I'm Anna, and I'm really excited to be at LINGUIST List.

I received my BA from Boston University in 2008 with a double major in English and linguistics, and stayed at BU for graduate work with a focus on field work and language documentation. I got to do some neat stuff while in the BU applied linguistics program, like organize the BUCLD and work with MBU; I finished my MA in May 2010 (you can take a look at my thesis project here!). In August 2010 I travelled with three other graduate students to Cameroon, where we continued our work on Medumba with CEPOM. Needless to say, this was awesome. It is my fondest hope to keep doing field work whenever possible.

My linguistic interests (so far) focus on language documentation and management of language data. I'm also interested in writing systems (especially orthography development), cognitive science, lexicography, language typology, and Bantu historical linguistics. I am terrible at tonology.

I'm currently team leader for the Endangered Language Catalog (ELCat), a joint project with University of Hawai'i at Manoa. I also do PR, quality control, and grant writing, and I'm learning a little bit of JavaScript on the side.

When I'm not being a linguist, I enjoy: reading books, looking at animals, thinking about spaceships, riding my bike, and volunteering at 826michigan.