Curriculum Vitae
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Education
PhD Linguistics
University of Colorado Boulder, 2022–present
BA Linguistics (High Distinction)
Monash University, Melbourne, 2019–2022
Fellowships & Awards
ACLS Mellon Dissertation Innovation Fellowship (2025)
Supports innovative dissertation research integrating language documentation, spatial analysis, and community engagement. Project link
Conference Presentations
Das, Patrick. (2023). Investigating the Structure of Eastern Himalayan Region Numeral Classifiers. ICHL 26. PDF
Das, Patrick. (2023). Questioning the Areal Hypothesis for North-East Indian Classifiers. fASAL 13. PDF
Ephraums, Grace & Das, Patrick. (2022). Does Lack Lead to Want? An Analysis of the Nominal “Deprivative” in Four Australian Languages. ALS 2022.
In Preparation
Das, Patrick. Complex Areas, Complex Answers: Investigating the Structure of Eastern Himalayan Region Numeral Classifiers
Teaching Experience
Graduate Student Instructor
University of Colorado Boulder, LING 1020 (Summer 2024)
- Designed syllabus, lectures, and assignments for an introductory course on linguistic diversity
- Introduced students to descriptive methods and typological comparison across world languages
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Colorado Boulder, LING 1020 & LING 2000 (2022–2024)
- Led recitations, graded assignments, and created materials on linguistic analysis, phonology, syntax
- Delivered guest lectures on Papuan languages and language typology
Graduate Coursework Highlights
- Field Methods (Spring 2023): The Noun Phrase in Maasai
- Semantics & Pragmatics (Spring 2023): Semantic Map of Australian Privative
- Statistical Methods (Spring 2024): Classifier Prominence in Kotiria Narrative
- Semantic Theory (Spring 2024): Classifier Usage in Kotiria Narrative
- Syntactic Theory (Spring 2024): Areality of Counterfactual Conditionals in Papua New Guinea
- Seminar: Amazonian Languages (Spring 2024): Noun Classification in NW Amazonia
- Syntactic Analysis, Language & Geography, Research Methods in Linguistics, Cognitive Science Seminar
Research Interests
- Areal Linguistics & Linguistic Typology
- Trans-Himalayan, Australian, Austronesian language families
- Classifiers, contact zones, spatial analysis of language change
Skills & Proficiencies
Languages
English, Hindi, Bengali (native); Sylheti (heritage); Nagamese (learner); Tikhir, Khiamniungan, Maasai (fieldwork)
Research Methods
- Typological analysis, elicitation, sociolinguistic interviewing
- Thematic + content analysis, quantitative (frequentist + basic Bayesian)
Academic Leadership
- Graduate Linguistics Association Chair, CU Boulder (2023)
- President, Monash Linguistics Society (2019–2022)
- Monash Queer Affairs Committee (2019–2020)
Other works
- Guest lecture on language contact and ecology in South Asia, UCLA (2025)
- Roundtable Panelist on ‘Politics of Indigineity in Asia’ 2023 Asia Symposium
- Led a reading group on general vs. particular linguistics (Monash, 2022)
- Delivered workshop on citation and academic ethics (Nagaland University, 2022)