Bellwether Lecture Series: Rob Voigt
This lecture will also be live streamed via Zoom. You are welcome to join us either in South Hall or online.
For online participants
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Speaker
Rob Voigt
Rob Voigt is a computational sociolinguist and assistant professor at UC Davis Linguistics, where he directs the Linguistic Mechanisms Lab.
He is interested in natural language processing, social meaning, sociophonetics and interactional variation, Chinese and Japanese linguistics, gesture and embodiment, and applications of linguistic research to social good. He is particularly interested in using computational methods to understand the linguistic mechanisms of social problems in domains like policing, gun violence, immigration, and mental health.
Contact
If you have questions about this event, please contact Kimmy Fox.
Getting to South Hall
Accessibility
If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting, CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about mobility access in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Heather Rapp with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7–10 days in advance of the event.
