Education

• 1992 post-graduate course: Seminar in Linguistic Consulting, University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND)
• 1977-1980. M.A. in Linguistics (honours), University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, USA)
• 1974-1977. Bachelor of Religious Education, Providence College (Otterburne, MB, Canada)
• 1970-1974. High School diploma, Stonewall Collegiate Institute (Stonewall, MB)

Teaching Experience

• 2002, 2003. Introduction to Phonology; Applied Linguistics Program, Alliance Graduate School, Manila, Philippines
• 2000. Semantics, and Introduction to Phonology; Applied Linguistics Program, Alliance Graduate School, Manila, Philippines
• 1981, 1986, 1991. Phonetics, and Second Language Acquisition (one-month courses); Toronto Institute of Linguistics (Toronto, ON, Canada)
• 1996. (assisting Albert Bickford) Field Methods; SIL at University of North Dakota. (Summer session.)

Consultant and Research Experience

• 1987-present. Linguist-Translator with Summer Institute of Linguistics (Philippines); including the following responsibilities: linguistic analysis and description; language development; production of dictionary and other vernacular literature; translation. Also occasional involvement as linguistic consultant and computer consultant for SIL Philippines.
• 2002, 2004. Lexicography Consultant for Mapun-English Dictionary and Romblomanon-English Dictionary
• 1984-1985. Sociolinguistic Surveyor (Catanduanes Island, Philippines)
• 1981-1984. Curriculum Designer (produced language-learning curriculum for expatriates learning Tagalog; trained Filipino language teachers)

Administrative Experience

• 2004-2006 member, SIL Philippines Executive Committee
• 1996-2000 on several occasions: Interim Southern Regional Director, SIL Philippines
• 1986-1987 Business Manager, World Team, Manila, Philippines

Publications

• Forthcoming: Ergative Control of Syntactic Processes In Southern Sinama. (Paper presented at 2006, International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17-20 January 2006.)
• 2004. Serving as a Consultant to Dictionary Compilers. (Paper presented at Lexicography Conference, Payap University Linguistics Department, Chiangmai, Thailand (24-26 May 2004.)
• 2004. Questions for Testing Translations: Genesis. SIL & UBS: Translators’ Workplace 4.0.
• 2001. Serving as consultant to larger teams. SIL: Lingualinks 5.0 (Consulting Bookshelf).
• 1997. Equi-NP deletion in Sama Southern. Philippine Journal of Linguistics 28.125-144.
• 1997. Review: Electronic performance support systems. Notes on Linguistics, Number 76.
• 1983. Catanduanes Sociolinguistic Survey Report. (unpublished ms.)
• 1980. Do’s and Don’ts of Prereading. Notes on Literacy, NOL Number 29.

Sinama Publications (involvement as cotranslator)

• 2005. Kitab Panagnaan [Genesis]. Manila: Bible League.
• 2003. Salsila Al-Masi min Kitab Injil [Luke’s Gospel]. Manila: Bible League.
• 2002. Panduh Hap [New Testament Letter of James]. Manila: Bible League.
• 1995. Ya Duwa Magbagey Sama ma Tawi-Tawi [Trilingual Reader, Sinama/Tagalog/English]. Manila: SIL.
• 1990. Bissara Pondok-Pondok [Trilingual Phrase Book, Sinama/Tagalog/English]. Manila: SIL.

Languages

• Spoken proficiency in two Philippine languages (Tagalog, Southern Sinama)
• Reading proficiency in three Philippine languages (Tausug, Sama Pangutaran, Sama Central)