Research

2023

Jack Rechsteiner. The impact of social information on VOT shadowing by nonbinary speakers. NWAV 51 paper presentation. [slides]

Betsy Sneller, Suzanne Evans Wagner, Adam Barnhardt, Jack Rechsteiner, and Yongqing Ye. It’s not the THOUGHT that counts for a LOT of Michigan English sound changes. NWAV 51 paper presentation. [slides]

Suzanne Evans Wagner, Betsy Sneller, and Jack Rechsteiner. Sociolinguistic research projects as brands. NWAV 51 poster presentation. [poster]

Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller. The impact of social information on VOT shadowing by nonbinary speakers. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences article. [pdf]

Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller. The Effects of Topic and Part of Speech on Nonbinary Speakers’ Use of (ING). University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: Vol. 29: Iss. 1 article. [pdf]

2022

Suzanne Wagner, Betsy Sneller, and Jack Rechsteiner. Longitudinal sociolinguistic research projects as brands. Methods in Dialectology XVII virtual presentation. [slides]

Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller. The effects of topic & part of speech on nonbinary speakers’ use of (ING). PLC 46 virtual presentation. [slides] [abstract]

2021

Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller. Nonbinary speakers’ use of (ING) across gender-related topics. NWAV 49 virtual presentation. [slides] [video]

Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller. Building community in digital fieldwork. Digital Fieldwork virtual journal. [pdf]

Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller. Nonbinary speakers’ rates of (ING) stable across conversation topics. UKLVC 13 virtual presentation. [abstract] [video]

Alexis Furkioti and Jack Rechsteiner. MI Diaries: The Development of a Research Project as a Brand. Poster presented at UURAF 2021, East Lansing. [poster] [video]

Mentored Research

Janice Peng. Oh, I’m quoting something I don’t like: Usage of “oh” to signal negative stance. Poster presented at Michigan State University Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research (Mid-SURE), July 26, 2023. Mentors: Jack Rechsteiner and Suzanne Wagner.

Sam Scroggins. I’m, um, nonbinary: Usage of UM/UH among nonbinary speakers. Poster presented at Michigan State University Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research (Mid-SURE), July 26, 2023. Mentors: Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller.

Zach Sebree. Demographic coding in MI Diaries. Poster presentation at Michigan State University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF), April 14, 2023. Mentors: Suzanne Wagner and Jack Rechsteiner.

Abigail “Jayce” Garner. A case study of an audio diarist’s speech formality over time. Poster presentation at Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE), July 27, 2022. Mentors: Betsy Sneller, Suzanne Wagner, and Jack Rechsteiner.

Olivia Jessner. Synthesizing signoffs: An exploration of gender’s effect on valediction. Poster presentation at Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE), July 27, 2022. Mentors: Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller.