Education
- Artium Baccalaureum cum laude in Mathematics and German (double major) 1964
St.
Benedict's College (now Benedictine
College), Atchison KA.
- Magister Artium in Linguistics 1967, University of Washington, Seattle.
- Thesis: Some Applications
of Computers to Linguistic Field Methods
-
Co-Chairs: Robert Ritchie, Heles
Contreras
- Philosophiae Doctor in Linguistics 1973, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Dissertation: Studies in English
Generics
- Co-Chairs:
George
Lakoff,
Robin Lakoff
Professional Employment
- Associate Professor of Linguistics, Residential College, University of
Michigan, 1986-date.
- Associate Professor of Linguistics (with tenure), University of
Michigan, 1978-date.
- Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan,
1973-1978.
- Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Director of Programs
in English as a Foreign Language,
- Utah
State University, Logan UT, 1967-1972.