Outreach

My contributions to linguistics outreach include:

• Developing free materials for instruction and supplementing instruction of statistical analysis and experiment design: R Notebooks and Code Tutorials, including:
  • Adventures in R workshop
  • RfficeHours
• Finalist in the LSA2018 Annual Meeting Five-minute Linguist competition
• Maintained the popular science blog Wug Life (wuglife.tumblr.com) [on semi-hiatus]
• Contribution to Lexicon Valley on Slate.com
• Interviews concerning popular linguistics topics:
  • https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21735003-how-transgender-rights-are-changing-language-personal-pronouns-are-changing-fast
  • https://www.copyediting.com/verbing-our-way-into-common-usage/
  • http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/11/30/_welp_slang_term_has_longer_history_than_you_might_think.html

I am available to discuss topics in linguistics with media professionals. Please contact me by email.