Interviews
Matthew Grocki and Justin Davis invited me to talk all things accessibility related to language on their podcast Design by Committee! I had a really great time talking to them. You can click here to listen to the episode, and don’t forget to check out the rest of their episodes, too!
Megan Figueroa and Carrie Gillon of The Vocal Fries podcast invited me on to talk about heritage language learners! We talk about what that means and how we are teaching them vs how we should teach them and what the effects of current ideology is on their sense of self worth. You can click here for a link to the episode, OR you can find it on your favorite podcast app!
Bryan Alexander invited the editors of the Succeeding Outside the Academy: Career Paths Beyond the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM collection as well as two of the contributors (me and Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal!) onto the Future Trends Forum to discuss the book and trends in non-academic jobs. If you missed it, you can check it out on YouTube!
Dr. Anna Marie Trester interviewed me for her Campfire series at Career Linguist! Check it out and hear me talk about how I moved from linguistics to UX!
I was interviewed by Lauren Gawne of Superlinguo and co-producer of the podcast Lingthusiasm! Read about how my linguistics training transfers over into UX!
Publications
(forthcoming): I’m writing a book! The book is about designing and researching natural language for digital products. I’m including information on sociolinguistics, sociophonetics, conversation analysis and more! My goal is to help tech make ethical decisions around language interfaces/interactions as well as design inclusive products.
2015- present Writings on Medium
2018 Succeeding Outside the Academy: Career Paths Beyond the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM. Contributor. I was invited to contribute a chapter to this collection that gives practical, hands-on advice to PhD students and holders on leaving academia and finding fulfilling careers. You can buy a copy here!
Conferences
2019 I don’t talk like that! Research methods and ethics for natural language interaction. World Usability Day (UXPA MN), Minneapolis, MN. November 14.
2019 I don’t talk like that! Research methods and ethics for natural language interaction. Strive (The UXR Conference), Toronto, Canada. June 4-6.
2017 Don't Shut Me Out! Language Is Content, Usability, and Accessibility. MinneWebCon, Minneapolis, MN. May 1.
2014 OMG! Spanish-English code-switching on Facebook, Linguistic Association of the Southwest, San Diego, CA. September 18-20.Blind, peer-reviewed abstract selection.
2014 The effects of task complexity and discourse function on oral Spanish linguistic complexity and accuracy, American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR. March 22-25. Blind, peer-reviewed abstract selection; 30% acceptance rate.
2013 “I’m just as good as he is!”: Social context and linguistic complexity in academic Spanish, Second Language Research Forum, Provo, UT. October 31-November 2. Blind, peer-reviewed abstract selection.
2013 Influence of interlocutor on Spanish oral L2 performance, American Association for Applied Linguistics, Dallas, TX. March 16-19. Blind, peer-reviewed abstract selection; 30% acceptance rate.
2012 Influence of interlocutor on Spanish L2 performance, Second Language Research Forum, Pittsburgh, PA. October 18-21. Blind, peer-reviewed abstract selection.
2011 Teaching intervention on the pronunciation of intervocalic Spanish /d/, Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Athens, GA. October 6-9. Blind, peer-reviewed abstract selection; 25% acceptance rate.