Last updated November 20, 2018. Download this CV as a PDF.
Contact information
1890 East West Road
596 Moore Hall
Honolulu HI 96822 USA
Phone: 443-845-4946
Email: tmd AT hawaii DOT edu
Website: http://www.thomasdougherty.net/
Education
| 2012–present | Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa |
| 2006–2011 | B.A. in Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa |
Employment
| 2017 | Teaching assistant, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa for Ling 105 (“Language endangerment, globalization, & indigenous peoples”) |
| 2015 | Instructor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa for Ling 102 (“Introduction to the study of language”) |
| 2012–2014 | Instructor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa for Ling 102 (“Introduction to the study of language”) |
Publications
| In prep. | Ainu. In: Lyle Campbell (ed.). Language Isolates. Routledge Language Family Series. New York: Routledge. |
Invited Presentations & Posters
| 2018 | “Report on initial fieldwork on Yapese.” Talk presented at UHM Linguistics Department Tuesday Seminar, Nov. 20, 2018. |
| 2017 | “What to do with initial geminates in Okinawan.” Poster presented at the NINJAL-NMJH-UHM Workshop: Underdescribed Languages and Histories: Linguist’s and Historian’s Challenges |
| 2014 | “Marked nominative from differential object marking in Okinawan.” Talk presented at the International Workshop on Differential Object Marking and Language Contact. December 4–5, Paris, France. |
| 2013 | “Prehistoric Language Contact in Northeast Asia in a Single Lexical Item.” Talk presented at the 21st International Conference on Historical Linguistics. August 5th–9th, Oslo, Norway. |
| 2013 | “A theoretical look at characters in phylolinguistics as applied to the Japonic languages.” Talk presented at the 3-Day International Conference on Evolutionary Patterns. May 27th–29th, Lisbon, Portugal. |
Grants & Awards
| 2014 | Bilinski Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, US$20,000 |
| 2014 | Bilinski Pre-Dissertation Research Award, US$3,400 |
Research Activities
| 2014 | Fieldwork on Okinawan: Fieldwork on the Naha dialect of Okinawan conducted in Naha City. |
| 2012–2013 | Fieldwork on Fataluku: Field Methods class at UHM on the Lospalos dialect of Fataluku. |
| 2011 | Archaeological fieldwork in Hokkaidō: Participation in archaeological dig at the Hamanaka 2 site on Rebun Island (Baikal-Hokkaidō Archaeology Project) |
Professional Activities
Professional Societies
| 2011–present | Member, Linguistics Society of America |
| 2011–present | Member, Linguistics Society of Hawai‘i |
Professional Service
| 2013 | Volunteer, 3rd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation |
| 2011 | Volunteer, Modern Perspectives on East Asian Texts workshop |
| 2010 | Volunteer, 19th Annual Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference |
| 2009 | Volunteer, 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation |
Humor
| 2010 | As Charlie Saygone. The linguistic Big Rip. Speculative Grammarian. Vol. CLIX, no. 3. URL: http://specgram.com/CLIX.3/05.saygone.rip.html |
Professional Skills
\LaTeX{} and \XeLaTeX{} typesetting
XML markup
Python programming
Wordpress publishing
Languages
English (first language)
Japanese (spoken & written intermediate)
Ainu (written intermediate)
Okinawan (spoken & written beginning)