(Updated 05/05/15)
Grant M. Berry
Office: #14 Moore Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
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Email: [email protected]
Phone: (816) 392-9281
Website: grantberry.info
Research Interests:
Phonetic Accommodation, Sociophonetics, Experimental Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism, Dialect Contact
Education:
Dual Title Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics/Language Science (Penn State University)
Advisor: Rena Torres Cacoullos
Committee: John M. Lipski, Judith F. Kroll, Matthew T. Carlson, and Marianna Nadeu
Comprehensive exams passed: Spring 2015
M.A. in Spanish Linguistics (Penn State University)
Visiting Scholar (Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Argentina)
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
Expected 2017
Spring 2014
Spring/Fall 2011
B.A. in Spanish, B.S. in Mathematics (Truman State University)
Honors Scholar; Summa Cum Laude
Spring 2010
Study Abroad (Universidad de Murcia, Spain)
ISEP (International Student Exchange Program); Pershing Scholarship
Spring 2008
Study Abroad (El CIPET in Alajuela, Costa Rica)
Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program
Summer 2007
Publications:
Berry, Grant M. Structural autonomy and aspectual import: A new(er) Spanish
Progressive, Probus. xx(x), xxx-xxx.
In Press
Torres Cacoullos, Rena, & Grant M. Berry. Language variation in U.S. Spanish:
Social factors. In K. Potowski (Ed.), Handbook of Spanish as a heritage/minority
language. Routledge.
Under Review
Gullifer, J. W., Berry, G. M., Navarro-Torres, C., Kroll, J. F., & Dussias, P. E. Using
syntactic priming to identify cross-language constraints in bilingual language
processing.
In Preparation
Berry, Grant M. A quantitative account of the tonada cordobesa: The contribution of
pitch, duration, and style in production.
(Submission to Language and Speech planned for Summer 2015)
In Preparation
Grant M. Berry (cont’d)
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Grants/Awards:
Edwin Erle Sparks Fellowship in the Humanities (Penn State University)
Teaching release for Spring 2016
2015-2016
RGSO (Research and Graduate Studies Office) Fellowship (Penn State University)
$2,000 for research expenditures related to the dissertation
2015
National Science Foundation PIRE Fellowship
8 weeks of research with Dr. Mirjam Ernestus at Radboud University and the Max
Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics; Teaching Release for Fall 2015
2015
Linguistic Society of America Institute Fellowship
Full tuition for LSA Institute 2015 in Chicago (~$2,000)
2015
Jesús Díaz Award (Penn State University)
For exemplary achievement in the areas of service, teaching, and academics
2014
Superior Teaching and Research (STAR) Award (Penn State University)
$2,950 for prosody research in Córdoba, Argentina
2014
Graduate Scholar Award (Penn State University)
$6,000
2014-2015
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (Río Cuarto, Argentina)
Institute of International Education (IIE)
2011
Gabriela Mistral Award
Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honor Society) National Office
2010
Senior Leadership Award (Truman State University)
2010
Outstanding Spanish Student (Truman State University)
2010
General John J. Pershing Scholarship (Truman State University)
Full tuition, R&B for 4 years and $4,000 study abroad stipend (~$55,000)
2006-2010
Missouri Higher Education Academic Scholarship (Bright Flight)
$8,000 (split over 4 years)
2006-2010
Student-Initiated Course Grant (Truman State University)
$1,000 for design and instruction of Introduction to Semiotics
2009
Argentine Tango Workshop Stipend (Truman State University)
$1,100 (With Dr. Patricia Burton, Frankie Bruning)
2009
Student Research Grant (Truman State University)
$2,000 for Polysemous passion: A semiotic analysis of the passions in Argentine tango
2009
Grant M. Berry (cont’d)
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Posters and Paper Presentations:
Using syntactic priming to identify cross-language constraints in
bilingual language processing
(with Jason Gullifer, Judith Kroll, Paola Dussias, and Christian Navarro-Torres)
International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB)—Rutgers University (Poster)
2015
A quantitative account of the tonada cordobesa: The contribution of pitch, duration,
and style in production.
(1) Penn State University Graduate Research Exhibition—Penn State University
(Poster) (March)
(2) Ohio State Congress on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (OSUCHiLL)—
Ohio State University (Paper) (April)
2015
Early conditioning of Spanish variable subject expression
(with Rena Torres Cacoullos, Chris Champi, Lauren Perrotti, and Miguel Ramos)
New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 43, Chicago, IL (Paper)
2014
Transcribing the ‘tune’: Prosodic and sociolinguistic properties of the tonada cordobesa
1st Symposium on Intonation and Tone in the Spanish-Speaking World—University
of Massachusetts, Amherst (Paper)
2014
Alternating aspect: Conditioning the Progressive in 20th-century Spain
7th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS7)—University of
Wisconsin, Madison (Poster)
2014
Contrasts in Code-switches at the Determiner Phrase
(with Anne Beatty-Martínez and Ryan Platz)
7th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS7)—University of
Wisconsin, Madison (Poster)
2014
Ghosts in the bilingual machine: The role of language experience in CC resolution
strategies for Spanish-English bilinguals
Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology
(CASPSLaP)—Georgetown University (Paper)
2014
Concretization of a construction: Conditioning the Progressive in 20th-century Spain
Georgetown University Roundtable: Usage-based approaches to language,
language learning, and multilingualism (GURT)—Georgetown University (Paper)
Borges el matemático: La recurrencia y la paradoja
Borges Workshop—Río Cuarto, Argentina (Talk)
2014
La estructura espaciotemporal en ‘El sur’ y ‘El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan’
French and Spanish Symposium—St. Louis University (Paper)
2010
Las ficciones de Jorge Luis Borges: El acaparamiento de lo infinito
Spanish Capstone Presentation—Truman State University (Paper)
2010
2011
Grant M. Berry (cont’d)
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Polysemous passion: A semiotic analysis of the passions in Argentine tango
Student Research Conference—Truman State University (Paper)
Phi Kappa Phi Distinction, Funded by Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies
2010
Semiotics in Artistic Echoes of Ovid’s Acis and Galatea”
Student Research Conference—Truman State University (Paper)
Phi Kappa Phi Interdisciplinary Distinction
2009
Invited Talks:
Transcribing in ELAN by Intonation Units
SPAN 597 (Functional Syntax)—Penn State University
Spring 2015
Data Visualization in R Using ggplot2
Speech in Context Lab—University of British Columbia
Spring 2015
PRAAT Scripting
Speech in Context Lab—University of British Columbia
Spring 2015
Using ELAN for Corpus Research
Language Acquisition Lab—Penn State University
GER 582 (Kontaktdeutsch)—Penn State University
Fall 2014
Professional Experience
Undergraduate Curriculum Reorganization Project (Penn State University)
Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
Data Collection Specialist; Curriculum Structure Consultant
2014-Present
Research Assistant
Advisor: Rena Torres Cacoullos
Project: New Mexico Spanish-English Bilingual Corpus (NMSEB)
2013-Present
Ad-hoc Reviewer
Language Variation and Change
2013-Present
Independent Study in Prosody and Dialect Contact
Advisor: John M. Lipski
Project: Prosodic components of the tonada cordobesa in Argentina
2014
Penn State Undergraduate Conference (PSUxLing) Organizing Committee
Web designer, Email communication
2014
Independent Study in Acoustic Phonetics and Experimental Methods
Advisor: Marianna Nadeu
Project: La tonada cordobesa: Field research in Córdoba, Argentina
2014
Grant M. Berry (cont’d)
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6-year Review-Compiler (Penn State University)
Collected data on publications and awards of current departmental faculty and faculty at
comparable institutions from 2007-2013 for 6-year review
2013
Center for Language Science Move Coordinator (Penn State University)
Organized and facilitated the move of sensitive laboratory equipment and experimental
chambers to newly-renovated building
2013
Summer Research Assistant (Penn State University)
Advisor: Judith F. Kroll
Project: Discourse Alignment and Phonetic Convergence in Bilinguals
2013
Independent Study in Psycholinguistics (Penn State University)
Advisor: Judith F. Kroll
Project: Syntactic priming in Spanish/English bilinguals
2013
Graduate Recruitment Week Committee (Penn State University)
2013
Admission Counselor (Truman State University)
2011-2012
Borges y lo infinito: Una aproximación interdisciplinaria (Río Cuarto, Argentina)
Interdisciplinary panel on J.L. Borges open to the public
2011
English Immersion Day Organizer—Colegio San Ignacio (Río Cuarto, Argentina)
2011
Freelance Website and Survey Translator (English-Spanish)
MOCSA (Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault)
2010
Spanish Grammar/Conversation Tutor (Truman State University)
Department of Classical and Modern Languages
2007-2010
Designer/Instructor of “Introduction to Semiotics” (Truman State University)
Student-Initiated Courses
2009
Translation of “Los Pantalones” (by Mariano Barranco)
Translation Reviewer: Dr. Lucy Lee
2009
Teaching Experience:
The Pennsylvania State University
Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (SPAN 215; as Teaching Assistant)
Intermediate Spanish 3 (SPAN 003)
Advanced Oral Expression and Communication (SPAN 410)
Spanish Phonology (SPAN 414)
Introductory Intensive Spanish (SPAN 001/051)
Elementary Spanish 2 (SPAN 002)
Spring 2015
Fall 2014
Summer 2014
Fall 2013
Summer 2013/2015
Spring 2013
Grant M. Berry (cont’d)
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Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (as Teaching Assistant with Fulbright)
English for Specific Purposes
Conversational English
Social History of the United States
Creative Writing in English as a Second Language
English III
TOEFL Preparation
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
Spring 2011
Spring/Fall 2011
Truman State University
Introduction to Semiotics (ENG 335; Student-Initiated Course)
Fall 2009
Academic / Professional Membership:
Acoustical Society of America
Association for Laboratory Phonology
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Graduate Student Organization (Penn State)
President (2013-2014); Secretary (2014-2015)
Linguistic Society of America
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
PHON (Phonetics/Phonology Reading Group)
Sigma Delta Pi (Rho Rho)
President (2009-2010); Treasurer (2008-2009)
Pershing Society (Truman State University)
President (2007-2010); Historian (2006-2007)
2015-Present
2013-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2009-Present
2008-Present
2013-2014
2007-2010
2006-2010
Technology & Software Proficiency:
Acoustic Analysis/Transcription: PRAAT, ELAN, Audacity
Statistical Packages: R, Minitab, SPSS, Goldvarb
Experimental Implementation: OpenSesame, pebl (elementary),
Amazon Mechanical Turk
Operating Systems: Windows and Macintosh (current versions)
Markup Languages/Style: HTML/XML, CSS, PRAAT scripting
Languages:
English
Spanish
Classical Latin
MSA (Arabic)
Native
Quasi-native (C.E.L.U-Avanzado, muy bien)
Intermediate (reading comprehension)
Elementary