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EDUCATION

 

 

Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Georgia (2010)

M.A. Ethnolinguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland (2005)

WORK EXPERIENCE
 

Assistant Professor of Linguistics

2013 - present

Tennessee Tech UniversIty, English Department

 

Lecturer

2011 - 2013

UniverSity of Georgia, English Department

 
Instructor

2010 - 2011

University of Georgia, English Department

2010 - present

2010 - present

PUBLICATIONS

 

Refereed Journal Articles

2013,  “The Digital Archive of Southern Speech (DASS)” The Southern Journal of Linguistics. 37(2). Co-authors: William A. Kretzschmar, Jacqueline Hettel, Lee Pederson, Illkka Juuso, Lisa Lena Opas-Hanninen, Tapio Seppanen

 

2010, “Perception of Polish Speech Varieties” Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics 46(2) June 

Book Chapters

2010, Chapter 5: “Issues in using legacy data” in Sociophonetics. A student's guide. Routledge, November. Co-authors: William A. Kretzschmar, Naomi Palosaari Fox

 

Manuscripts Under Submission

(Revise and Resubmit) “Perceptual regions in Poland: An investigation of Poznan speech perceptions” The Journal of Linguistic Geography

 

 (Revise and Resubmit) “Learning from the past: Using LAP resources in the composition classroom” American Speech. Co-author: Jacqueline Hettel

 

(Under Review) “Composing the Canvas: How Multimodal Prezi Essays Make Student Thinking Visible” Computers and Composition. Co-author: Lindsey Harding

 

 (Under Review) “Word cloud, show us your text: Using corpus linguistic methods in a freshman composition class” American Speech

 

Web- Based Publications

2014, “#writing teachers: Paulina Bounds” Digital Rhetoric Collaborative.  Retrieved from http://www.gomarca.com/writingteachers-paulina-bounds/

 

2013, “Hacking Composition with Prezi.” Digital Rhetoric Collaborative.  Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2013/12/09/hacking-composition-with-prezi/

 

2013, “Step One: Enter the Canvas.” Digital Rhetoric Collaborative.  Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2013/12/12/step-one-enter-the-canvas/

 

2013, “Step Two: Practice Makes Perfect Balance.” Digital Rhetoric Collaborative.  Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2013/12/18/step-two-practice-makes-perfect-balance/

 

2013, “Step Three: Twist, Turn, and be Marry!” Digital Rhetoric Collaborative.  Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2013/12/23/step-three-twist-turn-and-be-marry/

 

2013, “Step Four: Are We There Yet?” Digital Rhetoric Collaborative.  Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2013/12/27/step-fourare-we-there-yet/

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

Linguistics

2015, “Signal-to-noise Ratio in Creation of Perceptual Maps” American Dialect Society, January 8-11. Co-author: Jacqueline Hettel

 

2014, “Perceptual maps under construction: How does what we put on the maps influence what we get?” South Eastern Conference on Linguistics, March 27-29. Co-author: Jacqueline Hettel

 

2012, “Getting personal in Roswell: Investigating Social Variation in Conversation-Based Narratives” Georgetown University Round Table, March 8-10. Co-Author: Jacqueline Hettel

 

2011, “Perceptual Dialectology in a Quantitative Approach” Methods in Dialectology 14, August 2-6

 

2011, “Sustaining Local Histories: An Investigation into Narratives from the ‘Roswell Voices’ Project” South Eastern Conference on Linguistics 78, April 13-15. Co-Author: Jacqueline Hettel

 

2010, “Perceptions of Speech Differences” New Ways of Analyzing Variation 39, November 4-6. Other speakers in the Geolinguisitc Workshop: William Kretzschmar (University of Georgia), John Nerbonne (University of Groningen)

 

2010, “Developing a New Quantitative Method for Analyzing Variation in Narratives” New Ways of Analyzing Variation 39, November 4-6. Co-Author: Jacqueline Hettel

 

2010, “Archival recordings in a class setting: speech production and perception” South Eastern Conference on Linguistics 77, April 27-29 

 

2010,  “Unexpected storytelling: comparing the structure of narratives in DASS to Labov’s model” South Eastern Conference on Linguistics 77, April 27-29. Co-Author: Jacqueline Hettel

 

2010, “Perceptual Maps in Dialectology: Recent Adjustments” Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literature, April 1-2

 

2010, “Large-Scale Digital Audio Archiving” The Past's Digital Presence: Database, Archive, and Knowledge Work in the Humanities, February 19-20

 

2009, “Perception and production of dialect in Poznań” 40th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, September 2-5

 

2009, “Digital Archiving and Education” Myrtle Beach Education Conference, April 23-24

 

2009, “Handling stories about criminal activities and illegal actions in audio recordings” South Eastern Conference on Linguistics, April 8-10

 

 2009, “The Digital Archive of Southern Speech” South Eastern Conference on Linguistics 77, April 27-29. Co-authors: William A. Kretzschmar, Anthony Snodgrass, Steven Coats

 

First-Year Composition

 

2015, “The Assessment Design Feedback Loop: A Collaborative, Multimodal Approach” Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 18-21. Co-Author: Lindsey Harding

 

2014, “Building Multimodal assessment tool in a composition classroom” Watson Conference, October 16-18. Co-Author: Lindsey Harding

 

2013, “Multimodal Composition: Reimaging Space and Organization to Reinvigorate Meaning” International Society for Scholarship on Teaching and Learning Conference, October 2-5. Co-Author: Lindsey Harding

 

2013, “Canvas versus Page: Where does the Structure of an Essay Take Us?” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, July 18-21. Co-Author: Lindsey Harding

 

2012, “Using box logic design in First-Year Composition classroom to showcase dimensions of information literacy ” International Conference on Information Literacy, September 21-23

 

2011, “Going Visual” South Eastern Conference on Linguistics 78, April 13-15

 

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Tennessee Tech University

 

Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics (Fall 2013, Fall 2014)

History of English Language (Spring 2014, Spring 2015)

Discourse in Numbers (Spring 2014)

Sociolinguistics (Spring 2015)

Writing I (Fall 2013, Fall 2014)

Writing II (Spring 2014, Spring 2015)

 

University of Georgia

 

Introduction to Fiction (Spring 2013, Summer 2013)

Introduction to English Language (Fall 2012)

English Language Grammar (Fall 2011)

History of English Language (Spring 2012)

Writing I (Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012)

Writing II (Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013)

Writing II Multicultural (Spring 2011)

Writing I ESOL (Fall 2011, Fall 2012)

Writing II ESOL (Spring 2011, Spring 2012)

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

2009 – Present, collaborative work with Dr. Jacqueline Hettel on narrative structures and online tool for perceptual map creation

2013 – Present, collaborative work with Lindsey Harding on an assessment tool for multimodal essays created with Prezi software

2010 – 2008, Chief Research Assistant for the Linguistic Atlas Project

 

DEPARTAMENTAL SERVICE

 

2014 – Present, Outreach Committee

2014 – Present, Graduate Program Committee

2013 – Present, Research Committee

 

LANGUAGES

 

Polish – native

English – near-native

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

 

2014 – Present, Conference on College Composition and Communication

2014 – Present, National Council of Teachers of English

2013 – Present, International Society for Scholarship for Teaching and Learning

2010 – Present, American Dialect Society

2009 – Present, South Eastern Conference on Linguistics

 

 

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