Fellowships, Honors and Grants

• Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in December 2019

• Misti-Japan Funds for joint language project with the University of Tokyo, December 2017

• Brazilian Government funds for Language Acquisition and Loss. (with R. Berwick and A. Villavicencio) in January 2012

• Hatch Research Project Funds, Cornell University (continued funding) in 2010-2013

• The University of Iowa: Obermann Center for Advanced Studies ($40K) in Summer 2010
  June 7-11 Language (L3) Acquisition Workshop: Developing a Research Base (with J. Rothman).
  SF: Oberman Fellow

• 16th Beom Jeong Award, Graduate School, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea, 2007

• Class of 1957 MIT Alumnae award for the development of curriculum for introductory linguistics class (with N. Richards and D. Pesetsky) in 2003-2004

• Provost's Award: Seed grant for L2 acquisition- MEG studies and Comparisons between L1 and L2 Acquisition of relative clause structures in 2000, 2003

• NSF grant for visiting women faculty at MIT in 1997-1998

• NEC Award for ESL interactive video development (with Janet Murray and Shigeru Miyagawa) in 1993

• Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching: Campus-based project (with Robert Berwick and Gita Martohardjono) in 1992

• National Foreign Language Center Grant (with Cornell University) in 1989

• Annenberg Foundation Grant (with Kenneth Stevens): MIT Project Athena "Linguistic Theory and Second Language Acquisition" in 1985

• MIT Department of Humanities Research Award in 1982

• Cornell University Graduate Research Award in 1979, 80

• New York State College of Human Ecology Grant in 1980

• Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute Fellowship in 1978, 80

Professional Experience

Academic

• Research Associate
  MGH, Aphasia Clinic, Boston, MA in Fall 2008

• Visiting Professor
  Singapore Institute of Technology and Design in January 2014

• Vising Professor
  Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute at Stanford University (July 2007), at MIT (July 2005), and at Cornell University (July 1998)

• Visiting Professor of Linguistics
  Ortega y Gassett Institute, Madrid, Spain in May 2004, 2007

• Visiting Professor
  Balliol College, Oxford University in Summer 2001

• Invited Visiting Professor
  University at General Roca, Argentina, Department of Linguistics in October 2000

• Head of Foreign Languages and Literatures
  MIT, 1996-2000

• Visiting Scholar in Cognitive Science
  University of Pennsylvania, Fall 1989

• Associate Professor with Tenure (Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition)
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988-93

• Associate Professor (Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition)
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987-88

• Assistant Professor (Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition)
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982-87

• Director of Summer Orientation Program for Foreign Students
  Cornell University, Summer 1979

• Instructor of English as a Second Language
  Cornell University, Summer 1978

• Teaching Assistant, English Instructor
  Cornell University, 1977-79

• Bilingual Curriculum Specialist, Title VII
  Brighton High School, Brighton, MA, 1976-77

• Bilingual Teacher of English as a Second Language
  English High School, Boston, MA, 1974-76

• Elementary School English Teacher
  Campo Rico, Puerto Rico, 1973-74

• Elementary School English Teacher
  Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Vista Volunteer, 1972-73

• Adult Education English Teacher
  Loiza Aldea, Puerto Rico, 1972-73

Other service

• Expert witness for Defense (Douglas Hyne, esq) Murder trial/Language (August 2013)

• Expert Witness for Defense (Jamie Sultan, esq.) Bilingual Language Issues (November 2010)

• Consultant to Tim Duncan, “Don’t sue the teachers” campaign (Summer, 2002)

• Reviewer for the ESL program at Hostos Community College (Spring, 2002)

• Expert Witness for Defense (Jamie Sultan, esq.) in U.S. Federal Court: Issues of language (Spring, 2001)

• Consultant for numerous independent schools in Massachusetts for the development of foreign language programs in nursery through high school (1997-present)

• Consultant for numerous Public School Systems in Massachusetts for the development of foreign language programs in elementary schools (1996-present)

• Member, Advisory Board for the development of an educational interactive 1990-1994 video project on the study of language, Modern Language Association

• Consultant for Australia's Adult Immigration English Project (1990)

Co-Founding Editor

Syntax: Theoretical, Experimental and Interdisciplinary Approaches

(1996-present) Blackwell Publishers (Sam Epstein retired co-founding Editor; Currently co-editor with Klaus Abels)

Editorial Boards

• Associate Editor
  Linguistic Inquiry (1994-2000)

• Associate Editor
  International Journal of Multilingualism (2004-2017)