Amy Lindstrom

Amy Lindstrom is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Old Dominion University's College of Arts & Letters. Her research focuses on corpus linguistics, grammaticalization processes, and discourse-mediated language change. She specializes in analyzing subject expression patterns in narrative and conversational discourse.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of New Mexico (2017)
• M.A. in Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2003)
• B.A. in English, St. Cloud State University (1998)

Her research explores how discourse factors influence syntactic structures, particularly in unexpressed subject phenomena. She combines corpus analysis with experimental methods to study grammaticalization trajectories and register-specific syntactic variations.

Key publications include a 2020 monograph on subject expression in English discourse and influential 2016/2017 studies on narrative-conversational syntax differences. These works have advanced understanding of how discourse contexts shape grammatical choices.

Presentations: Active presenter at international linguistics conferences including the High Desert Linguistic Society (2016-2014), Australian Linguistic Society (2014), and International Congress of Linguists (2013).

Teaching & Collaboration: Known for innovative pedagogical approaches in large collaborative projects. Her 2013 presentation on group project calibration demonstrates commitment to effective teaching strategies.