I am so proud to introduce Grammar Badgers, a website created by graduate students in English Language and Linguistics who took my “Bad Grammar” class this semester. As part of the class, students were tasked with …
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Published: “Transivitity Patterns Exhibited by Persons with Dementia in Conversation”
My joint work with Trini Stickle (Western Kentucky University) on the grammar of individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease has just been published in Applied Linguistics. Trini Stickle graduated from our Ph.D. program in 2015 with a …
Skype discussion with Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
We had a great discussion with Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade (Leiden) in our seminar on “Bad Grammar” this week – from preposition stranding to Robert Lowth to Professor Tieken’s usage guides data base to prescriptivism …
Grammar 21 Survey now live!
Please consider taking this online survey on opinions about English grammar. This survey is part of a research project on metalinguistic awareness and has been approved by the IRB. It is not a test and …
Teaching Academy Fellow
I am honored to have been accepted into the Teaching Academy as a fellow. Membership in the Teaching Academy is an honor bestowed on individuals who have demonstrated teaching excellence, are recognized and nominated by their …