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€ Starting data collection on how Utahns say mountain and similar words.
π Starting data collection on Utahnsβ attitudes towards Utah English.
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.
π An independent readings on doing sociophonetic analysis in R.
π£ An independent readings on voice quality and methods for analyzing it.
Personal
- π‘ Enjoying my new house!
- π§Ά Knitting a blue scarf for my daughter and a forest green sweater for my son.
- πΊ Watching Dark Matter and Ghosts.