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FORMAL EDUCATION

Ph.D. Program in Linguistics

Department of Linguistics, University of California, 2004-2007; 2010-in progress.

(I interrupted the program and worked as a linguist in industry in 2008 and 2009. I returned in 2010.)

Masters of Arts in Linguistics

Department of Linguistics, University of California, 2004-2006 (filed in 2008)

Thesis: Post Verbal Subjects and Verb Agreement in Brazilian Portuguese

 

Bachelor of Arts with 1st Class Honours in Linguistics

University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2003

Thesis: Differential Object Behaviour

 

Bachelor of Arts (Double major in Linguistics, single major in Psychology)

University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2000-2002

Included one year of study abroad at the UCLA Linguistics Department (2002)

SUMMER INSTITUTE

 Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute

Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, 2005

 

TEACHING

For teaching experience, please refer to the teaching session of this site.

INDUSTRY

1. •Language Engineer at InQuira, September 2008- December 2009. (Using syntactic and semantic analysis in the development of search software and knowledge management systems).
   

2. •Director of the English for Portuguese Speakers and Portuguese for English Speakers Programs at Mango Languages, December 2007- December 2008.
   

 

RESEARCH

1. •Research assistant for the UCLA Language Materials Project, Summer 2007 (project website)
   

2. •Research assistant for Philippe Schlenker on the project: "Formal Semantic and Pragmatic Approaches to Binding Theory" funded by the NSF Funded, Winter 2007 (project website)
   

3. •Research Assistant/ Summer Scholar at the Australian National University Research School of Asia and Pacific Studies, Canberra 2003-2004 (Australian Summer)
   

4. •Research Assistant for Pamela Munro through the UCLA Undergraduate Summer Research Program, 2002 (American Summer)
   

 

VISITING STUDENT

1. •Visiting Scholar at the CUNY Graduate Center Linguistics Department, 2010-2011.
   

 

SERVICE

1. •Contributor/ Language Expert for Brazilian Portuguese - Syntactic Structures of the World’s Languages (SSWL) project lead by Chris Collins at the NYC Linguistics department, 2010.
   

2. •Member of the international cooperation network at Dialect Syntax for my current work on Brazilian Portuguese DPs, 2010.
   

3. •President of the UCLA Graduate Student Association Humanities, 2007-2008.
   

4. •Graduate Linguistics Circle representative to the UCLA Graduate Student Association Council, 2005-2008
   

5. •UCLA Humanities Council Representative to the GSRC Programming Committee, 2006-2007
   

6. •UCLA Humanities Council Representative to the GSA Election Board, 2005-2006
   

7. •Member of the UCLA Linguistics Teaching Evaluation Committee, 2004-2005
   

8. •Member of the Organizing Committee for SALT 15, 2005
   

9. •Vice-President of the University of Queensland Romance Languages Club, Brisbane, 2003
   

10. •Co-founder and Committee Member of the University of Queensland Dance Club, Brisbane, 2003-2004
    

 

AWARDS

1. •Miguel Velez Fellowship, Spring 2006
   

2. •Departmental fellowship to attend the Linguistics Society of America Summer Institute, 2005
   

3. •Funding for 5 year PhD Program (Combination of Fellowship and TAship), UCLA Linguistics Department, 2004
   

4. •University Medal, University of Queensland, 2004 (top 1 % of students nominated)
   

5. •Australian National University Summer Research Scholarship, 2003-2004
   

6. •Bursary for Study Abroad (best of 120 applicants), University of Queensland Study Abroad Program, 2002
   

7. •Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society Membership, UCLA, 2002
   

8. •Four UQ Faculty of Arts Commendations for High Achievement (Dean's List), 2000-2002
   

9. •Three Commendations for High Achievement, UQ School of Psychology, 2000-2001
   

10. •Golden Key International Honor Society Membership, 2001
    

 

MEMBERSHIP

    •    Linguistic Society of America

    •    Australian Linguistic Society

    •    Associação Brasileira de Linguística (ABRALIN)

    •    Modern Languages Association

    •    American Organization of Portuguese Teachers