CASTL Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics

Bruce Morén

Biographical Sketch

• Background
• Military Service
• Employment
• University

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Background:

• Born: October 10, 1966 in Canandaigua, New York
• Raised: Prince's Bay, Staten Island, New York
• Public School:

Public School 3 in Pleasant Plains
Intermediate School 34 in Tottenville
Tottenville High School in Huguenot

• Sports: High School gymnastics, team captain in 1984.  Best events were the floor exercise and the vault.

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Military Service: United States Navy (1984 - 1990)

• Bootcamp and electronic schools in Great Lakes, IL.
• Electronic school in Ft. Gordon, GA, and
• Naval Nuclear Power School in Orlando, FL.
• Naval Communication Station in Rota, Spain. (October 1986 - May 1990)

Favorite things about Andalucia: beaches, poppy fields, people, seafood, courtyards, flowers (especially jasmine on summer evenings), la feria (festival), and los nisperos (type of fruit).

• Navy Achievement Medal
• Navy Good Conduct Medal
• Navy Overseas Service Ribbon
• Honorable Discharge

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Employment: (see CV for more details)

• Motorola Inc.
• Manpower Inc.
• Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs
• University of Maryland at College Park, Linguistics
• Johns Hopkins University, Language Laboratory
• Georgetown University, Linguistics Department
• Boston University, Applied Linguistics Program
• Cornell University, Linguistics Department
• University of Tromsø, Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics

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University:

Undergraduate - University of Maryland at College Park

• Bachelor of Arts (Spring 1994)
• Summa cum laude
• Majored in Generative Linguistics, and minored in Psychology
• Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Golden Key National Honor Societies

Graduate - Linguistics at the University of Maryland at College Park

• Graduate School Fellowship (1994-1996)
• Teaching Assistantship (1997-1998)
• Lecturer (Fall 1998)
• Specialty in Phonology - how and why speech sounds pattern the way they do in different languages
• Minor area of specialization in Language Acquisition - how people acquire language
• Very interested in Syntax - the structure of sentences and phrases
• Master of Arts (Fall 1997)
• Ph.D. (Summer 1999)

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Last updated June 2005 -- By the way, my name is pronounced like "more rain" with the stress on the second syllable.

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