Faculty

Staff

Neal Hutcheson
Charlotte Vaughn

Jeffrey Reaser

Assistant Professor
Tompkins 217
919/515-4176 (office)
jlreaser at ncsu dot edu

Education

B.A. in Secondary English Education, Magna Cum Laude, North Carolina State University, 1995-1999

M.A. in English, North Carolina State University, 2000-2001

Ph.D. in English-Linguistics, Duke University, 2002-2006

Research Interests

Expansion of the Voices of North Carolina curriculum in scope and distribution through a series of teacher workshops.

Developing psychometrically valid instruments for evaluating the language attitudes of students and teachers as well as the changes to these attitudes though education.

Bio

Jeffrey Reaser is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at North Carolina State University. His primary appointment is in the secondary teacher education program (LTN) with a secondary appointment in linguistics. He is also the director of the Alternative Licensure program for Language Arts at NC State. His research has focused on the development, testing, and distribution of materials designed to allow teachers to teach about language variation in public schools and in professional development settings. He served as Materials Developer for the Do You Speak American? Secondary School Curriculum (2005) and College-Level Curriculum (2005) (http://www.pbs.org/speak/education/). With Walt Wolfram he is author of Voices of North Carolina: Language and Life from the Atlantic to the Appalachians (2005), which includes a Teachers manual (link when we there is one?), student workbook (link when we there is one?), and resource DVDs. He is also author, with Carolyn Temple Adger and Susan Hoyle of Using Do You Speak American? for Educator Training and Professional Development: Guide and Materials (2005). Current projects involve expansion of the Voices of North Carolina curriculum in scope and distribution and developing psychometrically valid instruments for evaluating the language attitudes of students and teachers as well as the changes to these attitudes though education. He holds a Ph.D. in English-Linguistics from Duke University (2006) and an M.A. in English (2001) and B.A. in Secondary English Education (1999) from NC State University.

Recent Publications

Articles

2010. Reaser, Jeffrey. Using Media to Teach about Language. Language and Linguistic Compass, 4: 782-792.

2008. Wolfram, Walt, Jeffrey Reaser, and Charlotte Vaughn. Operationalizing Linguistic Gratuity: From Principle to Practice. Language and Linguistic Compass 2:1109-1134.

2007. Reaser, Jeffrey, and Carolyn Temple Adger. Developing Language Awareness Materials for Non-Linguists: Lessons Learned from the Do You Speak American? Project. Language and Linguistic Compass, 1.3: 155-167.

In press. Thomas, Erik R. and Jeffrey Reaser. An Experiment on Cues Used for Identification of Voices as African American or European American. In Michael D. Picone and Catherine Evans Davies (eds.), Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.

2010. Reaser, Jeffrey, and Benjamin Torbert. Morphosyntactic features of Bahamian English. In Bernd Kortmann & Kerstin Lunkenheimer, eds. The Electronic World Atlas of Variation: Grammar. Max Planck Digital Library in cooperation with Mouton de Gruyter. (To appear with accompanying article, October 2011, in Bernd Kortmann, ed. The World Atlas of Variation in English: Grammar. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.)

2010. Reaser, Jeffrey. Bahamian English. In Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill, Edgar Schneider, and Jeffrey P. Williams (eds.), The Lesser-known Varieties of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 158-170.

2010. Reaser, Jeffrey. Developing Sociolinguistic Curricula that Help Teachers Meet Standards. In Kristen Denham and Anne Lobeck (eds.), Linguistics at School: Language Awareness in Primary and Secondary Education. Cambridge University Press. 91-105.

Complete CV

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Courses

ENG 328: Language and Writing
ENG 326: History of the English Language
ENG 325: Spoken and Written Traditions of American Dialects

Course Syllabi

See the courses page for sample syllabi from courses in years past.

Interests

Rock climbing, volleyball, yard work

Awards and Honors

North Carolina Public Schools, Secondary English, Teaching License (SP-I), 2006-

American Dialect Society Presidential Honorary Membership Award, 2004

University fellowship, Duke University, 2002-2006

Teaching Assistantship, NC State, 2000-2001

Research Assistantship, NC State, 2000-2001

B.A. Magna Cum Laude, with honors in English, NC State, 1999

Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996

Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, 1995

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	Faculty Agnes Bolonyai Robin Dodsworth Jeffrey Reaser Erik Thomas Walt Wolfram Staff Neal Hutcheson Charlotte Vaughn Jeffrey Reaser Assistant Professor Tompkins 217 919/515-4176 (office) jlreaser at ncsu dot edu Education \| Research Interests \| Bio \| Recent Publications Complete CV \| Courses Taught \| Interests \| Awards/Honors Education B.A. in Secondary English Education, Magna Cum Laude, North Carolina State University, 1995-1999 M.A. in English, North Carolina State University, 2000-2001 Ph.D. in English-Linguistics, Duke University, 2002-2006 back to top Research Interests Expansion of the Voices of North Carolina curriculum in scope and distribution through a series of teacher workshops. Developing psychometrically valid instruments for evaluating the language attitudes of students and teachers as well as the changes to these attitudes though education. back to top Bio Jeffrey Reaser is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at North Carolina State University. His primary appointment is in the secondary teacher education program (LTN) with a secondary appointment in linguistics. He is also the director of the Alternative Licensure program for Language Arts at NC State. His research has focused on the development, testing, and distribution of materials designed to allow teachers to teach about language variation in public schools and in professional development settings. He served as Materials Developer for the Do You Speak American? Secondary School Curriculum (2005) and College-Level Curriculum (2005) (http://www.pbs.org/speak/education/). With Walt Wolfram he is author of Voices of North Carolina: Language and Life from the Atlantic to the Appalachians (2005), which includes a Teachers manual (link when we there is one?), student workbook (link when we there is one?), and resource DVDs. He is also author, with Carolyn Temple Adger and Susan Hoyle of Using Do You Speak American? for Educator Training and Professional Development: Guide and Materials (2005). Current projects involve expansion of the Voices of North Carolina curriculum in scope and distribution and developing psychometrically valid instruments for evaluating the language attitudes of students and teachers as well as the changes to these attitudes though education. He holds a Ph.D. in English-Linguistics from Duke University (2006) and an M.A. in English (2001) and B.A. in Secondary English Education (1999) from NC State University. back to top Recent Publications Articles 2010. Reaser, Jeffrey. Using Media to Teach about Language. Language and Linguistic Compass, 4: 782-792. 2008. Wolfram, Walt, Jeffrey Reaser, and Charlotte Vaughn. Operationalizing Linguistic Gratuity: From Principle to Practice. Language and Linguistic Compass 2:1109-1134. 2007. Reaser, Jeffrey, and Carolyn Temple Adger. Developing Language Awareness Materials for Non-Linguists: Lessons Learned from the Do You Speak American? Project. Language and Linguistic Compass, 1.3: 155-167. In press. Thomas, Erik R. and Jeffrey Reaser. An Experiment on Cues Used for Identification of Voices as African American or European American. In Michael D. Picone and Catherine Evans Davies (eds.), Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. 2010. Reaser, Jeffrey, and Benjamin Torbert. Morphosyntactic features of Bahamian English. In Bernd Kortmann & Kerstin Lunkenheimer, eds. The Electronic World Atlas of Variation: Grammar. Max Planck Digital Library in cooperation with Mouton de Gruyter. (To appear with accompanying article, October 2011, in Bernd Kortmann, ed. The World Atlas of Variation in English: Grammar. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.) 2010. Reaser, Jeffrey. Bahamian English. In Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill, Edgar Schneider, and Jeffrey P. Williams (eds.), The Lesser-known Varieties of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 158-170. 2010. Reaser, Jeffrey. Developing Sociolinguistic Curricula that Help Teachers Meet Standards. In Kristen Denham and Anne Lobeck (eds.), Linguistics at School: Language Awareness in Primary and Secondary Education. Cambridge University Press. 91-105. back to top Complete CV Download CV [ 97KB ] back to top Courses ENG 328: Language and Writing ENG 326: History of the English Language ENG 325: Spoken and Written Traditions of American Dialects Course Syllabi See the courses page for sample syllabi from courses in years past. back to top Interests Rock climbing, volleyball, yard work back to top Awards and Honors North Carolina Public Schools, Secondary English, Teaching License (SP-I), 2006- American Dialect Society Presidential Honorary Membership Award, 2004 University fellowship, Duke University, 2002-2006 Teaching Assistantship, NC State, 2000-2001 Research Assistantship, NC State, 2000-2001 B.A. Magna Cum Laude, with honors in English, NC State, 1999 Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996 Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, 1995 back to top
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