Education
B.S. 1974 The Pennsylvania State University: Geophysics
M.A. 1977 The University of Texas at Arlington: Linguistics
M.A. 1982 University of Southern California: Linguistics
Ph.D. 1984 University of Southern California: Linguistics
Ph.D. 2000 Honorary degree; University of Uppsala, Sweden
Professional Experience
1990-present Regents' Professor, Applied Linguistics Program,
English Department, Northern Arizona
University (Regents' Professor since 2000)
1984-1990 Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California
(joint appointment with Speech Science and Technology from 1984-1986)
1983-1984 Programmer/Consultant
Academic Computing Services, University of Southern California
1981-1983 Assistant Lecturer
Freshman Writing Program, U.S.C.
1978-1980 Project Coordinator
Somali Literacy Project
Short-term Teaching and Research Appointments
November 2012 Visiting Professor, Langnet Program,
University of Tampere, Finland
Nov-Dec 2010 Visiting Professor, Linguistics Department
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT),
Bangkok, Thailand
April-May 2009 Ian Gordon Fellow
Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand
Nov-Dec 2008 Research Fellow, FRIAS
(Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies)
University of Freiburg, Germany
April 2008 Visiting Professor, Graduate School
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Spring 2004 Distinguished Lecturer, School of Education
Temple University Japan, Tokyo and Osaka
Winter 2004 Visiting Professor, Linguistics Department
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Fall 2003 Guest Researcher, Research Centre on Multilingualism
University of Hamburg, Germany
Summer 2003 Visiting Professor, Linguistic Society of America
Michigan State University
Summer 2000 Visiting Professor, English Department
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Winter 2000 Visiting Professor, Langnet Program,
University of Helsinki, Finland
Spring 1997 Visiting Professor, English Department,
University of Uppsala, Sweden
Fall 1996 Guest Researcher
Centre for Advanced Study
Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Oslo, Norway
Spr./Sum. 1993 Visiting Professor (Guest Researcher)
Computing Centre for the Humanities
University of Bergen, Norway
Spring 1990 Visiting Professor
English Department
University of Stockholm, Sweden