David O'Neil serves as the coordinator of USI's English Teaching program. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistics, composition, the history of English, English grammar, Latin, Ancient Greek, medieval literature, developmental writing, and writing pedagogy. He started at USI in 2018 after earning a Ph.D. in English Language and Linguistics from Purdue University.
Dr. O'Neil's research interests include historical linguistics, applied linguistics, medieval poetry, and grammar teaching. He has published work in World Englishes, The Mediaeval Journal, Philological Quarterly, Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, Enarratio, Essays in Medieval Studies, and the Journal of Studies in Higher Education. In his most recent work, he investigates how grammatical change in medieval English influenced the evolution of Anglophone poetic meter. He is also interested in language instruction at the secondary level and how training in linguistics influences teachers' understanding and attitude toward grammar.