What am I doing right now?
Teaching
Research
๐จ๐ปโ๐ซ Preparing a presentation for the SHEL 14 conference.โ>
๐ฌ Collecting data on language attitudes towards regional varieties of English.
๐ Working on several manuscripts with reviewer comments.
- ๐ค Thinking about what Iโd like to get done in a potential sabbatical next year.
Advising
โช๏ธ An MA thesis on how religiosity correlates with language attitudes towards Spanish-accented English.
๏ธ๐ค An MA thesis on the acoustic correlates of โheroโ and โvillainโ in voice actors.
๐ฃ๏ธ An MA project that produces materials for Swahili speakers to learn English.
๏ธ๐งโ๐งโ๐งโ๐ง An MA thesis on address forms for in-laws and other non-core family members.
๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ซ An undergraduate honorโs thesis on teachersโ attitudes towards nonstandard Englishes in Baltimore.
๐ค A HumGrant on the social perception of affricate closure duration in Utah English.
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐คโ๐ฉ๐ป A HumGrant on the effect of pitch on the perceptions of female voices.
Personal
- ๐ Working on a few analyses for my HymnStats blog.
๐ Listening to Ernest Clineโs Ready Player Two.
๐ถ Working on Neil Harmonโs organ piece called Prelude on a Spanish Hymn (what I know as Come, Ye Children of the Lord) to play in church sometime soon.
๐งถ Knitting a red scarf with a pretty cool Japanese cable pattern.
- ๐บ Watching The Paper, DMV, and The Promised Land. (Iโm in a bit of a mockumentary kick.)