What am I doing right now?

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February 16, 2026


Teaching

  • πŸ›  Linguistics Tools (LING 240)

  • πŸŽ™οΈ Applied Phonetics (ELING 327

  • πŸ—£οΈ Sociolinguistics (LING 452)

Research

  • πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ« Preparing a presentation for Digital Humanities Utah 10.–>

  • πŸ’¬ Collecting data on language attitudes towards regional varieties of English.

  • πŸ“ƒ Working on several manuscripts with reviewer comments.

  • πŸ€” Thinking about what I’d like to get done in a potential sabbatical next year.

Advising

  • β›ͺ️ An MA thesis on how religiosity correlates with language attitudes towards Spanish-accented English.

  • ️🎀 An MA thesis on the acoustic correlates of β€œhero” and β€œvillian” in voice actors.

  • πŸ—£οΈ An MA project that produces materials for Swahili speakers to learn English.

  • οΈπŸ§‘β€πŸ§‘β€πŸ§’β€πŸ§’ An MA thesis on address forms for in-laws and other non-core family members.

  • πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ« An undergraduate honor’s thesis on teachers’ attitudes towards nonstandard Englishes in Baltimore.

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

  • πŸ‘©πŸΌβ€πŸ€β€πŸ‘©πŸ» A HumGrant on the effect of pitch on the perceptions of female voices.

Personal

  • 🎢 Working on Neil Harmon’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.

  • 🧢 Knitting a purple scarf with a simple but interesting pattern.

  • πŸ“Ί Watching the Olympics.