Spring 2009

Class Schedule:
Course Number: COG 266-800
Course Title: Brains, Minds, & Conscousness
Day(s): MWF
Time: 10:20-11:15
Location: Snygg 106

Course Number: PSY 310-800
Course Title: Topics in Psychology:  Psycholinguistics
Lecture Day(s): T Th 
Time: 11:10-12:30
Location: Mahar 102 

Course Number: PSY 310-810
Course Title: Topics in Psychology:  Psycholinguistics
Lecture Day(s): T Th
Time: 12:45-2:05
Location: Mahar 102 

Office Hours:
Day:   Tuesday & Thursday in Mahar 461
Time:  10:00-11:00
Day:   Monday, Wednesday & Friday in Campus Center, IPAC Office 226A
Time:  11:30-12:30


Research Interests:
My research interests are in the area of psycholinguistics.  Specifically, I am interested in the social and contextual factors that affect how people use and understand language, an area called pragmatics.  My recent projects have examined why people use ostensible speech (e.g., "We should get together sometime" when both speaker and listener know this will not happen), how people understand irony and sarcasm, and how men and women differ in their use of figurative language (e.g., metaphor).  Other interests involve applying this pragmatic knowledge to human-computer interaction.

Professional Information:
Education:
Ph.D.: (2001) The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
M.A.: (1999) The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
B.A.: (1996) Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio

Professional Organizations:
Society for Text & Discourse
Cognitive Science Society
American Psychological Society

Recent Papers and Publications:
http://www.oswego.edu/~klink/publications.htm