Diane Meador , B.S. , M.A.

Education:

Washington State University
1980 - 1984. Undergraduate work in computer science.
1987-1990 Graduate work in anthropological linguistics. Master's thesis: Automated, Dialect-Independent Phoneme Detection and Word Recognition.

University of Arizona
1990 - 1996. Graduate work in psycholinguistics and theoretical linguistics. PhD dissertation: The Minimal Word Hypothesis: A Segmentation Strategy.

University of Alabama - Birmingham
1996 - 1997. Post-doctoral work in second language acquisition.

Research:

Past research included speech perception and production, theoretical phonology, artificial neural networks, and second language acquisition. Now, I tend to research fishing holes, hunting grounds, construction techniques, alternative energy systems, diesel engine maintenance and anything having to do with sailboats and cruising.

Publications:

• 2002. Piske, T. J., E. Flege, I. R. A. MacKay, and D. Meador. “The production of English vowels by fluent early and late Italian-English bilinguals.” Phonetica, 49-71.
• 2000. MacKay, I. R. A., D. Meador, and J. E. Flege. “The identification of English consonants by native speakers of Italian.” Phonetica, 22-45.
• 2000. Meador, D., J. E. Flege, and I. R. A. MacKay. “Factors affecting the recognition of words in a second language.” Bilingualism, 3(1):55-67.
• 1999 Flege, J. E., I. R. A. MacKay, and D. Meador. “Native Italian speakers’ perception and production of English vowels.” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 10:2973-2987.
• 1999. Piske, T., J. E. Flege, I. R. A MacKay, and D. Meador. “Non-natives’ production of vowels in conversational speech.” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107.
• 1997. Flege, J. E., D. Meador, and I. R. A. MacKay. “Nonnative speech perception in noise and in quiet.” International Conference on Speech Perception by Non-Native Listeners

Affiliations:

Linguistic Society of America, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.

Courses Taught:

Courses taught in the past include Introductory Anthropology, Introductory Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Art in Society, Phonology, Sailing Certification. Now I learn from you.