Welcome to my personal website. I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia. I specialize in semantic fieldwork, and language documentation of understudied Indigenous languages.
My dissertation examines, and semantically models, the structure of change-of-state meanings in two Interior Salish languages, Secwepemctsín and nłeʔkepmxcín. I specifically look at how verb roots interact with (in)transitivizing morphology related to agent control, as well as how these patterns relate to stativity and inchoativity. My dissertation work involves field research, for which I work collaboratively with Indigenous community members.
Beyond my dissertation, I’ve worked on a range of topics, including the pragmatic use of question and reason words in Dutch, agreement and morphosyntactic patterns in the Germanic language family, and agentivity in Salish languages. If you’d like to learn more about my work, please check out the Publications and Talks and Presentations sections.
Outside of work, I’m an avid runner and spend as much time outdoors as I can. I run semi-competitively and volunteer with my run club, where I organize events and connect with folks in my community. I also volunteer with the Victoria Humane Society’s sled dog rescue program, and share my home (and many trail adventures) with my wife and my retired sled dog.
edited: June 2025