My research covers a wide range of topics related to understanding linguistic diversity and the preservation and description of languages. 

My major research interests lie in:

• Typology
• Morphology (especially Paradigm Function Morphology)
• Syntax (especially Lexical Functional Grammar)
• Information structure
• Language documentation and description
• Niger-Congo languages (especially Eleme and other Benue-Congo languages)
• Nilo-Saharan (especially Nuer and other Nilotic languages)
• Tibeto-Burman languages (especially the languages of Manang District, Nepal)
• Indo-Aryan languages (especially Maithili)

Although I work with data from a variety of languages, my background is in Africanist linguistics. Much of my early work describes typologically unusual aspects of the morphosyntax of Eleme (Ogonoid, Benue-Congo), an under-described Niger-Congo language spoken in southeast Nigeria.

Since 2012, my main fieldwork focus has moved to Nepal, where I have been working on four Tibeto-Burman languages - Manang Gurung, Manange, Nar-Phu and Gyalsumdo - which are spoken in the villages of Manang District. This fieldwork is conducted in collaboration with Kristine Hildebrandt (SIUE), Dubi Nanda Dhakal (Tribhuvan University) and other members of the Manang Languages Project.

In the UK, I have also been working with speakers of Nuer (Western Nilotic, Nilo-Saharan) and Maithili (Bihari, Indo-Aryan).

I am the convenor for the following UG and PG modules:

Language Diversity (ELI3039)

Global Diversity in Language and Communication (CMCM013)

I also co-teach: 

Introduction to Research Methods: Answering Questions with Evidence (CMCM017)

Research Methodologies (ELAM011)