Lecturer
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley
Advanced Field Course in Archaeology, The University of Arizona
B.A. in Comparative Literature and French, Brown University
I am a linguist with a specialization in phonology and morphology and particular interest in language change and human prehistory. My research has included fieldwork on theTupí-Guaraní language Omagua (Peruvian Amazon) and on the Karuk language (indigenous language of Northern California). In addition to language documentation and description, an ongoing focus of my work is making historical linguistic documentation accessible and usable for research and revitalization. I currently teach linguistics and writing at Sonoma State University and San José State University. Before my graduate work in linguistics, I had a stint as an archeology field technician with the National Park Service, worked in environmental compliance, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar.
In press. Sandy, C. Recovering Prosody from Karuk texts: Deciphering J.P. Harrington’s diacritics. In Kavitskaya, D. and Yu, A. (eds.), The life cycle of language: Past, present, and future (Clarendon).
2020. Sandy, C. & O'Hagan, Z. A phonological sketch of Omagua. International Journal of American Linguistics 86(1), January 2020. 95-131.
2017. Sandy, C. Prosodic Prominence in Karuk. PhD dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.