Background

I am originally from Alma, a small French-speaking town about two and a half hours north of Québec City, Canada. I earned my Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Hawai‘i in 2007, and I am now a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at El Paso and Chair of the Department of Chicano Studies, Languages, and Linguistics. My research focuses on speech perception and spoken word recognition in bilinguals. 

Outside of work, I’m the proud parent of a bright eight-year-old boy who loves soccer, Minecraft, and Harry Potter. In my free time, I enjoy road cycling, running, swimming, lifting, and doing yoga. I discovered triathlons in 2024 and have been training for them since.