Teaching

2014-present: UMass Amherst

Spring 2023:

  • Formal Semantics (620) (syllabus)
  • Topics in Semantics (753)

Fall 2022:

Spring 2022:

Fall 2021:

Spring 2021:

Fall 2020:

Spring 2020:

  • Formal Pragmatics (797P)
  • Formal Semantics (620)

Fall 2019:

Past courses:

Undergraduate courses:

  • Sign Language Linguistics (397S): S’16, S’18
  • Field Methods (404): S’19 (Kimîîru: syllabusonline database)
  • Introduction to Semantics (510): F’16, F’18
  • Advanced Semantics (591S): F’15

Graduate courses:

  • Formal Foundations of Linguistic Theory (609) (co-taught with Rajesh Bhatt): S’15, S’16, F’17
  • Semantics and Generative Grammar (610): F’15, F’17
  • Formal Semantics (620): S’15 (co-taught with Angelika Kratzer), S’19
  • Proseminar in Semantics (720): F’14, F’16
  • Topics in Semantics (753): S’18

2017: Tbilisi Linguistics Summer School, Tbilisi, Georgia

July 24 – 28

  • Introduction to Formal Semantics (handouts)

2015: EGG Summer School, Brno, Czech Republic

July 27 – August 7

  • Introduction to Formal Semantics
  • Lectures on Modality (co-taught with Rajesh Bhatt)

2012: EALing, École normale supérieure

September 14 – 16

  • “Why Do Modals Vary?” (slides)

2013-2014: École normale supérieure: Instructor

Second Semester

  • Advanced Syntax (DEC B15)
  • Semantics (Cogmaster CA2). Co-taught with Emmanuel Chemla

2012-2013: École normale supérieure: Instructor

Second Semester

  • Advanced Syntax (DEC B15)
  • Semantics (Cogmaster CA2). Co-taught with Emmanuel Chemla

First Semester

2011-2012: École normale supérieure: Instructor

Second Semester

  • Advanced Syntax (DEC B15)
  • Field Methods Class on Haitian Creole (DEC B04)

First Semester

  • Intro to Linguistics (Cogmaster CO2)
  • Semantics (Cogmaster CA2)

2010-2011: École normale supérieure: Instructor

Second Semester

  • Advanced Syntax (DEC B15)
  • Semantics (Cogmaster CA2). Co-taught with Emmanuel Chemla

First Semester

  • Field Methods Class on French Sign Language (DEC B04)
  • Intro to Linguistics (Cogmaster CO2). Co-taught with Dominique Sportiche and Luigi Rizzi

2009-2010: École normale supérieure: Instructor

Second Semester

  • Advanced Syntax (DEC B15)
  • Philosophy of Mind as coordinator and co-teacher

First Semester

  • Field Methods Class on French Sign Language (DEC B04)
  • Introduction to Cognitive Science for Philosophy majors as instructor (coordinator)

2008-2009: École normale supérieure: T.A. and Instructor

Second Semester

  • Intro to Semantics as instructor
  • Intro to Syntax as instructor: Romance causatives

First Semester

  • Syntax I as T.A. Instructor: Elena Soare
  • Intro to Linguistics as T.A. Instructors: Dominique Sportiche and Benjamin Spector

2007-2008: UCLA: T.A. and Instructor

Summer Session

  • Undergraduate Syntax I (Ling 120B) as instructor

Winter Quarter

  • Undergraduate Syntax II (Ling 165B) as T.A. Instructor: Dominique Sportiche

Fall Quarter

  • Language Development (Ling 130) as T.A. Instructor: Susan Curtiss

2006-2007: UCLA: T.A. and Instructor

Summer Session

  • Undergraduate Syntax I (Ling 120B) as instructor

Spring Quarter

  • Intro to Language (Ling 1) as T.A. Instructor: Russell Schuh

Fall Quarter

  • Intro to Linguistics (Ling 20) as T.A. Instructor: Bruce Hayes

2005-2006 UCLA: T.A.

Spring Quarter

  • Undergraduate Mathematical Linguistics (Ling 180C) as T.A. Instructor: Edward Keenan

2001-2005: Paris IV-Sorbonne: Lecturer

  • Intro to Philosophy
  • History of Philosophy