Academic Life
Education
| 1976 | High School | Norman High School | Norman, Oklahoma |
| 1980 | B.A. in Religion | Abilene Christian University | Abilene, Texas |
| 1985 | M.A. in Linguistics | Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio |
| 1988 | Ph.D. in Linguistics | Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio |
Employment
| 1988 - 1990 | Post-doctoral Trainee, Psychology Department, Indiana University Supervisor: David Pisoni |
| 1990 - 1991 | Post-doctoral Trainee, Department of Linguistics, UCLA Supervisors: Patricia Keating & Peter Ladefoged |
| 1991 - 1992 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, UCLA |
| 1992 - 1993 | Assistant Professor, Department of Biocommunication University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 1993 - 1997 | Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University |
| 1997 - 2002 | Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University |
| 2002 - 2004 | Professor, Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University |
| 2005 - 2022 | Professor, Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley |
| 2018 - 2022 | Chair, Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley |
| 2022 - | Professor of the Graduate School, Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley |