Simanique Moody

New York University

Department of Linguistics

726 Broadway 7^th Floor New York, NY 10003

Phone: 212-998-7950 fax: 212-995-4707

E-mail: sdm243@nyu.edu

I am currently pursuing research related to the linguistic structure of African American English and related dialects. I am also interested in grammaticalization, language contact, variation and change.

education

New York University

Graduate School of Arts & Science, Department of Linguistics

Ph.D., Linguistics- expected January 2010

M.A., Linguistics. Thesis title: Determiner Allomorphy: Insight into Haitian Creole Syllable Structure

 

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

B.A., Individually Designed: Social Justice Issues in Post-colonial Latin America & the Caribbean. Concentration in Spanish, French, International Relations, and International Studies

*Graduated summa cum laude

 

Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (Fall Semester 1999)

 

honors

New York University (Department of Linguistics) Lewis Levine Prize 2008

Ford Dissertation Fellowship 2007-2008

Ford Predoctoral Fellowship 2004-2007

New York University summer Predoctoral fellowship 2004

New York University MacCraken Fellowship 2001-2006

University of Minnesota President's Outstanding Scholar 1997-2001

University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Honors Program  1997-2001
University of Minnesota Dean's list 1997-2001
College of Liberal Arts Scholar's List 1997-2001
Phi Beta Kappa 2000
Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship 2000
University of Minnesota President's Distinguished Faculty Mentor Participant 1997-1999
University of Minnesota Waller Scholar 1999
Golden Key Honor Society member 1999-present

experience

Teaching (University)

 

Fall 2008: Adjunct Lecturer, "Languages and Dialects in Cross-cultural Perspective," Anthropology Department, The City College of New York

Fall 2005: Teaching Assistant, "African American English," Professor Renee Blake, Linguistics Department, New York University

 

Spring 2004: Teaching Assistant, "Language in Latin America," Professor Gregory Guy, Linguistics Department, New York University

 

Fall 2003: Teaching Assistant, "African American Vernacular English," Professor Renee Blake, Linguistics Department, New York University

 

Teaching (Other)

April 2008-December 2008: Adult Basic Education Instructor, Queen's Library for Teens, Far Rockaway, NY

October 2003-May 2004: Instructor, Daddy's House Social Program, New York, NY

Courses: Remedial and Intermediate English; expository writing

September 2002-December 2003;January 2005-May 2005: Instructor, St. George Academy, New York, NY 10003

Courses: French I, French II, and French III

January 2001-May 2001: Instructor, Minnesota English Learning Center

Course: Intermediate ESL

Other work experience

June 2005-August 2005: Legal Assistant, Law office of Joseph Fleming, Esq., P.C., New York, NY

May 2005-June 2005: Fundraising, New York University Phonathon, New York, NY

November 2004-December 2004: Academic Tutor, University of Texas Athletics, University of Texas, Austin, TX

1998-2001: Office Assistant, African American Learning Resource Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1997-1998: Tutor, America Reads, St. Paul, MN
1998: Mentor, College Bound Program, St. Paul, MN

Research

Sept 2004-December 2004: Visiting researcher at the University of Texas-Austin

June 2000-2001: MacArthur Interdisciplinary Program on Peace and International Cooperation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

June 1999-August 1999: Minnesota Student Project for Amity Among Nations Research-Abroad Program in Cap-Haitien, Haiti

May 2000: "Indigenous Component of Contemporary Rural Mexican Society," Babelia Spanish School, Tepoztlan, Mexico

Conference Papers

November 14, 2008: Annual meeting, American Dialect Society session of the 50th Annual Midwest Modern Language Association Convention

Title: Setting the parameters of African American English in Southeast Georgia Communities where Gullah is also Spoken

abstract

November 12, 2006: Annual meeting, New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 35

Title: Something in the "Urr": Vowel Centralization before /r/ in two AAE Dialects

Co-Presenters: Renee Blake, Sonya Fix, and Cara Shousterman

April 7-9, 2005: Southeastern Conference on Linguistics(SECOL) LXXII

Title: On negation in multiple modal constructions in AAE

February 11, 2005: Fitigra Conference in Leuven, Belgium: From Ideational to Interpersonal: Perspectives from Grammaticalization

Title: From abstract to abstract: On the pragmatic strengthening of Go in AAE

abstract

October 2, 2004: New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 33

Title: Gone back: What future tense markers in AAE tell us about past-occurring events

abstract

August 13, 2004: Creole Conference Curacao 2004: Joint meeting of the Society for
Caribbean Linguistics (SCL), the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL), and the Associacao: Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola (ACBLPE).

Title: Determiner Allomorphy: insight into Haitian Creole syllable structure

March 28, 2004: Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics (GURT): Member of Panel Discussion on Methodological Issues in the Study of English Dialects

March 27, 2004: Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics (GURT): Comparative and Cross-Linguistic Research in Syntax, Semantics, and Computational Linguistics.

Title: On Negation in Double Modal Constructions

abstract

April 18, 2003: Graduate Students of Color Network Research Colloquium. New York University.

Title: Definite Article Allomorphy: Insight into Haitian Creole Syllable Structure

July 27, 2001: MacArthur Honors Program for International Studies Research Colloquium. University of Minnesota.

Title: The Politics Behind Language in Haiti: Creole Development and the Quest for Liberation

July 21, 2000: MacArthur Honors Program for International Studies Colloquium. University of Minnesota.

Title: Changing Ideology to Foster Equality: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Caribbean

manuscripts in progress

Title: Go: Expanding the AAE TMA System

Title: On Negation in Double Modal Constructions

Title: Definite Article Allomorphy: Insight into Haitian Creole Syllable Structure

languages

 

Spanish: fluent

French: fluent

Haitian Creole: fluent

Portuguese: proficient

affiliations

January 2006 present: FHED, Inc.

(President & CEO, October 2006-present); (Director of Education, January 2006-October 2006)

April 2003-present: Linguistic Society of America (LSA)

August 2002-present: Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL)

September 2001-present: Linguistics Association at New York University (LANYU)

(Treasurer, 2002-2003)

September 2001-present: Graduate Students of Color Network (GSCN) at NYU

(Vice-Chair, 2003-2004); (Social Chair, Spring 2005); (Treasurer, Fall 2005)