Welcome! Here you can meet our team and learn more about everyone’s individual interests and projects.
Michelle O’Malley PhD
I am primarily a Sociolinguist and everything I teach and research focuses on the ideas of language/language variation and place as well as the fact that every form of language we use reveals aspects of our intersecting identities, our life experiences, and our connection to a place. Whether our language forms be socioeconomically linked, regionally linked, gendered, or chronologically categorized, they all tell the story of who we are and who we recognize, and who we do, or at least want to, connect with and understand. This is why language matters!
Lynden Caldwell
Lynden is a graduate student at Ohio University, working towards an MA in Applied Linguistics. They have developed an interest in Sociolinguistics, with a focus on Queer and Trans Linguistics. You can learn more about Lynden at their website, https://lyndencaldwell96.wixsite.com/professional-portfol.
Samantha Metzger
I am a graduate student at Ohio University, working towards an MA in Applied Linguistics. Within this research lab, I have focused on website building and maintenance along with podcast development. Outside of the research lab, I have a primary focus on teacher training with a TEFL teaching practicum and an EMI course through the US Department of State and FHI360. You can learn more through my website at https://sm671616.wixsite.com/teaching-portfolio.
Will Mullen
My current research interests include phonetics and phonology, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis. Previously, I researched the sociocultural and phonetic constraints in the occurrence of the [ing] phonological variable in Appalachian Englishes.
Sara Abdelrahman
Hello! I have previously worked on a research project entitled “Why Does Language Matter?” I recognize the vital role that a language plays in shaping the social structure of a community or a society. It also helps us portray how we wish to be perceived by others.
Isabelle Leimkuhler
Isabelle Leimkuhler is a senior undergraduate student at Ohio University studying Spanish, Linguistics and Music, with certificates in Latin American Studies and the Experimental Study of Language. She recently completed a research project in hispanic linguistics that studies the phonemic variation of the /s/ and /z/ sounds in Spanish and English L1 and L2 speakers titled “Variación fonémica de los sonidos [s] y [z] en hablantes L1 y L2 de inglés y español”. Isabelle is interested in a variety of research topics that combine Spanish and linguistics, such as phonetics, dialectology, sociolinguistics, and second language acquisition and pedagogy.
Angeles Gabriela Gramajo
I am senior Undergrad studying Linguistics and Spanish. I have a sociolinguistic focus on English as a Second Language that I aspire to continue as an Alumna.
Ruitong Zhu
Chinese-English Translation, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language