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psycholinguist, semanticist, pragmaticist || việt, asian american || she / they / chị / em || asst prof interested in the Internet & language || and cycling
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this is why I archive all my social media citations, gotta preserve the sources!

two summer 2025 reads that are real, if you're looking: 1) we lived on the horizon (Erika swyler) 2) the west passage (jared pechaček)

anyway in the middle of aanhpi month they're trying to get rid of birthright citizenship, which was established in 1898 and is a direct consequence of the Chinese Exclusion Act

golf ball hail GOLF BALL hail y'all the Midwest is wild

We used to do this in grad school - PowerPoint parties!

cat parent guilt when I accidentally bonk my cat with his toy 😭😭😭 I'm sorry buddy 😭😭

academics should get invited to the gold gala just saying

quoting my own post just to say that I love my job I love being interdisciplinary & I love my work

Just published a new paper on how we pragmatically use "I don't know" (and variants) across settings (mediated / face to face), relationship (friend/stranger) and conversation type (task/chat)! #PsychSciSky #linguistics

grading: ✅ year 2 of tenure track: ✅

genuinely if you say "disruptive technology" I would advise you to consider what exactly, is being disrupted

I just think asian american history is so important for everyone to learn and I will never stop talking about it

today is the anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first law to bar a specific ethnic group or nationality from the US. though it was repealed in 1943, this law continues to echo through history.

and what I am wearing as I perform my free met gala commentary in the group chat? why, a bespoke sweater from the UCLA marching band flute section and matching black leggings, of course.

I love the grad student thesis proposals so much, they're so fun

I love being Vietnamese and I love asian americana - the community and home we built for ourselves out of the suffering and joy of being asian in America!

aapi month right after the 50th anniversary? say no more I love being extra annoying about being AsAm

Native English speakers! Please help me (and linguistics at large) by doing the (very short) survey at the link below. You'll need to evaluate six exchanges after reading the instructions, which describe the general set-up in which these exchanges occur. 1/3

Today is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon -- we published this package last week looking back on the legacy of the war.

being in the "there was a school shooting at my university" club SUCKS it SUCKS and I hate that my students are now in that club with me!!!