What am I doing right now?

Modified

March 30, 2026


Teaching

  • ๐Ÿ›  Linguistics Tools (LING 240)

  • ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Applied Phonetics (ELING 327

  • ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Sociolinguistics (LING 452)

Research

  • ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซ Preparing a presentation for the SHEL 14 conference.โ€“>

  • ๐Ÿ’ฌ Collecting data on language attitudes towards regional varieties of English.

  • ๐Ÿ“ƒ Working on several manuscripts with reviewer comments.

  • ๐Ÿค” Thinking about what Iโ€™d like to get done in a potential sabbatical next year.

Advising

  • โ›ช๏ธ An MA thesis on how religiosity correlates with language attitudes towards Spanish-accented English.

  • ๏ธ๐ŸŽค An MA thesis on the acoustic correlates of โ€œheroโ€ and โ€œvillainโ€ in voice actors.

  • ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ An MA project that produces materials for Swahili speakers to learn English.

  • ๏ธ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง’โ€๐Ÿง’ An MA thesis on address forms for in-laws and other non-core family members.

  • ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซ An undergraduate honorโ€™s thesis on teachersโ€™ attitudes towards nonstandard Englishes in Baltimore.

  • ๐ŸŽค A HumGrant on the social perception of affricate closure duration in Utah English.

  • ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป A HumGrant on the effect of pitch on the perceptions of female voices.

Personal

  • ๐Ÿ“˜ Listening to Ernest Clineโ€™s Ready Player Two.

  • ๐ŸŽถ Working on Neil Harmonโ€™s organ piece called Prelude on a Spanish Hymn (what I know as Come, Ye Children of the Lord) to play in church sometime soon.

  • ๐Ÿงถ Knitting a red scarf with a pretty cool Japanese cable pattern.

  • ๐Ÿ“บ Watching The Paper, DMV, and The Promised Land. (Iโ€™m in a bit of a mockumentary kick.)