Post Doc, University of Toronto
PhD, University of Manitoba
BA, University of Bucharest
Studies
| 2002-2003 | PostDoc in Linguistics, University of Toronto |
| 2000 | Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of Manitoba , Canada (dissertation title: The Features of Movement in Romanian ) |
| 1992-1996 | ABD in English Linguistics, University of Bucharest , Romania (dissertation title: Word Order and Language Type) |
| 1994-1995 | University of Stockholm , Linguistics Department , Sweden (visiting researcher) |
| 1992-1993 | Oxford University, Wolfson College , UK (visiting researcher) |
| 1992 | TESL Certificate, British Council, Bucharest |
| 1989 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours): English (literature and linguistics) & French (literature and linguistics) University of Bucharest , Romania (thesis title: The Explicit Performative Sentence in English) |
Positions
| Dec. 2012 | Appointed Honorary Member to the Romanian Linguistics Institute |
| July 1 2008 -on | Associate Professor of Linguistics, DLLL, York University, Canada |
| 2003- 2008 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics, DLLL, York University, Canada |
| 2002-2003 | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor, Department of Linguistics, and Metcalf Fellow, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 2001-2002 | Sessional Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 04-06/2001 | Instructor in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Manitoba, Canada |
| 01-04/2001 | Instructor in TESL, English Language Centre, University of Manitoba, Canada |
| 09-12/2000 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics, English Department, University of Bucharest , Romania |
| 1991-1996 | Instructor in Linguistics and TESL, English Department, University of Bucharest , Romania |
Grants and Awards
| 2018 | SSHRC Connection Grant (principal applicant): 'Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages 48' | |
| 2011 | SSHRC Standard Research Grant (co-applicant): 'Cross-linguistic variation in noun incorporation and denominalization' (Eric Mathieu, UofOttawa, principal investigator) | |
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| 2007 | with Peter Avery, Faculty of Arts Research Grant ('A Comparison of Bantu and Iroquoian Verbal Morphology and licensing of Noun Phrases'), York University | |
| 2005 | Faculty of Arts Research Grant ('The Structure of Northern Iroquoian Languages'), York University | |
| 2002-2004 |
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Canada (2003-2004 portion declined) |
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| 2002-2003 | Metcalf Fellowship, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada |
Graduate student supervision
| 2019-
2018-2019 2015-2017: |
PhD supervisor: Anda Amelia Neagu, LAL-DLLL, York University
MRP supervisor: Jerry (Yijun) Li, ‘Raising and Obligatory Control in Mandarin Chinese’, LAL-DLLL, York University MRP supervisor: Andrew Peters, ‘Control and Raising in Bilingual Cantonese-English Speakers’, LAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2014-: | PhD supervisor: Gavin Bembridge, LAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2013-2014: | MRP supervisor: Gavin Bembridge, ‘Cleft Constructions in Scottish Gaelic’ LAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2012-2016: | PhD supervisor: Amer Ahmed, LAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2010-2011 | MRP supervisor: Amer Ahmed, ‘The Movement Theory of Control in Iraqi Arabic: A case for PRO or pro?’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2010-2016: | PhD supervisor: Iryna Lenchuk, LAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2009-2010 | MRP supervisor: Taeyoul Kim, ‘The Korean Nominal Structure and Default Case,’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2007-2010 | MRP co-supervisor (with Ruth King): Daryl Chow, 'Singlish can say what?: A study of wh-in-situ in Singaporean English,’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2007-2008 | MRP supervisor: Man (Victoria) Cheng, ‘Classifiers: A comparative study of Cantonese and Mandarin,’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2007-2008 | MRP supervisor: Laura Kisielyte, ‘On Argument Structure in Ndebele: Applicatives High and Low,’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2007-2008 | MRP supervisor: Sebastien Plante, 'Semantic Roles and Argument Structure: An overview,’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2005-2006 | MRP supervisor: Milica Radisic, ‘Subject Raising and Obligatory Subject Control in Serbian,’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2004-2005 | MRP supervisor: Masaaki Urano, ‘Japanese Particles and Syntactic Representation,’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2004-2005 | MRP supervisor: Maia Sakvarelidze, ‘Properties of the Russian Reflexive Morpheme SJA,’ MATAL-DLLL, York University |
| 2001-2002 | Supervisor, MA Forum paper: Keir Moulton, ‘Clausal Modification in Old English: The Case of the Correlative,’ University of Toronto |
| 1995-1996 | Supervisor, MA thesis: Nicoleta Baciu, ‘Optimality and Verb-Second in Germanic,’ English Department, University of Bucharest |
