What am I doing right now?

Modified

August 18, 2026


Preparing to teach

  • πŸ›  Linguistics Tools (LING 240)

  • πŸ—£οΈ Sociolinguistics (LING 452)

Research

  • πŸ“– Working on a textbook about American English varieties with Betsy Evans.

  • πŸ“ƒ Working on a paper about Utah English with a student.

  • πŸ“ƒ Working on a paper about Idaho English with a new collaborator.

  • πŸ›  Developing some pretty awesome new tools for sociophonetic data analysis. Here’s one and stay tuned for the other.

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€œvillain” 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.

  • 🎀 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

  • 🏑 Enjoying my new house!
  • 🎢 Taking organ lessons. (This is my first time taking music lessons since 2011!)

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

  • πŸ‘” Learning to sew so I can finally have shirts that fit my long arms.

  • πŸ“Ί Watching Silo and Ghosts.