Curriculum Vitae

Education
expected 2011 Ph.D. in Theoretical Linguistics, CASTL, University of Tromsø
dissertation: Tense, Aspect and Modality in a Radical Creole: The Case of Saamáka
advisor: Gillian Ramchand
evaluation committee: Jacqueline Guéron (Université de Sorbonne Nouvelle), Tonjes Veenstra (Zentrum fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft) and Knut Tarald Taraldsen (Tromsø)
2004 Research M.A. Linguistics, Graduate School for Humanities, University of Amsterdam
thesis: A comparison of the tense, modality and aspect systems of four English-based creoles: Krio, Jamaican Creole, Guyanese Creole and Saramaccan
advisor: Enoch Aboh
2003 M.A. General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam
thesis: Afrogenese of Caribogenese? Een zoektocht naar de ontstaansplaats van de Atlantische Engelse creooltalen
advisor: Norval Smith
Academic experience
2011 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, University of Tromsø, April/July
2006/2011 Ph.D. Research Fellow in Theoretical Linguistics, CASTL, University of Tromsø, August/January
2006 Research Assistant, Dutch Bilingual Database
Radboud University, Nijmegen, April/September
2005/2006 Research Assistant, Suriname Creole Archive (SUCA)
Radboud University, Nijmegen, April/March
Teaching
2008 Language Diversity and Typology (undergraduate)
University of Tromsø (Autumn)
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
2011 Transitional grant
Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, University of Tromsø
2009 Mobility grant
Faculty of Humanities, University of Tromsø
2008 Mobility grant
Faculty of Humanities, University of Tromsø
2001 ERASMUS fellowship
European Comission
Fieldwork
2009 Saamáka, Suriname (March 10-June 30)
2008 Saamáka, Suriname (January 23 - April 5)
2006 Krio, the Netherlands
Courses, Summer/Winter Schools and Related
2011 LOT winter school
University of Amsterdam.
2010 visiting scholar
Linguistics Department, Ohio State University, May/June.
2008 EGG summer school
Debrecen, Hungary.
2008 visiting scholar
Linguistics Department, Ohio State University, April/June.
2006 visiting scholar
CASTL, University of Tromsø, May 3/14.
2006 LOT winter school
Free University, Amsterdam.
2005 visiting scholar
CASTL, University of Tromsø, September 12/24
2004 LOT summer school
University of Utrecht.
2004 LOT winter school
University of Amsterdam.
2001 ERASMUS exchange student
University of Edinburgh (Autumn).
Service
2010/present Reading group on Nominalizations
CASTL, University of Tromsø
co-organiser with Kaori Takamine and Antonio Fabregas
2010 Formal Approaches to Creole Studies II
ZAS, Berlin, November 8/9
co-organiser with Tonjes Veenstra
2009/2010 LingLunch, a monthly platform for (Ph.D.) students to present their ongoing research
CASTL, University of Tromsø
co-organiser with Rosmin Mathew
2008 Formal Approaches to Creole Studies
CASTL, University of Tromsø, November 14/15
co-organiser with Christian Uffmann
2007 GLOW XXX
CASTL, University of Tromsø, April 12/14
Conference volunteer
2004 Representative of M.A. students in the program committee Research M.A. Linguistics
University of Amsterdam, January/August
2001/2003 Representative of M.A. students in the program committee M.A. General Linguistics
University of Amsterdam