What am I doing right now?
Preparing to teach
Research
π Working on a textbook about American English varieties with Betsy Evans.
π Working on a paper about Utah English with a student.
π Working on a paper about Idaho English with a new collaborator.
- π Developing some pretty awesome new tools for sociophonetic data analysis. Hereβs one and stay tuned for the other.
Advising
βͺοΈ An MA thesis on how religiosity correlates with language attitudes towards Spanish-accented English.
οΈπ€ An MA thesis on the acoustic correlates of βheroβ and βvillainβ in voice actors.
π£οΈ An MA project that produces materials for Swahili speakers to learn English.
οΈπ§βπ§βπ§βπ§ An MA thesis on address forms for in-laws and other non-core family members.
π€ A HumGrant on the social perception of affricate closure duration in Utah English.
π©πΌβπ€βπ©π» A HumGrant on the effect of pitch on the perceptions of female voices.
Personal
- π‘ Enjoying my new house!
- π Listening to Brandon Sandersonβs Tress of the Emerald Sea.
- π§Ά Knitting a red scarf with a pretty cool Japanese cable pattern.
𧩠Toying around with 3x3, 5x5, and 7x7 Rubikβs cubes.
πΊ Watching Silo and Ghosts.