Associate Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, published a translation of A Treasury of Virtues (New York University Press, 2013).

Senior Lecturer in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, published Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge, 2013) and received UChicago’s Janel M. Mueller Award for Excellence in Pedagogy.

Professor in Linguistics, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for “Models of Handshape Articulatory Phonology for Recognition and Analysis of American Sign Language,” a collaborative research project with Jason Riggle (Associate Professor in Linguistics).

Associate Professor in Linguistics, published Plains Cree Morphosyntax (Routledge, 2013).

Professor of Linguistics, received a grant from UChicago’s Richard And Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry for a joint research project on bilingualism with Na’ama Rokem (Assistant Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations).

Professor of Linguistics, received a grant from UChicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for the research project “Subjectivity in Language and Thought” with Malte Willer (Assistant Professor in Philosophy).

Lecturer in Linguistics, published Swahili Grammar and Workbook (Routledge, 2014).

Associate Professor in Linguistics, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for “Models of Handshape Articulatory Phonology for Recognition and Analysis of American Sign Language,” a collaborative research project with Diane Brentari (Professor in Linguistics).

Professor in Music, published Singing Jeremiah: Music and Meaning in Holy Week (Music and the Early Modern Imagination) (Indiana University Press, 2014).

Assistant Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, published The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History (Cambridge University Press, 2013).