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I teach courses in two fields at the university: linguistic
anthropology and Middle Eastern studies. My Middle East courses include
Language and Culture in the Middle East, which I teach each Fall, and Reflections
of Exile: Jewish Languages and their Communities, which I teach periodically
during Spring semesters. I also teach courses called Language and Emotion,
Language and Identity, and Speech Play and Verbal Art. Most of my previous
research has focused on Israel--on dialect changes in Hebrew and the politics
of Israeli identity. More recently I have begun to study the language of
popular culture -- television commercials and narrative films -- in the
U.S. I studied at, and received degrees from Dartmouth College, The University
of Pennsylvania, and The University of Texas at Austin. I grew up in Cleveland,
Ohio, and enjoy soccer, mountain climbing, and the out-of-doors whenever
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