Values & Orientation.

Academic interests

• Afroasiatic, Semitic, and Indo-European languages
• Writing systems, script evolution, and orthography
• Historical linguistics and language change in real communities
• The relationship between language, ideology, power, and identity

Political orientation

• Libertarian marxist, radical feminist, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, internationalist
• Committed to popular education, mass movements, and democratic organizing from below
• Critical of intellectual property regimes, car dependency, and nationalist narratives
• Supports climate justice and the Palestinian right of return

Views on language, education, and organizing

• Language is a living social system shaped by speakers, power, and history
• Prescriptive and descriptive norms both matter, but language change is natural and inevitable
• Education should be collective, accessible, and tied to community needs
• Organizing is a craft: building trust, developing leadership, and sustaining movements over time