I recently completed my Ph.D. in linguistics at Cornell University. My dissertation is titled "Deconstructing the Southeast Asian Sesquisyllable: A Gestural Account".

My research interests lie in the fields of phonology and phonetics, specifically in experimental and laboratory phonology, which explores the relationship between the physical and cognitive aspects of speech. In my research, phonological theory is empirically informed by phonetic experimentation and is viewed in light of articulatory mechanisms. In particular, my work involves languages of mainland Southeast Asia: Khmer, Vietnamese, Bunong (Mnong), Burmese, etc. My dissertation investigates syllable shapes in a number of these languages, suggesting a new phonological analysis of the sesquisyllable based on phonetic evidence. In addition, I am interested in the featural representations of sound and how these change over time, with particular focus on the emergence of register systems. I also have a strong interest in minority and endangered languages.