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Education

Ph.D. (1979) and M.A. (1975), University of California, Los Angeles

Major: Slavic Linguistics; Minor: Russian Literature
Dissertation supervisor: Alan Timberlake

S.B. (1973), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Major: Humanities; Minor: Electrical Engineering

Academic Appointments

2003-present:

Professor of Slavic Languages,
University of Texas at Austin    

2005-2006:

Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics, Stony Brook University (SUNY)

2001-2004:

Chair, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
University of Texas at Austin

1986-2003:

Associate Professor of Slavic Languages
University of Texas at Austin

1999-2000

Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

1991-1992

Visiting Fellow of Linguistics, The Faculties,
Australian National University (Canberra)

1979-1986

Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages,
University of Texas at Austin

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