the Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor in English Language & Literature, co-edited a Philogical Quarterly special issue in honor of Geoffrey Hartman with Kevis Goodman (University of California–Berkeley).

the Avalon Foundation Professor in Music, published The Work of Music Theory (Ashgate, 2014). He also delivered the keynote address at the Oregon Conference for Graduate Musicians at the University of Oregon.

the Centennial Professor in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, received support from the U.S. Department of Education for the Center for East Asian Studies' NRC and FLAS programs.

the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor in Philosophy, received support from the Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education for the Chicago Moral Philosophy Seminar.

Professor of Practice in the Arts in the Committee on Creative Writing and the Department of English Language & Literature, published Schedule of Unrest. Selected Poems (Salt Publishing 2014) and Courses Matter-Woven (Equipage, 2015). He delivered the keynote addresses at Experimental: A Poetics Symposium at the University of Sydney and at "Dylan Unchained: The Dylan Thomas Centenary Conference" at the University of Swansea.

Professor of Practice in the Arts in Cinema & Media Studies, received a grant from UChicago's Chuck Roven Fund for Cinema and Media Studies to organize a master class with film editor Sandra Adair.

Professor in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, co-edited Proceedings of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies, Vol. 15: Performance in Japanese Literature (Association for Japanese Literary Studies, 2014) with Reginald Jackson (University of Michigan) and Hoyt Long (Associate Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations). He also delivered two public lectures as a part of the NEAC Distinguished Speaker Program.

Professor in Linguistics, received a grant from UChicago's Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry to organize a course on bilingualism with Na'ama Rokem (Assistant Professor in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations) and Sayed Kashua, an Israeli author and journalist.

Professor in Linguistics, received a grant from UChicago's Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for "Historical Semantics and Legal Interpretation," a project with Alison LaCroix (Professor in the Law School).

Professor in Linguistics, was awarded the UChicago Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring. He also received a National Science Foundation grant for "Meaning in Context" and a Humanities Visiting Committee Faculty Research Grant.