Episodes

  • Episode #52: Taylor Melton

    Episode #52: Taylor Melton
    Jul 30 2024
    “Build relationships with your coworkers – you don’t have to be friends with them” Taylor Melton is a linguist and educator with over 15 years of international experience in teaching, language consulting, and data-driven research. She earned her Master’s in Linguistics from National Taiwan Normal University, as well as attending Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Atlanta, Georgia. Her career has included lecturing at Overseas Chinese University in Taiwan, crafting tailored language programs for corporate clients in Germany, and writing freelance for culture magazines. She is currently writing an Introduction to Linguistics textbook for undergraduate students. Taylor Melton on LinkedIn The Language of Food by Dan Jurafsky The Extensive Reading Foundation Topics include – language teaching – second language acquisition – discourse analysis – international travel – cooking – culinary language – networking – entrepreneurship &#
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    1 hr
  • Episode #51: Serena Williams

    Episode #51: Serena Williams
    Jul 9 2024
    “Go work with people in legal fields because they are the ones working on language access” Serena Williams received her PhD from UC Davis. She is a linguistic entrepreneur who leads walking tours, does genealogy research, is writing a textbook, developing K-12 linguistics courses, and is even writing a memoir about her time spent doing van life with her daughter while teaching her lessons tailored to the places they were visiting. She founded both the Language and Heritage Institute and Chronos Heritage Services. Serena Williams on LinkedIn Chronos Heritage Services Language and Heritage Institute From PhD to Life (Jen Polk) Topics include – genealogy – entrepreneurship – work environment – translation – language rights – language access – language justiceThe post Episode #51: Serena Williams first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
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    57 mins
  • Linguistics Career Launch 2024 Last Chance!

    Linguistics Career Launch 2024 Last Chance!
    Jul 9 2024
    This is just a reminder that Linguistics Career Launch 2024 is happening SOON – July 15-26, 2024. If you’re a linguist looking for a job outside academia, LCL24 is THE two-week event that will jump start your career journey. LCL events are open to undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and alums — in short, any linguists who want to transition from academia to industry. There will be workshops, panels, interviews, and even financial planning sessions! Here’s a selection of what’s on offer: Working for the Government in National Security Organizations The Current State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Work Re-finding Your Career Path: The Never-ending Journey of Your Work Life Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI): Working with Large Language Models (LLMs) as a Prompt We’ll also have two courses: Document Design & Usability 101, taught by Dr. Nancy Frishberg: The class project is revising the California Olive Oil Council’s (COOC
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    2 mins
  • Episode #50: Peter Benson

    Episode #50: Peter Benson
    Jun 25 2024
    “Be open to doing things that are not what you studied in school” Peter Benson received his PhD in linguistics from UC San Diego in 1973, in addition to studying neuroscience, neuropsychology, and computer science. He’s worked on speech recognition, user interface, and artificial intelligence. He had a long career in aerospace communications, while navigating life as a single parent. He is now retired and pursuing a life of gardening, woodworking, philosophy, and crossword puzzles. Peter Benson on LinkedIn Dialect Identification (Peter Benson, co-author), research for the Air Force Research Laboratory Topics include – neuroscience – neuropsychology – single parenthood – financial concerns – work environment – user interface – computer science – speech recognitionThe post Episode #50: Peter Benson first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
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    38 mins
  • Linguistics Career Launch 2024 Promo!

    Linguistics Career Launch 2024 Promo!
    Jun 20 2024
    This is just a reminder that Linguistics Career Launch 2024 is happening SOON – July 15-26, 2024. If you’re a linguist looking for a job outside academia, LCL24 is THE two-week event that will jump start your career journey. LCL events are open to undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and alums — in short, any linguists who want to transition from academia to industry. There will be workshops, panels, interviews, and even financial planning sessions! Here’s a selection of what’s on offer: Networking for Introverts Finding Alternative Careers through Content Creation Leveraging LinkedIn Getting Familiar with Gen-AI Negotiating Salary and Benefits Chat GPT, your job search assistant How to Taxonomy: Bringing useful order to less useful chaos and two open discussions: Everything about work environments that you were afraid to ask and But what KIND of degree? In which we tackle the ubiquitous question: Should I get a PhD or a masters? What’s right for me?
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    2 mins
  • Episode #49: Emily Pace

    Episode #49: Emily Pace
    Jun 11 2024
    “It was a wake-up call – my marriage is more important to me than that job” Emily Pace has a breadth of experience across the non-profit, public, and private sectors, including at several technology companies, the National Association of Attorneys General, the Close Up Foundation, and the Library of Congress. She was one of the leaders of Linguistics Career Launch 2021 and is now heading up Linguistics Career Launch 2024. Emily holds a B.A. in French and Arabic and an M.S. in Theoretical Linguistics, both from Georgetown University, as well as certificates from the Paris Chamber of Commerce and the Paris Institute of Political Studies. Emily Pace on LinkedIn Linguistics Career Launch 2024 Topics include – computational linguistics – corpus linguistics – annotation – NLP – networking – sabbaticals – LCL24The post Episode #49: Emily Pace first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode #48: Alexandra Botti

    Episode #48: Alexandra Botti
    May 28 2024
    “Linguistics has given me frameworks to build my career on, and to get wildly creative within those frameworks” Alexandra Botti is a radio and podcast producer, sociolinguist, ballet dancer and ballet teacher. She is a dual citizen of the United States and France, and grew up primarily in the Boston area; she holds a Master’s degree in Language and Communication from Georgetown University. After embarking on a career in journalism, she worked for multiple media outlets including WAMU, WNYC Radio, and NPR. She is currently employed as a supervising producer at Axios. Alex Botti on LinkedIn Alex Botti’s website Topics include – bilingualism – discourse analysis – public radio – journalism – framing – storytelling – audio production – dance – sociolinguisticsThe post Episode #48: Alexandra Botti first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode #47: Jackson Kuzmik

    Episode #47: Jackson Kuzmik
    May 14 2024
    “There are many pathways to the solution to climate change, and that means more jobs for linguists” Jackson Kuzmik was born and raised in Hong Kong and received his Master’s in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge in England. Alongside various research positions, he has worked in outreach for an environmental research center, as a product management intern at a language-technology startup, and as the Head Mentor for his undergraduate department. He is currently working in the cleantech/climate space at Carbon Limiting Technologies in London, a specialist consultancy for scaling key climate innovations. Jackson Kuzmik on LinkedIn Topics include – working abroad – job search – analyst – consulting – data research – environmentalism – green tech – clean techThe post Episode #47: Jackson Kuzmik first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
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    49 mins