Background

Overview

I am an academically trained linguist with substantial tech-industry experience. I have training in all linguistic subfields, with a focus on formal language theory, and I’ve leveraged my linguistics training at ML/AI companies. I’m a rigorous problem-solver across both quantitative (Haskell, Python, SQL) and qualitative (annotation, ontology, writing) domains.

Experience

Linguistics Trainer and QA Specialist, Human Data @ SpaceXAI

• Annotated textual and visual/audio LLM outputs for adherence to phonological, syntactical, and semantic norms.
• Conducted model evaluation and QA for Python and SQL outputs.
• Wrote novel guidance and QA rubrics in Markdown, JSON, and Excel.
• Collaborated with engineers to ensure labeling guidelines accorded with machine learning principles and goals.
• Trained new tutors and developed algorithmic processes to improve tutor workflow and inter-annotator agreement.

Linguistics Instructor @ UCLA

• Taught weekly seminars covering major linguistic subfields: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics.
• Developed unique teaching materials and technical documentation using LaTeX and Haskell.
• Evaluated student performance and conducted regular one-on-one meetings with students.

Computational Linguist @ App Orchid

• Designed syntactic-tree-based regexes to match complex, embedded legal phrases in an LLM pipeline.
• Labeled and taxonomized linguistic regularities in legal corpora for POS, NER, and dependency/constituency parsing.
• Researched string parsing techniques to optimize regex search algorithms.
• Integrated regexes into the LLM pipeline using Python, SQL, and Git and wrote accompanying technical documentation.
• Communicated regularly with engineers, clients, and other stakeholders to ensure optimal ML outcomes.

Literature Instructor @ University of Minnesota

• Designed and implemented syllabi for key departmental courses on literary theory.
• Wrote from scratch unique teaching materials on grammar and rhetoric.
• Served as Teaching Assistant for introductory literary theory and cultural studies courses.

Library Associate @ Burke Library, Columbia University

• Organized and cataloged library collections using Library of Congress classification.

Brain-Trainer @ LearningRx

• Guided students of all ages through targeted cognitive training tasks and exercises.

Developmental Trainee @ Fraser

• Assisted in teaching and developmental support for pre-school-age children with autism.

Editorial Intern @ Publishing Genius

• Assisted publication and manuscript production for an independent small press in Baltimore.

Education

PhD (Incomplete), Linguistics @ UCLA

• Research: Permutation Power in Minimalist Grammars and Combinatory Categorial Grammars
  • Advisors: Dylan Bumford, Tim Hunter
• Took graduate courses in all linguistic subfields, as well as in algorithms and formal language theory.
• Applied research toward NLP/NLU applications using Python and Haskell.

MA, Linguistics @ University of Minnesota

• Thesis: The Argument Structure of Deverbal Nouns
  • Advisor: Jean-Philippe Marcotte
• Took graduate courses in all linguistic subfields: phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and computational linguistics.
• Completed corpora analysis projects using Python, NLTK, and Google Colab.

MA, Comparative Literature (Major), Greek (Minor) @ University of Minnesota

• Thesis: Discrete Infinity and Ring Structure in Penelope’s Weaving Trick
  • Advisor: Christophe Wall-Romana
• Took graduate courses in literary theory, French-language poetry, and Greek-language literature.
• Used APA, MLA, and Chicago manuals of style to write research papers.

MA, Church History @ Union Theological Seminary

• Thesis: Just Imitations: The Literary and Comedic Qualities of the Apophthegmata Patrum
  • Advisor: John Anthony McGuckin
• Graduate study in church history, historical theology, and biblical languages.

BA, Writing Seminars @ Johns Hopkins University

• Thesis: Modern Mimesis: Alt-lit and Autofiction

Presentations

Society for Classical Studies

• Penelope’s Endless Weaving and Ring Structure

Awards & Fellowships

UCLA

• Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
• Summer Mentored Research Fellowship

University of Minnesota

• SSRC DPD Summer Fellowship
• CSCL Summer Research Fellowship
• CSCL Summer Grant
• 21st-Century Summer Language Fellowship

Union Theological Seminary

• Wyn Wright Prize for Biblical Languages

Johns Hopkins University

• The Robert R. Arellano Writing Award

Academic Service

University of Minnesota

• Member, CSCL Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Skills

Programming

• Git Haskell JSON LaTeX Markdown MS 365 NLTK Notion Python PyTorch Prompt Engineering R SQL

Linguistics

• Computational Formal Grammar Lexical Semantics Morphology NLP Philosophy of Mind Phonology Pragmatics Syntax

Languages

• English French Greek (Ancient, Koine) Latin (Classical)

Competencies

• Communication Data Analysis & Annotation Ontology Design Research Statistics Taxonomy Technical Writing

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