Active with the TGDP: 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017
PhD in Linguistics (Yale University), BA in Linguistics (Pomona College)
He is a native Austinite and grandson of a Texas-German speaker, and he is interested in phonology, heritage languages and dialects, and education. He returned to Austin from a Fulbright teaching scholarship in Nepal in 2011 and was the Language Coordinator at the Multicultural Refugee Coalition, where he helped with education and training programs for refugees who had settled in Austin. He also plays New Orleans-style blues piano.
As of 2021, Luke is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the George Washington University Medical School Advanced Metrics Laboratory.
