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May
2008 Ph.D., Linguistics, University of South Carolina.
Specialization
in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics.
Dissertation Title:
“Constellations of Identity in the Universe of Engineering:
Emergent Social Memberships in an Undergraduate Community of
Practice.”
Committee: Jennifer Reynolds (Co-Chair), Tracey Weldon (Co-Chair), Janina Fenigsen, Anne Bezuidenhout, Louise Jennings.
August
2002 M.A., Linguistics, University of South Carolina.
Thesis
Title:
“Social Worlds in Discourse: Human Agency and Semantic Frameworks
in the Confederate Flag Debate”
May 1995 B.A., Philosophy, cum laude,Wake Forest University.
discursive construction of identity, language and world view, language variation, inequality in social organization, anthropology of privilege.
March–May 2008 Ethnographic field work in the Earnest Place Community (pseudonym), a small working class, majority African-American neighborhood in the Midlands region of South Carolina.
Aug. 2003–May 2006 Ethnographic field work in the Undergraduate Research Program (pseudonym), a project in an engineering school at a university in the southeastern United States.
Fellowships
2005 Rhude Patterson Trustee Fellowship.
Graduate Council Fellowship Committee, University of South Carolina.
Graduate Assistant Stipends and Tuition
May 2003–2006 Graduate Assistantship Stipend, Tuition Supplement.
College of Engineering and Information Technology, University of South Carolina.
Aug. 2001–May 2003 Graduate Assistantship Stipend, Tuition Abatement.
Department of English, University of South Carolina.
August 1999–2001 Graduate Assistantship Stipend, Tuition Abatement.
English Programs for Internationals, University of South Carolina.
Professional Development
2007 Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Certificate.
Center for Teaching Excellence and the Graduate School.
2007 College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award.
2007, 2005, 2004, Linguistics Program Travel Award.
2002, 2001, 2000
Graduate Student Day Competition Awards
2007 Second Place Winner.
Oral presentation in Language, Media, & Information Technology, University of South Carolina, for “Negotiation of Form in Story-retelling Activities Among Adult Non-Native Speaker Pairs”
2001 Third Place Winner.
Oral presentation in Communication, University of South Carolina, for “Terms of Agreement: The Absence of African-American Experience in Confederate Flag Discourse”
Peer-Reviewed Journals
[Under revision] “‘Now...I’m More of a Maintenance Man’: Emergent Dimensions of Class in Engineering Professional Vision”. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.
[In preparation] “Nerds in Nerdland: The Discursive Emergence of Identity and the Transition into an Engineering Community of Practice.” For Research on Language and Interaction.
[In preparation] “‘That’s a Good Use for It’: Gendering (and Class-ifying) Identities in Co-constructed Dichotomies of Disciplinary Practices.” For Discourse in Society.
[In preparation] “Tomorrowland: Marketing Corporate/Military Agendas in Engineering Researcher Culture via Discourses of Innovation.” For American Ethnologist.
[In preparation] “Negotiation of Form in Story-retelling Activities Among Adult Non-Native Speaker Pairs: Supporting Semantic Burden to Facilitate Developmentally Early Communicative FoF.” For Applied Linguistics.
2005 “Characterizing Interaction Among Undergraduate Researchers in an Inquiry-Based Learning Environment.” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, no. 4, 403-417. (With Roxanne Spray, Nancy S. Thompson, Elisabeth M. Alford, Nadia Craig, and Michael A. Matthews).
Proceedings
2004 “Linguistic Evidence of Distributed Cognition.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). (With Roxanne Spray, Elisabeth Alford, Theresa McGarry, and Nancy Thompson). Washington, D.C.: ASEE.
2001 “Unraveling the Confederate Flag: Discourse Frameworks as Ideological Constraints.” Texas Linguistic Forum. (Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on Language and Society–Austin (SALSA)). Austin: The University of Texas.
2008 “Constellations of Identity in the Universe of Engineering: Emergent Social Memberships in an Undergraduate Community of Practice.” Ph.D. Dissertation.
2002 “Social Worlds in Discourse: Human Agency and Semantic Frameworks in the Confederate Flag Debate.” M.A. Thesis.
“Attitudes Toward South Carolina Varieties.”
“Investigating the African Influence on the Evolution of Cuban Spanish and the Possibility of its Creole Origin.”
“Stigma and Solidarity? Speaker Perceptions of Deleted Final -s in Miami Cuban Spanish.”
“Discursive Identity and Interactional Power: Embedded Voices and Discursive Stances in a Coffee Shop Conversation.”
“Meta-implicatures in Televangelists’ Talk: Style-switching as Discourse Structure.”
Refereed Conference Papers
October 2007 “‘Now...I’m More of a Maintenance Man’: Emergent Dimensions of Class in Engineering Professional Vision”, Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP). Boulder, Colorado.
February 2005 “Co-construction of Identities Among Undergraduate Engineering Researchers in a Supportive Small Group Setting.” Poster Presentation. The Language and Identity Tapestry: Linguistic Re/presentations of identities in social interaction. Georgetown Linguistics Society. Washington, D.C.
June 2004 “Linguistic Evidence of Cognitive Distribution: Quantifying Learning Among Undergraduate Researchers in Engineering”. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. (With Roxanne Spray).
April 2002 “Final-s Deletion in Cuban Spanish.” Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL). Memphis, TN.
April 2001 “Unraveling the Confederate Flag: Discourse Frameworks as Ideological Constraints.” Symposium About Language and Society–Austin (SALSA). Austin, TX.
April 2001 “Styleswitching in Televangelists’ Talk: Interactional Power and Discourse Cohesion.” Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL). Knoxville, TN.
October 2000 “Communicative CALL: Integrating Computers into the ESL classroom.” Southeast Regional TESOL. Miami, FL.
April 1999 “Using Crossroads Café as a Supplemental Multimedia Resource.” Louisiana TESOL. Baton Rouge, LA.
Graduate Student Day Papers
April 2007 “Negotiation of Form in Story-retelling Activities Among Adult Non-Native Speaker Pairs”, Graduate Student Day, University of South Carolina.
April 2005 “Gendered Discourse? Functions of Discursive Devices in Talk Among Undergraduate Engineering Researchers”. Poster Presentation. University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day.
April 2004 “Southern Stereotypology? Language Attitudes Toward South Carolina Varieties.” Graduate Student Day, USC. Columbia, SC.
April 2001 “Terms of Agreement: The Absence of African American Experience in Confederate Flag Discourse.” Graduate Student Day. Columbia, SC.
Invited Talks
Jan. 2008 “Language, Identity, and Social Meaning”, Guest lecture in the Capstone Seminar in Anthropology at Wayne State University, instructed by Dr. Barry Lyons, Jan. 17, 2008. Detroit, MI
Jan. 2008 “Strange Constellations:
Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in the Discursive Construction of
Engineering Professionalism”, Wayne State University. Jan. 17, 2008, Detroit, MI.
Nov. 2007 “Style and Discursive Resources for Identity Construction”, Guest lecture in Language in Society at the University of South Carolina, instructed by Professor Elaine Chun, Nov. 5, 2007. Columbia, SC.
Oct. 2007 “‘Now...I’m More of a Maintenance Man’: Discursive Positioning around Maintenance-Based Practices as Indexes of Global Class Structure in Engineering Professional Vision”, Guest lecture in Language, Culture, and Society at the University of South Carolina, instructed by Professor Janina Fenigsen, Oct. 2, 2007. Columbia, SC.
May 2007 “Nerds in Nerdland: The Discursive Emergence of Identity and the Transition into an Engineering Community of Practice”, Graduate Students in Linguistics (GSLING) Spring Colloquium, University of South Carolina. May 2, 2007, Columbia, SC.
February 2006 “The Co-construction of Social Memberships in Discourse Among Undergraduate Engineering Researchers.” Augusta State University. Feb. 22, 2006, Augusta, GA.
July 2001 “What is the EPP, and does Spanish have it?” Subtropical Summer Syntax Workshop, University of Georgia. Athens, GA.
September 2000 “Beyond CD ROMs: Using Computers to Facilitate Student Interaction in Second Language Learning.” English Programs for Internationals, University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC.
University Classroom Teaching Experience
Fall 2002 Instructor of Record
Introduction to Language Sciences (Anth 373/Ling 300/Psych 470), University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.
Fall 2001/2002 Instructor of Record
Spring 2002 English Composition (Engl 101),
University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.
Spring 2003 Instructor of Record
Literature and Composition (Engl 102), University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.
July–August 2005 Instructor of Record
Academic Speaking, Institute of International Education Fulbright Program, English Programs for Internationals, University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.
Other Teaching Experience
May 2003–2004 Technical Communications Consultant
Consultant for engineering faculty and graduate students on books, manuscripts, dissertations, and multimedia presentations. College of Engineering and Information Technology, University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.
June–July 2001 Language Instructor
English as a foreign language volunteer teacher for children ages 7-11, Mae-sai Don Ton Village School. Soongmen District, Phrae, Thailand.
Aug. 1996–1999 Language Instructor
English as a second language for adult refugees and immigrants; Immigration and Refugee Services (Versailles Vietnamese village), Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Aug. 1995–1996 Assistant Language Instructor
English as a second language teaching assistant for adult refugees and immigrants, AmeriCorps, St. Charles Literacy Project (area non-profit agencies). New Orleans, Louisiana.
Aug. 1999–2001 Computer Lab Assistant
English Programs for Internationals, University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.
Aug. 1996–1999 Youth Counselor
Advocated for Vietnamese-American teens at risk for truancy, dropping out of school, and criminal activity. Versailles Vietnamese village, Immigration and Refugee Services, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Aug. 1996–1999 Legal Assistant
Assisted with preparation of applications for U.S. political asylum, residency, and work visas. Immigration and Refugee Services, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jan.–Nov. 1996 Freelance Writer
Wrote features on new businesses periodically. New Orleans City Business (weekly). New Orleans, Louisiana.
May–Aug. 1995 Freelance Writer
Wrote news and features weekly. The Oak Ridger (daily). Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
May–Aug. 1994 Freelance Writer
Wrote news and features and took photos on a regular basis. Knoxville News-Sentinel, Anderson County Bureau (weekly). Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Recording technology: Experience with free software programs for digital photo,
video, and audio, ex. Gimp, Audacity, and AVI Demux.
Web authoring tools: Web design, html writing experience with Bluefish, NVU.
Operating systems: Familiarity with Unix (Linux), Macintosh, and Windows environments and respective basic software.
English, native speaker.
Spanish, native-like pronunciation; intermediate knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.
Japanese, one year of university-level instruction.
Graduate Students in Linguistics (GSLING),
University of South Carolina
2003–2004. Professional Development Workshops Coordinator.
2001–2002. President/Coordinator.
2000–2001. Language and Culture Reading Group Co-organizer.
1999–2000. Second Language Acquisition Reading Group Organizer.
2002–2007. Carolina Peace Resource Center, Columbia, SC.
Board Member (2005-2007)
Interim Board President (2006)
Member (2002-2007)
2003–2005. Food Not Bombs, Columbia, SC.
2003, 2005. Women in Black, Columbia, SC.
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA)
Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
American Community Gardening Association (ACGA)
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA)