I have been a professor of linguistics at the University of Washington since 1976. I also recently completed a stint as the divisional dean for Arts and Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences. My research is in the area of phonology (the sound patterns of human languages) and I concentrate on Modern Greek, Spanish (especially the dialects of Argentina), and Turkish. I am the author of the book Connected Speech: the interaction of syntax and phonology, joint editor of three volumes, and the author of several articles, most recently ‘Word formation and phonology' (2005) in Handbook of word-formation. My most current research is on the proper description of Vowel Harmony in Anatolian Greek, Northwestern Spanish, and Standard Turkish. I've co-edited the journal Phonology  with Colin Ewen (Cambridge University Press) since 1988.

In my spare time, I like to sing in various choruses, bicycle, and take care of my dog, 3 cats, and 4 chickens.