For faculty with a 9-month appointment, summers are for research and for recharging. I just returned from a trip where I combined both. I learned so much at the 8th International Conference on Prescriptivism in …
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Goodbye, Summer 2025!
Summer just flew by. With several projects submitted for review, it is now time to wait for the feedback. The last summer project to complete was a presentation at the 8th Conference of the International …
Greetings from Aix-en-Provence!
I know a lot of care goes into organizing big national conferences, but they’re not for me. With 15 concurrent sessions going on, it’s hard to make good choices, and there is a …
7th BICLCE Conference
I had a great time at the 7th Biennial International Conference for the Linguistics of Contemporary English (BICLCE, ruthlessly pronounced “Bicycle”) at the University of Vigo in Spain, where I gave a plenary lecture on …
5th Prescriptivism Conference
Just back from presenting the Grammar Badgers project at the 5th Prescriptivism Conference, hosted by Brigham Young University in Utah from June 22-24, 2017. The conference touched on topics such as the influence of style guides, …