I’m an Assistant Professor in Department of Linguistics at Brigham Young University specializing in sociophonetics, dialectology, and quantitative methods. In May 2020, I received my Ph.D in linguistics from the Department of Linguistics at the University of Georgia.
My primary area of research is on English in the western United States. My dissertation focused on English in Cowlitz County, Washington with an emphasis on uncovering variation in vowel formant trajectories. I am involved in several research projects on Utah English (vowels, consonants and intonation), including a long-term project analyzing a collection of 750 interviews with residents of Heber, Utah born before WWII.
Another strand of my research is focused on sociophonetic data analysis methods. Recently, I’ve run simulations on real and artificial sociophonetic data, uncovering some overlooked aspects of methods that may in fact be rather important, like order of operations and Pillai scores.
I publish under the more grown-up-sounding version of my name, Joseph A. Stanley, but anyone who has ever met me knows I go by Joey. I live in Spanish Fork with my wife (Kelly) and kids (Lena, Walter, and Douglas). I enjoy running, breadmaking, succulents, and playing the organ too loudly. A description of my idiolect can be found here.
What am I up to right now?
As of April 29, 2024, I am…
- 👨🏻🏫 Preparing to teach L495R: African American English
🗒️ Revising a paper with a student on consonantal variation in Utah English.
🗒️ Writing a different paper on consonantal variation in Utah English.
- Starting to process my Kohler Tapes collection.
- ☀️ Enjoying the beautiful weather!