MI Diaries Betsy Sneller BLACK LIVES MATTER Adam Barnhardt Also look for (5) recent MA grad Jack Rechsteiner's talk on nonbinary speakers' VOT, or catch them at the poster session (#26)! For more on what's happening at MSU sociolinguistics, check out our lab: sociolab.msu.edu. /end.

If you're interested in queer/nb/trans sociolinguistics, you should definitely seek out Jayce Garner's #NWAV51 poster (transmasc voice quality, #49). Jayce was a 2022 MI Diaries NSF-REU student in our lab, and he was mentored by Jack!

Day 1 of NWAV51 is finally tomorrow!! Any last-minute questions for us? Day-of registration also available! #conference #registration

Psst! Most of us have taken our #NWAV51 presence to Blu*sky. I’ve got some invite codes. Pass it on.

We're THRILLED to announce the appointment of Meredith Tamminga of UPenn as a new Glossa Px Associate Editor to cover work at the intersection of sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics, where researchers investigate questions having to do with socially situated language  1/2

Monica Nesbitt continuing to blow me away... Run, don't walk to catch her article "Phonological emergence and social reorganization: Developing a nasal /æ/ system in Lansing, Michigan" in Language Variation and Change on FirstView! doi.org/10.1017/S09543….

If you want to read the #NWAV51 posts on bsky, dm me for a code!

Great stuff as always from Jon Michael Frey.

It has been a joy and a privilege to work with Jennifer and Ben for so long. Give them all the awards!

Judi Dench was on Graham Norton last night to push her new book about her life and work with Shakespeare. After making the point we quote Shakespeare daily without knowing it, this happened:

This summer, we loved being a part of MSU Alumni's MSU Grandparents University. Kids aged 8-12 and their grandparents did some fun diary-themed activities with us. Read on to find out more about what we did! lilac.msu.edu/news/socioling…

Fantastic feature from the MSU College of Arts & Letters on Mikayla Thompson! Mikayla was one of the winners of our 2023 Nurture Your Roots creative writing contest and her work is featured in the garden at our rooting stations. 😁 bealbotanicalgarden.msu.edu/wellbeing/nurt…

Everyone in the Sociolinguistics Lab benefited from hearing about Mikayla’s senior thesis and research poster last semester. Thanks to our colleagues UO Linguistics for taking her to the next level with their NSF-REU program over the summer!

The LSA Committee on Gender Equity in Linguistics is offering two travel awards in the amount of $500 each to support the participation of gender-diverse individuals in the 2024 LSA Annual Meeting. The application will be open through November 8. buff.ly/46Ze7fr

This disease is so real. I lost a family member to it last year. Check your risk! And use that info to push for appropriate treatment if you do get symptoms. Thanks for doing this valuable support work, Rob.

German sociolinguistics tenure stream position! Asst/Assoc, lg and culture (eg applied ling, socioling, sociocultural perspectives on SLA). Application review begins 8/25/24. Come and work in my dept! careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/5196…