I was the sole teaching assistant for a "practical tour of computational methods [...] useful for practicing linguists" lead by Pranav Anand. We taught the basics of how to manipulate text using Python and regular expressions, plus introduced the tools and metrics used for annotation in modern computational linguistics.
I've worked on the course staff for a bevy of classes on formal approaches to literal and non-literal meaning in natural language. Topics included propositional and predicate logic, Gricean reasoning, centering theory, and more.
I was the primary instructor for a course on Language and Social Identity in the United States. In this course we focused on perceptions of standard and non-standard dialects of American English, which involved characterizing the major dialects, studying how they've changed over time, and asking what "standard" even means in the context of language policy.
Other courses I've TAed include Introduction to Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, and an elective called Language, Society, & Culture.
In 2006, I worked as an English Language Instructor for the SPENG (SPecial ENGlish) program at Bryn Mawr College, where I conducted English drill classes for a group of Japanese Fulbright Scholars who had been selected to brush up their English before traveling to their host institutions across the US.
When | What | Primary instructor |
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Winter 2014 | Semantics I | Adrian Brasoveanu |
Fall 2013 | Computational Methods for Linguists | Pranav Anand |
Spring 2013 | Linguistic Typology | Sandra Chung |
Winter 2013 | Language and Social Identity | me, Supervisor: Grant McGuire |
Fall 2012 | Introduction to Linguistics | Armin Mester |
Spring 2012 | Pragmatics | Pranav Anand |
Winter 2012 | Semantics II | Donka Farkas |
Spring 2011 | Introduction to Linguistics | Grant McGuire |
Winter 2011 | Language, Culture, and Society | Jaye Padgett |
Fall 2010 | Semantics I | Pranav Anand |
Summer 2006 | SPENG Program | Eleanor Jorden and James-Henry Holland |