Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1999.

Dissertation title: "Malayalam Phonology: An Optimality theoretic approach."

M.A. Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1991.

M.Litt. Linguistics, Central Institute of English & Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, India, 1981.

M.A. English language & literature, Calicut University, India, 1978.

B.A. English language & literature, Calicut University, India, 1976.


LINGUISTICS COURSES TAUGHT At CSULA, CSULB and USC

Phonetics for teachers of English (TESL 566)

Pedagogical Grammar (TESL 561)

Sociolinguistics (TESL 570)

Psycholinguistics (TESL 574)

Language Development (LING 329)

Introduction to Phonetics, Phonology & Morphology (LING 401a)

Fall 2000 Lecturer, University of Southern California, Department of Linguistics.

1998-2000 Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, Department of Linguistics.

1995-2000 Lecturer, California State University, Los Angeles, TESOL Program.

1986-1992 Assistant Lecturer, Freshman Composition Writing Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; taught Composition 111 and 112 to non-native speakers of English

1984-1986 Research Fellow, Regional Institute of English, Bangalore, India; taught English grammar and Phonetics

TRAINING WORKSHOPS

1998, 1999, 2000 SummersCalifornia State University, Los Angeles: Educational Measurement and English Language Testing; taught courses in assessing English grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Program funded by USAID.

1998. "Transitives and causatives in Malayalam: An Optimality-theoretic approach". SALA

Conference, University of York, York, UK.

1992 "Rhotics in Malayalam". SALA Conference, University of California, Berkeley.

1991 "Syllable structure in Malayalam: A Government Phonology approach". SALA Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

1987 "Acquisition of Phonology". Annual Linguistics Society of America Conference, San Francisco.


PUBLICATIONS

1. "Verb classes in Malayalam". Regional Institute of English Bulletin, 1. 1.

1. Mellon Fellow for Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southern California, 1991-1992.
2. Dean’s Fellowship for Ph.D. program, University of Southern California, 1986-1990.
3. M.Litt Research Fellowship, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, 1979-1980; 1981-1984.
4. First Rank in Calicut University for M.A. English Literature and Language studies, 1978.