He holds degrees from Stanford University (PhD, MA) and Cornell University (BA) and has been an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. His research examines the social significance of phonetic variation and its role in the construction of identity, most notably gender, sexuality, and race. His most recent projects focus on the interrelation between linguistic variation and embodiment in the expression of affect. He has co-edited Research Methods in Linguistics, Language and Sexuality, and the forthcoming Social Meaning and Linguistic Variation.