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EducationPhD (2007) Indiana University, LinguisticsMA (2003) Indiana University, Linguistics BA (1999) Calvin College, English and German |
Experience, Teaching2007-current, Postdoctoral FellowInfant Development Laboratory, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE National Institutes of Health (T32) training grant (PI, Jeastedt) 2006, Predoctoral Fellow Speech Research Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN National Institutes of Health (T32) training grant (PI, Pisoni) 2005, Visiting Lecturer University of Wisonsin-Madison, Madison, WI E330: English Phonology (Fall 2005) E103: English Language Variation in the U.S. (Fall 2005) 2001-2007, Assistant Instructor Indiana University, Bloomington, IN L103: Introduction to the Study of Language (Fall 2001, Fall 2003, Spring 2004) E103: Language and Religion (Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2007) E104: Freedom of Speech in the U.S. (Spring 2004) 2000-2001, Research Assistant Speech Research Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2000, Grading Assistant Indiana University, Bloomington, IN L103: Introduction to the Study of Language (Fall 2000) |
PublicationsVanDam, M. (2007). Plasticity of Phonological Categories. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.VanDam, M. (2004). Word Final Coda Typology. Journal of Universal Language 5(1): 119-148. VanDam, M. (2004). Review: Kreidler. (2004). The Pronunciation of English: A Course Book, Second Edition. The Linguist List, available at URL www.linguistlist.org. VanDam, M. (2003). On the phonological structure of /i/-suffixed English nicknames. in Grimes, S., & deJong, K., (eds.) IULC Working Papers Online 3(03-01): 1-30. Available at: https://www.indiana.edu/~iulcwp/pdfs/03-vandam01.pdf PresentationsVanDam, M., Ide Helvie, D., Smith, N. A., & Moeller, M. P. (2008, June 3). Early identification of hearing loss improves temporal properties of children's speech. Poster presented at the 2008 Child Phonology Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.VanDam, M. (2008, May 10). Economy and invariance are unjustified assumptions in formal phonology. Talk presented at the Fifth North American Phonology Conference (NAPhC5), Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. VanDam, M. (2007, October 23). Lexical status and usage frequency affect fine structure of perceived linguistic categories. Talk presented for SmartLunch at Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE. VanDam, M. (2007, June 13). Shifting the perception of phonological categories. Talk presented at Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE. Davis, S., & VanDam, M. (2006, October 22). The footing of semi-weak syllables in American English. Talk presented at the Twelfth Mid-Continental Workshop on Phonology (MCWOP-12), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. VanDam, M., & Port, R. (2005). VOT is shorter in high frequency words. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 117(4:2): 2623. [poster abstract] VanDam, M., & Port, R. (2005, May 20). High lexical frequency and context reduces VOT. Poster presented at the 149th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Vancouver, BC, Canada. VanDam, M. (2003, May 2). VOT of American English stops with prosodic correlates. Poster presented at 145th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN. VanDam, M. (2003). VOT of American English stops with prosodic correlates. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(4): 2328. [poster abstract] Anderson, V., Davis, S., Deegan, J., Trennepohl, K., & VanDam, M. (2002, October 10). On the use of a literary text for the study of spoken AAVE: Connie Porter's Imani All Mine. Talk presented at New Perspectives on African American English (NPAAE), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Anderson, V., Davis, S., Deegan, J., Trennepohl, K., & VanDam, M. (2002, April 20). An analysis of the African American English of Connie Porter's Imani All Mine and its implication for variationist studies in AAE. Talk presented at the 55th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Davis, S., & VanDam, M. (2001, October 10). The pair of dactyls in Mediterranean: On the analysis of aspirated weak syllables in English. Talk presented at The Seventh Annual Mid-Continental Workshop on Phonology (MCWOP-7), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. |
Research Interestsphonetics, psycholinguistics, speech perception, phonology, linguistic theory, language development, childhood deafness, history of science, memory, quantitative methods, experimental design, experimental psychology, cognition, spoken language recognition, speech production |
Awards, HonorsIndiana University Linguistics Club Vice-President (2002), Indiana University Linguistics Club Travel Grant (2001, 2003), Institute for Universal Language Honorarium (2004), Department of Linguistics Graduate Support Fellowship Award (2007), National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellow (2006), National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2008) |
Languages StudiedNatural: English, German, French, Chinese, Spanish, Hungarian, American Sign LanguageArtificial: Matlab, Praat, PERL, C++, Python |
ReferencesMary Pat Moeller, PhDDirector, Center for Childhood Deafness Boys Town National Research Hospital 555 North 30th Street Omaha, NE 68131 Professor Robert F. Port, PhD (dissertation director) Departments of Linguistics, Cognitive Science Memorial Hall 330 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 Professor Kenneth deJong, PhD Departments of Linguistics, Cognitive Science Memorial Hall 404 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 Professor Stuart Davis, PhD Department of Linguistics (Chairperson), Cognitive Science Memorial Hall 322 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 |