rice University Linguistics Department, and then joined Dartmouth Linguistics in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the summer of 2008. I am also involved in field research of New England English dialects and other aspects of North American English. Along with my sociolinguistic training, I also have a Bachelor of Science in Physics. As a result, I enjoy studying both the social, "human" side of language usage as well as quantitative analysis of linguistic variables. Thanks for visiting my page, and let me know if you have any questions or would like to get in touch. My contact information is given below.