About

Hello! I am a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Department of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University). My research focuses on theoretical phonology, particularly on constraint-based models of grammar. I’m interested in questions regarding the underlying representation of segments and how grammars evaluate faithfulness to scalar properties such as sonority. I’m also interested in derived environment effects and the interactions between morphology and phonology. Much of my current research centers on the languages and dialects of Northern Italy, most recently on Bolognese (Bulgnaiṡ), a dialect of Emilian. I am interested in investigating how analysis of these diverse languages and their historical development can contribute to broader questions of phonological theory and language typology.

My surname is pronounced [ˈɑz.gɪn] (‘Oz’ like the wizard, plus ‘gin’ with a hard ‘g’).

Recent news!

• I graduated with an MA in Linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!
• I received the Marc Adam Eisdorfer Award for Excellence in Linguistics (UNC-Chapel Hill)!