Judith Tonhauser

affiliation

• education

  2006-

  Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University

  2006	Ph.D in Linguistics, Stanford University
  	Dissertation: The Temporal Semantics of Noun Phrases: Evidence from Guaraní
  	Committee: David Beaver (chair), Cleo Condoravdi, Paul Kiparsky, Beth Levin
  2000	Diploma in Computational Linguistics, University of Stuttgart, Germany
  	Thesis: Dynamic Semantics and the Temporal Interpretation of Noun Phrases
  	Advisor: Hans Kamp
  1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Student at Stanford University
  	Studies in linguistics, psychology and philosphy

award

• 2005	Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford University

grants

• 2006	Course development grant from the Center for Latin American Studies at the OSU for an undergraduate course on American Indigenous Languages
  2006	Travel grant from the Center for Latin American Studies at the OSU
  2005	''Teaching Portfolios in Linguistics'', with John Beavers and Peter Sells,
  	seed grant awarded by the Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
  2004	Graduate Student Research Opportunity grant, Stanford University, for fieldwork on Guaraní in Paraguay	2003	Graduate Student Field Research grant, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University, for fieldwork on Yucatec Maya in Mexico
  2002	Graduate Student Field Research grant, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University, for fieldwork on Yucatec Maya in Mexico
  2001	University fellowship, Stanford University, for 5 years of graduate studies in Linguistics
  1997	Fulbright Fellowship for graduate studies at Stanford

publications

Please see publications page.

presentations

Please see presentations page.

fieldwork

• since 2007	Fieldwork on Yucatec Maya in San Francisco
  since 2004	Yearly fieldwork on Guaraní in San Lorenzo (Central) and San Isidro (Guaira), Paraguay, 25 weeks total so far.
  2002-03	Fieldwork on Yucatec Maya in Tulum (QRoo), Mexico, 20 weeks total.

teaching

Please see teaching page.

advising

• PhD students	Jungmee Lee, Anastasia Smirnova (with Brian Joseph).
  MA students	Rachel Shain (with Brian Joseph), Cory Shain (with Peter Culicover), Jon Stevens (with Brian Joseph).
  BA students	Joseph Marulli (with Cynthia Clopper), Erika Colijn (completed 2007, thesis title: Word order in Paraguayan Guaraní, first prize in 2007 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum).

reviews

• 2006	Time in Natural Language. Thompson, E. (2005), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter; reviewed for Linguist List (July 28).
  2005	The Grammar of Time Reference in Yukatek Maya. Bohnemeyer, J. (2002), Munich: LINCOM; in Language 81, pp. 1000-01.
  2003	Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings. Portner, P. and Partee H., B. (2002) London: Blackwell; reviewed for Linguist List (February 6).

service

• Ad hoc reviewer for CSLI Publications, Studies in African Languages, National Science Foundation, WCCFL 26,
  Language, Linguistics and Philosophy, the Linguistic Review, ConSole 16, Blackwell.

• since 2007

  Member of the Editorial Board of Semantics and Pragmatics.

• 2007-	Graduate Program Committee, Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University
  2006-	Development and Outreach Committee, Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University
  2006-2007	Diversity Committee, Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University
  2004-2006	Fieldwork Committee, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
  2004-2005	Admissions Committee, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
  2004-2005	Mentor Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
  2004	First Annual Qualifying Paper Fest, May 28, 2004, co-organizer, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
  2003-2006	Annual Semantics Fest, co-organizer, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
  2002-2006	Construction of Meaning workshop (Mellon Foundation), co-organizer, Stanford University
  2002-2006	Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
  2002-2003	Graduate Student Representative, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
  2001-2002	Social Committee, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
  1996	Student conference on computational lingustics (TaCoS '96), co-organizer
  1994-1996	Member of student representation, Institute for Computational Linguistics, Stuttgart

research assistantships

• 2005-2006	Topic and Focus, Principal investigator: David Beaver
  2003-2004	Terascale Linguistics Initiative , National Science Foundation, Principal investigator: Peter Sells, Stanford University
  1998-2000	Sonderforschungsbereich 340: Linguistic Foundations for Computational Linguistics, Principal investigators: Hans Kamp, Uwe Reyle, University of Stuttgart
  1997-1998	Lingo project , Principal investigators: Dan Flickinger, Ivan Sag, Stanford University
  1995-1997	Parallel Grammar Project (PARGRAM) , Principal investigators: Christian Rohrer, Ulrich Heid, University of Stuttgart
  1995	DECIDE, Principal investigators: Anne Schiller, Ulrich Heid, University of Stuttgart

languages

• German (native)
  English (near native)
  Spanish (fluent speaking, reading, and writing)
  French (intermediate reading knowledge, basic speaking)
  Guaraní (research knowledge)
  Yucatec Maya (research knowledge)