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Michelle Perdomo

@prosodactyl.bsky.social

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Researcher and Lecturer: sentence processing, language experience, second-language acquisition, bilingualism, prosody 🗣 first-gen, plants, music, lifting (she/her)

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Michelle Perdomo @prosodactyl.bsky.social · Mar 13

Learned today that @duanegwatson.bsky.social and I have been awarded NSF funding to investigate the effects of reading exposure on second language processing! I can’t put into words my gratitude to all the people at NSF who continue to do the good work. Feeling especially proud to be #firstgen 🍾

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Lee Murray @leemurray.bsky.social · 4d

I hereby name this symbol "the schwat".

I will be taking no questions.

#linguistics #phonetics #threads #schwa #schwat

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Susanne Brouwer @susannebrouwer.bsky.social · 7d

PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing - Apply now!

Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Application deadline: 19 October 2025

For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD: Accented Speech Processing at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!

www.ru.nl

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Tracy Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · 6d

Postdoc opening!!

We’re looking for a postdoc to support our DoD funded study, using noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation and EEG to study speech in noise perception in veterans with TBI.

Please share and reach out to start the conversation if interested!

bit.ly/478e3ME

GAPPLab_PostDoc_opening

Classification Title: Postdoctoral Associate Job Description: The Genetics of Auditory and visual Perception and Plasticity (GAPP Lab) Lab in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences...

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Jen Nycz @jennycz.bsky.social · 14d

Georgetown University is conducting a search for a one-year postdoctoral associate in Applied Linguistics to begin on January 1, 2026. Candidates should apply by October 31 at apply.interfolio.com/174232

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Michelle Perdomo @prosodactyl.bsky.social · 21d

We're doing it again! Join the @lingsocam.bsky.social First Generation Access and Equity Group for a low-stakes conversation about what it means to be a first-generation linguist. Sign up here to receive an invite: forms.gle/VfWN9AwscyFM...

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 22d

2) Mon Sept 22nd 9am ET the National Academies is hosting a webinar on Opportunities for Doing Social-Environmental Research with Little to No Funding. Experts will discuss secondary data analysis, meta-analysis, and other lower-cost methods for research

www.nationalacademies.org/event/1072_0...

www.nationalacademies.org

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Michelle Perdomo @prosodactyl.bsky.social · Aug 28

As a chronically bad sleeper, I started reading right before bed to help lull me to sleep. Now I can't read articles at night without my eyelids getting heavy two pages in.

Michelle Perdomo @prosodactyl.bsky.social · Aug 25

I just wrote "correctment" instead of "correction" in a class email, so that's how I'm doing on the second week of classes.

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BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at age 76. RIP to an icon.

📷 Eddie Sanderson/Getty Images

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Jul 22

A researcher-friendly resource for studying phonological social networks. Spread the word to your networks! #psynomBRM paper by Alderete and colleagues #Psycholinguistics #NetworkAnalysis #OpenAccess post by Caballero

Can a “fish” be friends with a “dish” – a new open-access resource for phonological network research

A common trope in high school movies involves the protagonist being given a tour of the various student cliques, where distinctive groups like the rowdy football players, the fashionable mean girls…

wp.me

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Jun 5

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...

Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

www.queensu.ca

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · May 8

Fascism and trade wars are inherently more dangerous to those who are struggling the most.

Immigrants, people of colour, LGBTQ+, disabled & elderly people will be hit the hardest.

People say “we survived them once & we can survive them again!”

Many did NOT survive. We fight in their memory.

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · May 6

"On a weekly basis more than 90% of people use weather forecasts, job market reports, food safety warnings and other information that is based on federal science. But only 10% ... are concerned that cuts to federal support for science might impact their access to [it]."
www.npr.org/2025/05/06/n...

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

www.npr.org

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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · May 4

From Music City Migrawatch
May 4, 2025, 11:30am

Active ICE operation has detained up to 100 people currently being processed in Nashville. At least 1 person detained says that MNPD participated in her detention!

From @Musiccitymigrawatch instagram: May 4, 2025, 11:30am Active ICE operation has detained up to 100 people currently being processed in Nashville. At least 1 person detained says that MNPD participated in her detention. PRESS conference at noon outside the Nashville ICE office. 501 Brick Church Park Dr.

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · May 4

55 years ago today, 4 students at Kent State University were killed for protesting the Vietnam war.

Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Knox Schroeder, 19

We must stand against war, militarism, and government attacks on protest.

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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · May 3

📣🧪
$25k grants for those who:

1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and

2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.

Early-career scholars prioritized

500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · May 3

🧪 funding alert! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

www.spencer.org

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 1

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

www.nature.com

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 1

“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.”

Read, share, respond. Call your representatives.

The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake.

www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’

After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

www.science.org

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Michelle Perdomo @prosodactyl.bsky.social · May 1

One thing I do not like about grading writing assignments is having to actively be an AI detector.

Michelle Perdomo @prosodactyl.bsky.social · Apr 25

We have officially become @thefestfl.bsky.social parents. You can find us and our baby in the pit. 🫡

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Apr 23

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · Apr 22

BREAKING: The FDA has officially announced they will be banning artificial dyes in the food supply by the end of 2026

This includes Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3

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Tammie Visintainer @proftv.bsky.social · Apr 23

If you, like me, had you NSF granted terminated, here’s what I learned from a hopeful meeting with my VP of research:
1. We have 30 days to act! Meet with your admin asap
2. APPEAL: Everyone can appeal! It must go through your institution, there’s a template, sent registered mail. My VP told me ⬇️

Tammie Visintainer @proftv.bsky.social · Apr 19

I’m so angry & heart broken. My NSF CAREER grant was stolen today; dream project supporting science teachers/students as climate justice action researchers, tackling urban heat. Truly transformative, the culmination of my life’s work, we won’t stop, not in this climate crisis. Gonna fight like hell!

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The Spark Society @sparksociety.bsky.social · Apr 22

The Spark Society appreciates your support. Thank you all for your donations. In addition to donations, I encourage those who study animal or human cognition to become a member of the Spark Society. If you support diverse voices and building inclusive spaces in Cognitive Psy/Sci, you belong!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Apr 21

🎉 🚨 UPDATE: As suspected, the cruel Lamberth & Watson bill to kick undocumented kids out of schools across 🇺🇸 is DEAD FOR THE YEAR, after huge pushback.

Bravo, y’all 👏🏽 — finances is the excuse, but the truth is the support wasn’t there because of the backlash.

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The Spark Society @sparksociety.bsky.social · Apr 21

Unfortunately, the NSF grant that supports our work has been terminated. This is a setback, but our mission has not changed. We will continue to work hard on making cognitive science a more inclusive field. Stay tuned for upcoming events.

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