Kevin B. McGowan

I am a fourth year graduate student working toward a PhD in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. My broad research interests are in phonetics and computational linguistics with particular interests in speech perception & coarticulation.

I am not a crow expert. I am not a folk musician (though I used to be). I am not a politician from Idaho. 'McGowan' is the anglicization of the Irish Mac an Gabhain or 'son of the blacksmith' and, not unlike Smiths in other languages, it's a pretty common name. Add to that the fact that Kevin (from the Irish Caoimhin) has been a popular name in the US since the middle of the last century (particularly among those who claim some Irish lineage which, depending on the date, is nearly everyone) and you can see why I am probably not the droid you are looking for. You can go about your business.

The picture of Nora and me trying to feed some ducks was taken by my friend Mark Stock.