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| 1998 - 2006 | Stanford University. Ph.D., Department of Linguistics. |
| Phonetic Detail in Sociolinguistic Variation: Its Linguistic Significance and Role in the Construction of Social Meaning Committee: Penelope Eckert (chair), John Rickford, Arnold Zwicky |
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| 1998 - 2000 | Stanford University. M.A., Department of Linguistics. |
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| 1994 - 1998 | Cornell University. B.A., Department of Linguistics. |
Buginese Consonants: A Phonetic and Phonological Study
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| 1997 | Cornell University. Linguistic Society of America Linguistics Institute. |
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| 2006 - present | Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics Georgetown University |
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| Winter 2006 | Lecturer, Department of Linguistics Stanford University |
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| 2002 - 2006 | Teaching Affiliate, Program in English for Foreign Students Stanford University |
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| Spring 2009 | Georgetown University Junior Faculty Research Grant Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (one semester, paid research leave) |
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| Summer 2008 | Georgetown University Summer Research Grant Faculty of Languages and Linguistics ($9,500) |
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| Summer 2008 | Georgetown University Competitive Grant-in-Aid |
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| Summer 2007 | Georgetown University Summer Research Grant |
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| 1998 - 2006 | Stanford University Graduate Fellowship Department of Linguistics (five years, full tuition and stipend) |
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| Spring 2003 | Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) |
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| 1996 - 1998 | National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Supplement (with Abigail Cohn) (two years, research assistantship) |
| publications |
Book Campbell-Kibler, Kathryn, Robert J. Podesva, Sarah J. Roberts, and Andrew Wong (eds). 2002. Language and Sexuality: Contesting Meaning in Theory and Practice. Stanford: CSLI Publications. Articles in Journals and Edited Volumes Podesva, Robert J. Under Review. Salience and the social meaning of declarative contours: Three case studies of gay professionals. Journal of Sociolinguistics. (Special Issue on Social Aspects of the Music of Speech) Podesva, Robert J. 2007. Phonation type as a stylistic variable: The use of falsetto in constructing a persona. Journal of Sociolinguistics 11.4: 478-504. Podesva, Robert J., Sarah J. Roberts, and Kathryn Campbell-Kibler. 2006. Sharing resources and indexing meanings in the production of gay styles. The Language and Sexuality Reader, ed. by Deborah Cameron and Don Kulick. London: Routledge, pp. 141-150. Podesva, Robert J., Sarah J. Roberts, and Kathryn Campbell-Kibler. 2002. Sharing resources and indexing meanings in the production of gay styles. Language and Sexuality: Contesting Meaning in Theory and Practice, ed. by Kathryn Campbell-Kibler, Robert J. Podesva, Sarah J. Roberts, and Andrew Wong. Stanford: CSLI Publications, pp. 175-189. Articles in Proceedings and Working Papers Podesva, Robert J. 2008. Three sources of stylistic meaning. Texas Linguistic Forum (Proceedings of the Symposium About Language and Society - Austin 15) 51: 1-10. Podesva, Robert J. 2006. Intonational variation and social meaning: Categorical and phonetic aspects. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics (Selected Papers from New Ways of Analyzing Variation 34) 12.2: 189-202. Precoda, Kristin and Robert J. Podesva. 2004. What will people say? Speech system design and language/cultural differences. Proceedings of the Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop 8: 624-629. Podesva, Robert J. 2000. Constraints on geminates in Buginese and Selayarese. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 19: 343-356. Cohn, Abigail, William Ham, and Robert J. Podesva. 1999. The phonetic realization of singleton-geminate contrasts in three languages of Indonesia. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 14.1: 587-590. Podesva, Robert J. and Niken Adisasmito-Smith. 1999. Acoustic investigation of the vowel systems of Buginese and Toba Batak. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 14.1: 535-538. Podesva, Robert J. 1998. An acoustic analysis of Buginese consonants. Texas Linguistic Forum (Exploring the Boundaries between Phonetics and Phonology) 41: 147-159. |
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Refereed Moore, Emma and Robert J. Podesva. 2008. What can ethnography help us to understand about the gendering of linguistic features? Paper to be presented at the Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) 9, Ulster. Moore, Emma and Robert J. Podesva. 2008. 'You wouldn't even have expected an answer, then, would you?' Exploring the stylistic function of tag questions. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium 17, Amsterdam. Podesva, Robert J. 2007. The partier, the diva, and the boyfriend: Using falsetto to create personae. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) 106, Washington, D.C. Podesva, Robert J. and Elaine Chun. 2007. On indeterminacy in the social meaning of variation. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 36, Philadelphia. Kajino, Sakiko and Robert J. Podesva. 2007. Youthfulness, femininity, and the meaning of non-pronominal self-reference in Japanese. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 36, Philadelphia. Chun, Elaine and Robert J. Podesva. 2007. On indeterminacy in the social meaning of variation. Paper presented at United Kingdom Language Variation and Change (UKLVC) 6, Lancaster. Podesva, Robert J. 2007. Three linguistic strategies for negotiating meaning. Paper to be presented at Symposium About Language and Society – Austin (SALSA) 13, Austin. Podesva, Robert J. 2007. Social meaning in the interaction of variables. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 81, Anaheim. Podesva, Robert J., Jason Brenier, Lauren Hall-Lew, Stacy Lewis, Patrick Callier, and Rebecca Starr. 2007. Multiple identities, multiple features: A sociophonetic profile of Condoleezza Rice. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Dialect Society (ADS), Anaheim. Podesva, Robert J., Jason Brenier, Lauren Hall-Lew, Stacy Lewis, Patrick Callier, and Rebecca Starr. 2006. Multiple identities, multiple features: A sociophonetic profile of Condoleezza Rice. Poster presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 35, Columbus. Podesva, Robert J. 2006. The social meaning of phonetic and phonological variation in declarative intonation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 80, Albuquerque. Podesva, Robert J. 2005. Intonational variation and social meaning: Categorical and phonetic aspects. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 34, New York. Podesva, Robert J. 2004. On constructing social meaning with stop release bursts. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium (SS) 15, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Podesva, Robert J. 2004. The significance of phonetic detail in the construction of social meaning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 78, Boston. Precoda, Kristin and Robert J. Podesva. 2003. What will people say? Speech system design and language/cultural differences. Poster presented at the Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop (ASRU) 8, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Podesva, Robert J. 2003. The effects of foot structure in syllable-timed languages: The cases of Buginese and Toba Batak. Paper presented at the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) 10, Honolulu. Podesva, Robert J. 2002. Falsetto and the use of phonation type as a stylistic variable. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 31, Stanford. Podesva, Robert J. 2002. Segmental constraints on geminates and their implications for typology. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 76, San Francisco. Campbell-Kibler, Kathryn, Robert J. Podesva, and Sarah J. Roberts. 2000. Sharing resources and indexing meanings in the production of gay styles. Paper presented at the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) 1, Stanford. Campbell-Kibler, Kathryn, Robert J. Podesva, and Sarah J. Roberts. 1999. Beyond lisping: a preliminary look at the linguistic correlates of gay styles. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 28, Toronto. Cohn, Abigail C., William H. Ham, and Robert J. Podesva. 1999. The phonetic realization of singleton-geminate constrasts in three languages of Indonesia. Paper presented at the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) 14, San Francisco. Podesva, Robert J. and Niken Adisasmito-Smith. 1999. Acoustic investigation of the vowel systems of Buginese and Toba Batak. Paper presented at the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) 14, San Francisco. Podesva, Robert J. 1998. An acoustic analysis of Buginese consonants. Paper presented at Texas Linguistic Society (Exploring the Boundaries Between Phonetics and Phonology), Austin. Invited Podesva, Robert J. 2007. Managing identities across situations: Using language to construct personas. Paper presented at the Ohio State University, Columbus. Podesva, Robert J. 2006. The significance of phonetic style in constructing social meaning. Paper presented at Michigan State University, East Lansing. Podesva, Robert J. 2006. The significance of phonetic style in constructing social meaning. Paper presented at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Podesva, Robert J. 2006. The significance of phonetic style in constructing social meaning. Paper presented at York University, Toronto. Lavoie, Lisa and Robert J. Podesva. 2004. Phonetics in language and gender. Workshop given at the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) 3, Ithaca. Podesva, Robert J. 2004. Phonetic detail in sociolinguistic variation: Its linguistic significance and role in the construction of social meaning. Paper presented at Stanford University, Stanford. |
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| 2007 - present | Co-Principal Investigator. Language and Communication in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University. (Principal Investigator: Natalie Schilling-Estes) |
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| 2006 - present | Principal Investigator. Linguistic Variation in the Speech of US Politicians: Patterns and Attitudes. Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University. |
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| 2003 - 2006 | Research Linguist. Speech Technology and Research Laboratory, SRI International. |
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| 2001 - 2003 | Research Assistant. Stanford Phonetics Laboratory, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University. |
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| Autumn 2001 | Research Assistant. Vowel Reduction in Brazilian Portuguese. Department of Linguistics, Stanford University. (Principal Investigator: Edward Flemming) |
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| 2000 - 2001 | Technical Linguist. Speech Technology Group, BeVocal. |
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| Summer 2000 | Research Assistant. The Linguistic Style of Northern California Adolescents. Department of Linguistics, Stanford University. (Principal Investigator: Penelope Eckert) |
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| 1996 - 1999 | Research Assistant. Phonetic and Phonological Investigations of Indonesian Languages. Department of Linguistics, Cornell University. (Principal Investigator: Abigail Cohn) |
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| Undergraduate | ||
| Autumn 2007, 2006 | Women, Men, and Language | Georgetown University |
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| Autumn 2008 | Sociophonetics | Georgetown University |
| Winter 2006 | Sociophonetics | Stanford University |
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| Autumn 2008, 2007 | Sociolinguistic Variation | Georgetown University |
| Spring 2008 | Language and Identity in DC | Georgetown University |
| Spring 2008, 2007 | Phonology and Phonetics I | Georgetown University |
| Spring 2007 | Language and Identity | Georgetown University |
| advising |
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Lou, Jia Jackie. 2009 (expected). Situating Linguistic Landscape in Time and Space: A Multidimensional Study of the Linguistic Construction of Washington, DC Chinatown. |
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Allbritten, Rachael. 2009 (expected). Sounding Southern: Acoustic Realities of Speech Perceptions. |
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Dembinksa-Lemus, Karolina Maria. 2009 (expected). Socialization into the Mother Role: How Pregnancy Magazines Draw on Medical Discourse and Gender Roles to Position their Readers. |
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Feizollahi, Zhaleh. 2008 (expected). Post-Lexical Categorical Changes: Turkish, Yoruba, and Norwegian. |
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Gruber, James. 2009 (expected). The Phonetics and Phonology of Burmese Tone. |
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Barbeau, Nicole. 2008 (expected). Creating Intimidating Identities in Japanese Dramas: The Trilled r as a Sociolinguistic Resource. |
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Mahajan, Anup. 2008 (expected). Employing R-lessness: Interactional Influences on Stylistic Variation in African American English. |
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Dougherty, Julie. 2007. My Name Is: The Linguistic Construction of Slim Shady, Eminem, and Marshall Mathers. |
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Kajino, Sakiko. 2007. Nanami Can Fall in Love: Indexing Gender and Youth through Non-Pronominal Self-Reference in Japanese. |
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Hewett, Kathleen. 2008 (expected). The Status of Femininism Among Young Adults: The Use and Perception of Femininism and Ms. |
| academic service | |
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| 2008 | Ad Hoc Search Committee. Visiting Assistant Professor in Phonology. Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University |
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| 2008 - present | Head of Sociolinguistics Concentration. Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University |
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| 2007 - present | Main Campus Executive Faculty. Georgetown University |
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| 2007 - present | Merit Review Committee. Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University |
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| 2007 - present | Faculty Advisor. eVox: Georgetown Working Papers in Language, Discourse, and Society |
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| 2006 - present | Library Liaison. Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University |
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| 2007 | Co-Facilitator. Two-Part Workshop on Applying for Academic Jobs. Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Georgetown University |
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| 2007 | Article Referee. Gender and Language |
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| 2007 | Article Referee. Journal of Phonetics |
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| 2007 | Article Referee. Blackwell Linguistics and Language Compass |
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| 2007 | Abstract Reviewer. International Gender and Language Association (IAGALA) 5, Victoria University |
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| 2007 | Abstract Reviewer. Georgetown University Round Table (GURT) 60, Georgetown University |
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| 2003 | Book Proposal Referee. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group |
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| 2002 - 2003 | Faculty Search Committee. Department of Linguistics, Stanford University |
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| 2001 - 2002 | Organizing Committee. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 31, Stanford University |
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| 2001 - 2002 | Planning Committee. Stanford Phonology Workshop, Stanford University |
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| 1999 - 2000 | Coordinator. Stanford Phonology Workshop, Stanford University |
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| 1999 - 2000 | Organizing Committee. International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) 1, Stanford University |
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| 1998 - 1999 | Organizing Committee. Child Language Research Forum (CLRF) 30, Stanford University |
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| Acoustical Society of America (ASA) |
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| American Anthropological Association (AAA) |
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| American Dialect Society (ADS) |
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| International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) |
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| International Phonetic Association (IPA) |
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| Linguistic Society of America (LSA) |
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| Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) |
Department of Linguistics |
Intercultural Center 454 |
Georgetown University |
Washington, D.C. 20057 |
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