About CALMSCALMS (Careers, Alumni and Linguistics at Michigan State) 2021 takes place Friday November 19 to Saturday November 20 in Wells Hall and remotely on Zoom. The event connects current students with alumni of the MSU Linguistics program. Competitive lightning talks on Friday afternoon will showcase the program’s research in a fun and accessible way, followed by an informal mingling session. We’ll also introduce our guest speaker: Jonathan Choti (PhD, 2015).
On Saturday morning, Jonathan will offer an interactive workshop highlighting job-searching techniques, important job application procedures and documents, interviewing skills, profile of a successful faculty, relationship between language and culture, and strengthening small programs at your workplace. Please RSVP if you plan on attending the event(s).
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Event Schedule
Event |
Time |
Room |
Opening Comments |
Friday 11/19 2:00pm-2:10pm |
Wells B243 |
Five Minute Linguist Session I |
2:10pm-2:55pm |
Wells B243 |
In Case you missed it: Mende’s SOV and SVO word orders (Jason Smith) |
2:10pm-2:25pm |
Wells B243 |
Phonetically incomplete neutralization can be phonologically complete (Naiyan Du) |
2:25pm-2:40pm |
Wells B243 |
The effects of topic and part of speech on nonbinary speakers' use of (ING) (Jack Rechsteiner) |
2:40pm-2:55pm |
Wells B243 |
Coffee Break |
2:55pm-3:30pm |
Wells B243 |
Five Minute Linguist Session II |
3:30pm-4:15pm |
Wells B243 |
Presupposition searches projection path hierarchically (Yaxuan Wang) |
3:30pm-3:45pm |
Wells B243 |
“I didn’t go to college with anyone that country”: Age-stratified indexicality of Southern-shifted vowels (Adam Barnhardt) |
3:45pm-4:00pm |
Wells B243 |
4:00pm-4:15pm |
Wells B243 |
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Mingling, Snacks, and Beverages |
4:30pm-6:00pm |
Wells B 2nd Floor Atrium |
Five Minute Linguist Winner Announcement |
4:45pm |
Wells B 2nd Floor Atrium |
Saturday 11/20 11:00am-11:30am |
Wells B342 |
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Lunch |
11:30am-12:30pm |
Wells B342 |
12:30am-1:00pm |
Wells B342 |
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Question/Discussion Period |
1:00pm-1:30pm |
Wells B342 |
Wells Hall
619 Red Cedar Rd.
East Lansing, Michigan
619 Red Cedar Rd.
East Lansing, Michigan
About the Five-Minute Linguist Competition
The Five-Minute Linguist is originally a high-profile event held by the Linguistic Society of America, which features eight LSA members giving lively and engaging presentations about their research in a manner accessible to the general public. No notes, no podium, and an actual timer. CALMS is holding its own version of the Five-Minute Linguist Competition, inspired by our alumni Ai Taniguchi who won the Five-Minute Linguist 2019. Watch the video of her talk "Why we say stuff." The goal of this event is to encourage linguists to practice presenting their work to a broad audience and to showcase outstanding examples of members who can explain their research in an accessible way. These five-minute presentations are judged by our alumni and guest speaker Jonathan Choti.
A prize will be given to the winner of CALMS Five-Minute Linguist.
A prize will be given to the winner of CALMS Five-Minute Linguist.
The Workshop
Getting a Job and Thriving as a Professor
Jonathan Choti
Michigan State University
This workshop will provide information about finding a job as a professor and succeeding in your career. The workshop focuses on four areas, namely application process for jobs and interviews, implementing your degree in your workplace, teaching language and culture, and managing small programs. The workshop will highlight job-searching techniques, important job application procedures and documents, interviewing skills, profile of a successful faculty, relationship between language and culture, and strengthening small programs at your workplace.
About our Speaker
Jonathan Choti (Ph.D., 2015)
Jonathan Choti is an Assistant Professor of African Languages and Cultures in Michigan State University’s Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures. He teaches Swahili language and two courses on African cultures, i.e. Democratic Discourse and Critique: Gender Inequality and Democratic Debate in Africa and Area Studies in Multicultural Civilization: Africa. He has also developed a new course for the Honors College, i.e. Gender Diversity and Sexuality in Africa. Dr. Choti is the faculty leader of a 6-week summer education abroad program known as Sustainable Community Development in Tanzania.
He won the 2020 Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, 2019 Mid-Michigan Spartans/Donald F. Koch Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2020-2021 Lilly Fellowship, 2020 Summer Hub Faculty Fellowship, 2021 Open Educational Resources Award, and 2021 IAH Curriculum and Assessment Summer Fellowship. He was a co-recipient of the 2021 Strategic Partnership Grant by MSU’s Center for Gender in Context (GenCen) to conduct research on Gender-Based Violence in Kenya. Dr. Choti is a member of the Review Panel for the Humanities Research grant applications for the Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) and the Faculty-led Task Force on Non-tenure Stream Pathways. He has served in the IAH Equity and Inclusion Task Force and Advisory Committee of the African Studies Center. He is the Vice President and President Elect of the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA). He was initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi as faculty at MSU on April 8, 2021.
Jonathan Choti graduated from Michigan State in 2015 with a PhD in linguistics upon completing his dissertation titled Phonological (A)symmetries of Bantu Nasal Prefixes. Previously, he earned his MA in English Language and Linguistics and BA in English and Swahili Linguistics from Egerton University in Kenya. His MA thesis, Language and hierarchy: the linguistic portrayal of the Gusii woman explored the representation of women in Ekegusii language and discourse.
He won the 2020 Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, 2019 Mid-Michigan Spartans/Donald F. Koch Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2020-2021 Lilly Fellowship, 2020 Summer Hub Faculty Fellowship, 2021 Open Educational Resources Award, and 2021 IAH Curriculum and Assessment Summer Fellowship. He was a co-recipient of the 2021 Strategic Partnership Grant by MSU’s Center for Gender in Context (GenCen) to conduct research on Gender-Based Violence in Kenya. Dr. Choti is a member of the Review Panel for the Humanities Research grant applications for the Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) and the Faculty-led Task Force on Non-tenure Stream Pathways. He has served in the IAH Equity and Inclusion Task Force and Advisory Committee of the African Studies Center. He is the Vice President and President Elect of the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA). He was initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi as faculty at MSU on April 8, 2021.
Jonathan Choti graduated from Michigan State in 2015 with a PhD in linguistics upon completing his dissertation titled Phonological (A)symmetries of Bantu Nasal Prefixes. Previously, he earned his MA in English Language and Linguistics and BA in English and Swahili Linguistics from Egerton University in Kenya. His MA thesis, Language and hierarchy: the linguistic portrayal of the Gusii woman explored the representation of women in Ekegusii language and discourse.
Organizing Committee Members
Komeil Ahari (CALMS co-chair) Shannon Cousins (CALMS co-chair) Mitchell Klein Shy Salam Yaxuan Wang Yongqing Ye Suzanne Evans Wagner (Director of Graduate Studies) |
Sponsored by
MSU Linguistics Graduate Program |