BIODATA

Born in Vancouver in 1957

Grew up in BC and Alberta

Graduated from the University of Alberta

Taught English as a second language to adults and junior-high learners in Edmonton

Carried out post-doctoral work at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Joined Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University (Assistant Prof, 1994;

     Associate Prof, 1998; Full Prof., 2003)

EDUCATION

B.Ed, Modern Languages (with distinction)

MSc, Linguistics: Speech Producation and Perception

PhD, Linguistics: Speech Production and Perception, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Alberta

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biocommunication, University of Alabama at Birmingham

RECOGNITION

Graduate studies

     Ralph Steinhauer Award of Distinction

     SSHRC Doctoral Fellow

Post-PhD

     SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, 1992-94

     SFU Dean's Medal of Excellence, 2004

     Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2021

RESEARCH INTERESTS

applied phonetics

foreign accents and speech intelligibility

second language learning and teaching

forensic speech science

EDITORSHIPS

Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, 2nd Edition (current)

Co-Editor, Canadian Modern Language Review (2013-19)

Co-editor, TESL Canada Journal (1993-97)

That's me on the right in a recent photo.