Professor of Linguistics and Creative Writing, Ph.D. (South Asian Languages and Linguistics), University of Wisconsin-Madison (1986)
World Englishes; Language Variation; Creative Writing; South Asia
Language: Introductory Readings 7th ed.; Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look at "Heartland" English; Out of Nowhere, the Body's Shape
World Englishes: North America, New Approaches to Cultural Pluralism, American Speech, Journal of English Linguistics , Dictionary of American Regional English , Beloit Poetry Journal, Colorado Review, Epoch, Gettysburg Review, New Letters, North American Review, Southwest Review, TriQuarterly