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Graduated with a BA in German and Foreign Service from Baylor in 1979. MA in Slavic Language and Area Studies from Indiana University (1984), PhD in Slavic Linguistics, also from Indiana University (1994) in Bloomington, Indiana. PhD Minor in Germanic Linguistics. Studied at Helsinki University in Helsinki, Finland (1979-80 academic year). Studied Russian one semester with CIEE in St. Petersburg (at that time, 1981, Leningrad). While a graduate student, received a fellowship to spend a semester at the Freie Universität in (West) Berlin. Also studied Czech one summer (1984) in Prague. Has been teaching at Baylor since the fall semester of 1988.