I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics. I direct the M.A. Program in Native American Languages & Linguistics (also known as NAMA). I'm a field linguist with formal training in theoretical linguistics and language documentation & revitalization. I conduct research in the Desano and Siriano; two endangered Eastern Tukanoan languages spoken in the Vaupés Region of Brazil and Colombia. More recently, I began to collaborate (with Dr. Scott AnderBois) in the documentation and maintenance of A'ingae (also known as Cofán), an isolate language spoken in Ecuador.