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PLSA (11.1) Publication
I’m excited to share that my paper has been published in the Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America! 🥳 Check it out! https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/index.php/PLSA/article/view/6071/5852
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WSS12 2026
Washington, DC: April 2026 I presented a paper at the 12th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS12). This conference was put on by Georgetown’s very own Department of Spanish and Portuguese! It was such a pleasure to spend the weekend hearing scholars from around the world present such interesting research!…
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Penn Working Papers in Linguistics (32.1) Publication
My paper has officially been published in the Penn Working Papers in Linguistics! 🎊 This article grew out of the presentation I gave at the Penn Linguistics Colloquium, and I’m excited to share the final published version here: https://repository.upenn.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/56ac8372-f510-41d4-8b69-63f95963b530/content
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LSA 2026
New Orleans, LA: January 2026 I presented a paper at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). I presented my work that investigated how American listeners construct racial identity and notions of authenticity in the context of listening to pop music.
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Spanish In Context Publication
I’m excited to share my very first journal publication, which was published in Spanish in Context! 🎉 I’m so grateful for everyone involved in the feedback process! Check it out here: https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/sic.24013.kil
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NCA 2025 (Top Paper Panel)
Denver, CO: November 2025 I presented not one, but two papers at the 111th National Communication Association (NCA) Convention. The first paper presentation examined how Justin Bieber’s self-presentation evolved throughout his career, exploring how personal narratives can transform identities and disrupt canonical ideologies. The second analyzed online metapragmatic discussions surrounding…
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NWAV53 2025
Ann Arbor, MI (University of Michigan): November 2025 I presented a paper at the 53rd New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV53) conference. It was so wonderful to connect with so many amazing sociolinguists whose work inspired new ideas for my own! Drawing on data from focus groups and matched-guise surveys,…
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LANSI-13 2025
New York, NY (Columbia University): October 2025 I presented a paper at the 13th annual meeting of the Language & Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI-13). In my presentation, I examined how Chilean social media users perceive the use of voseo through competing commonsense understandings of who uses it, what it…
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I passed my Dissertation Proposal Defense!
Washington D.C.: October 2025 I passed my Dissertation Proposal Defense! 🙌 After years of coursework, qualifying papers, pilot studies, and months of proposal drafting, I successfully defended my dissertation proposal and officially advanced to doctoral candidacy. This milestone marked the beginning of my dissertation research on how listeners perceive racial identity…
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SLA 2025
Chicago, IL (University of Chicago): May 2025 I presented a paper at the 2025 Society for Linguistic Anthropology Biennial Conference (SLA 2025). This was my very first linguistic anthropology conference, and I absolutely loved the opportunity to engage and learn from scholars whose work intersects with my own! My presentation…
