Research Interests
language variation and change, usage-based linguistics, corpus linguistics, lifespan change, gender-neutral pronouns, sociophonetics, historical sociolinguistics, Welsh English
Education
Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Georgia, 2022
Dissertation: From Ey to Ze: Gender-Neutral Pronouns as Pronominal Change
Committee: Dr. L. Chad Howe (chair), Dr. Margaret Renwick, Dr. Keith Langston
B.A. Hons. Linguistics, University of Texas at El Paso, 2016
Minor: Sociology
Thesis: Neopronouns in Contemporary English: Language Change in Progress
Mentor: Dr. Charles Elerick
Publications and Presentations
Handsome Women, Gorgeous Men: A corpus-based analysis of frequency, animacy and gender over time in adjectives of beauty
UGA Working Papers in Linguistics Volume 5, 2021
A Wise Man Always Watches their Words: Acceptability Variation in Singular They
Seventh annual Linguistics Conference at UGA, “Language and Connection”; Athens, Georgia 2021
Neopronouns in Contemporary English: Language Change in Progress
They, Hir, Emself, and You: Nonbinary Pronouns in Research and Practice; Kingston, Ontario 2019
A Piece of the Puzzle: Aspiration in Welsh English
Fifth annual Linguistics Conference at UGA, “Language in the Margins”; Athens, Georgia 2018
Work Experience
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics (University of Georgia) Fall 2018 – Fall 2021
LING 2100: The Study of Language
Classroom Assistant, Department of Linguistics (University of Georgia) Spring 2021
LING 4400/6400 Quantitative Methods for Linguistics (Dr. Jon Forrest)
Classroom Assistant, Department of Linguistics (University of Georgia) Summer 2021, 2020, 2019
LING2100E: The Study of Language (Dr. Vera-Lee Schoenfeld)
Writing Consultant, Writing Center, (University of Texas At El Paso) Spring 2015-Spring 2016
Research
Research Assistant, The University of Georgia, 2017-2018
- The de Gruyter Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics Bibliography (Lead Researcher: Dr. Jared Klein)
- UGA Romance Linguistics Lab (Lead Researcher: Professor Timothy Gupton)
Intern, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2014
Engendering Community LGBTQIAP+ Oral History Project (Lead Researcher: Dr. Brenda Risch)
Industry
Lexicographic Writer, Dictionary.com March-July 2017, June 2019-Present
NLP Sentence Annotator, Nelson Compliance, September 2016-April 2019
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Teaching Assistant (University of Georgia) 2020
Willson Center Graduate Research Award (University of Georgia) 2020
Outstanding Linguistics Major (University of Texas at El Paso) 2016