I am a graduate student in the department of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University where I study language learning and educational technology. My research is focused on learner language development, learning analytics, and open science.
My master's thesis investigated phraseologically interesting non-adjacent word combinations, 'collocations': nlp.langdonholmes.info.
I am a member of the learning analytics team at the National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (AI-ALOE).
My perspective on language acquisition is that it is mostly a process of acquiring word knowledge, rather than grammatical knowledge. My research primarily focuses on developing metrics of word knowledge. I am exploring how these metrics can be combine with other tools to benefit assessment, dynamic feedback, and personalization in AI-assisted learning.
Education
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(In progress) PhD in Cognitive Science
Vanderbilt University -
M.A. in Linguistics, TESOL specialization, 2021
California State University, Long Beach -
B.A. in Comparative Literature, 2016
University of California, Los Angeles