Linguistics Careercast

Nov 19 2024 62 ep. 60 mins 24
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Linguistics Careercast is the podcast devoted to exploring careers for linguists outside academia, through interviews with linguists employed in industry.

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Episode #60: Informational Interviews (LCL audio)

Nov 19 2024 50 mins  
This episode is an audio version of a virtual panel held at the Linguistics Career Launch in the summer of 2024, titled “Informational Interviews”. The presenter is Alex Johnston, who is Director, Master’s Programs & Career Management in the Georgetown University Dept. of Linguistics. Informational interviewing is the key way to learn about jobs of interest, what jobs mig

Episode #59: Mary-Caitlyn Valentinsson

Nov 05 2024 60 mins  
“In customer research, if there is any group that’s capacitated to just go out and talk to people, it’s linguists” Mary-Caitlyn Valentinsson earned her Ph.D. in anthropology and linguistics in a joint program from the University of Arizona in 2019. Her dissertation research was on fandoms – the way communities engage with pop culture. After finishing her d

Episode #58: Effective Resumes (LCL Audio)

Oct 22 2024 92 mins  
This episode is an audio version of a virtual panel held at the Linguistics Career Launch in the summer of 2024, titled “Creating and Tailoring an Effective Resume”. The presenter is Alex Johnston, who is Director, Master’s Programs & Career Management in the Georgetown University Dept. of Linguistics. In this presentation, Alex will answer the following questions: How do

Episode #57: Networking for Introverts (LCL audio)

Oct 08 2024 51 mins  
This episode is an audio version of a virtual panel held at the Linguistics Career Launch in the summer of 2024, titled “Networking for Introverts”. The presenter is Alex Johnston, who is Director, Master’s Programs & Career Management in the Georgetown University Dept. of Linguistics. In this presentation, she’ll talk about on-ramps to career conversations, how small t

Episode #56: Christopher Farina

Sep 25 2024 60 mins  
“Are you competent? And are you someone I want to work with? You need to be both” Christopher Farina holds a doctorate in linguistics from the University of South Carolina. He has over 10 years of experience across a wide range of functions in qualitative and quantitative research in applied linguistics and in the social sciences. He is currently Associate Director, Lis

Episode Guide #55: Minnie Quartey

Sep 10 2024 64 mins  
“Linguists make the best everything” Minnie Quartey is Vice President of Impact & Innovation for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. She earned her PhD in linguistics at Georgetown University and embarked on a career working in the non-profit organization management industry. Her research has been featured on the front page of the Washington Post, she has been

Episode #54: Elizabeth Briody

Aug 27 2024 58 mins  
“I’d like to see anthropology become a household word again” Elizabeth Briody is an anthropologist who has been involved in cultural-change efforts for over 30 years – first at General Motors Research and later through her own consulting practice, Cultural Keys. She has led many career initiatives including an analysis of AAA Mentoring programs, numerous career webi

Episode #53: Andrea Berez-Kroeker and Brendan Regan

Aug 14 2024 80 mins  
“Linguistics has a marketing problem” Andrea Berez-Kroeker is the Linguistics Department Chair at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and an At-Large member of the LSA’s Executive Committee. She is primarily a documentary linguist specializing endangered language preservation. Andrea Berez-Kroeker on LinkedIn Andrea Berez-Kroeker’s website Kaipuleohone, University

Episode #52: Taylor Melton

Jul 30 2024 60 mins  
“Build relationships with your coworkers – you don’t have to be friends with them” Taylor Melton is a linguist and educator with over 15 years of international experience in teaching, language consulting, and data-driven research. She earned her Master’s in Linguistics from National Taiwan Normal University, as well as attending Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts

Episode #51: Serena Williams

Jul 09 2024 56 mins  
“Go work with people in legal fields because they are the ones working on language access” Serena Williams received her PhD from UC Davis. She is a linguistic entrepreneur who leads walking tours, does genealogy research, is writing a textbook, developing K-12 linguistics courses, and is even writing a memoir about her time spent doing van life with her daughter while teach