My research interests are in language endangerment, documentation and revitalization, language rights, repatriation of language materials to indigenous communities.  Within these areas of study, my interests revolve around:

• Native American languages generally,
• Arizona languages, more specifically,
• Diné Bizaad (Navajo language), intensely,
• Coeur d'Alene language, documentationally.  See the Coeur d'Alene Online Language Resource Center (http:thecolrc.org), a resource developed in collaboration with the Coeur D'Alene Language Program and supported by the National Science Foundation,
• Low-cost, grass-roots development of electronic resources for use in language revitalization and language repatriation programs.
• The science of teaching, including teaching linguistics with language invention.
• Increasingly, the relationships between computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, and public discourse.

I am also interested in the study of the sound systems of languages (Phonology), particularly at the level of syllable structure and rhythm (Prosodic Phonology), and the study of the word buliding systems of languages (Morphology), particularly as they relate to the prosodic and phonological systems.

As are we all, I'm interested to better understand the language use around me, including linguistic attitudes and sociolinguistic patterns found among the students, faculty and staff at the University of Arizona.