Departmental Administrative RolesHead (1993-1996, 2009-2011)Graduate Program Director (1989-1992, 2003-2006)Graduate Admissions Director (1988-1990)In these positions, I …• Wrote the department’s first graduate student handbook.• Revised the department’s graduate student advising system to increase communication and reduce stress on students.• Created an internal grant program for graduate student travel, research expenses, and summer stipends (~$50,000/year of continuing education revenue). • Initiated and expanded the department’s online continuing education curriculum, developing the first two courses myself, assisting colleagues, and obtaining approval for an online Certificate in American English Linguistics.• Invested in workshops, residencies, and the minority student outreach program of the Center for the Study of African American Language (>$80,000 initially, ~$30,000/year long-term of continuing education revenue). • Helped recruit two ALANA faculty; retained three high-profile senior faculty in face of offers from Ivy League universities; negotiated substantial start-up or retention packages and lab space for three faculty.• Expanded the curriculum and increased the diversity of linguistics majors with a successful proposal for joint majors between linguistics and Spanish/Portuguese.• Initiated the department’s first development campaign and its first international exchange agreement (with University College London).

Visiting scientist in the Department of Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence Research, with funding from the System Development Foundation.