• Socio Lab meetings are on Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30pm in B-411 Wells Hall and via Zoom. Contact Dr. Suzanne Wagner (wagnersu@msu.edu) or Dr. Betsy Sneller (sneller7@msu.edu) if you’d like the Zoom link and password, or would like to present duing an open slot. Meetings are open to any interested students, faculty and staff.
  • MI-COVID Diaries project meetings are weekly on Mondays , 5-6pm via Microsoft Teams. Contact Dr. Betsy Sneller (sneller7@msu.edu) if you’re interested in coming to a meeting and potentially joining our team.

Socio Lab meetings

June 2, 2022

Introductions and socializing.

June 8, 2022

Alexis Behnke. (ing) variation across Covid and non-Covid topics in MI Diaries.

Jack Rechsteiner. (ing) variation across gender- and non-gender topics in sociolinguistic interviews with non-binary individuals.

June 15, 2022

Yongqing Ye. Overview of new project on nasalization in MI Diaries.

Lightning talks on generating presentations and papers from non-linguistic aspects of a research project. Full talk and presenter line-up TBD.

  • Betsy Sneller. MI Diaries ethics and community.
    • Rechsteiner & Sneller 2021; Sneller, Wagner & Ye, 2022.
  • Jack Rechsteiner, Suzanne Wagner. MI Diaries branding.
    • Furkioti & Rechsteiner, 2021; Wagner, Sneller & Rechsteiner in prep.
  • Betsy Sneller. MI Diaries question prompts.
    • Sneller & Barnhardt, in prep.
  • Adam Barnhardt. MI Diaries story team.
    • Ye & Barnhardt, under review
  • Anna Vredevelt. MI Diaries story analysis.
    • Vredevelt, 2022.

June 22, 2022

Adam Barnhardt. Overview of new project on stance-taking and vowel realization in MI Diaries.

NWAV abstract swap: Get friendly feedback on your abstract.

June 29, 2022

No meeting.

July 6, 2022

General research project check-in, all welcome.

July 13, 2022

Suzanne Wagner, Betsy Sneller, Jack Rechsteiner. Longitudinal sociolinguistic projects as brands. Practice talk for Methods XVII.

July 20, 2022

TBD.

FRIDAY July 22, 2022, 3-5pm

REU celebration and project presentations.