Ph.D. 1987 – University of Connecticut at Storrs (Linguistics)
Thesis Title: Empty Categories and Their Antecedents

M.A. 1982 – University of Connecticut at Storrs (Linguistics)

B.A. 1981 – Hampshire College (Linguistics)
Thesis Title: The Effects of Word Stress on the Auditory Comprehension of Sentences with Multiple Filler-Gap Dependencies