Kelly Kendro
@kellykendro.bsky.social
PhD candidate at @NAU appl ling | Researching dynamic multilingualism+psycholing | 2025-26 TIRF DDGrantee, 2025 Duolingo DDAwardee| LSA EC student member | prev @umich, @uofulinguistics. kellykendro.com 🇺🇸🇸🇰
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The ROLE Collective
ROLE: Reframing Our Language Experience
www.rolecollective.org
First 2026 paper (of many, I hope!) out in Cognition! Led by the incredible @savithry.bsky.social + @ethankutlu.bsky.social, and co-written with many amazing collaborators from the ROLE Collective (www.rolecollective.org), it explores the challenges of describing diverse language experience.
Our new paper (my first first-author!) is out at International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1111/ijal.... We analyzed the lexical diversity in texts written by 240 human participants and four ChatGPT models to investigate whether they differed, and they did! 🧵
Do Large Language Models Produce Texts With “Human‐Like” Lexical Diversity? Evidence From Four ChatGPT Models
The degree to which large language models produce writing that is truly human-like remains unclear despite the extensive empirical attention that this question has received. The present study address...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Our new paper (my first first-author!) is out at International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1111/ijal.... We analyzed the lexical diversity in texts written by 240 human participants and four ChatGPT models to investigate whether they differed, and they did! 🧵
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The ROLE Collective Symposium has had its abstract deadline extended to January 30th!
This year's symposium will take place April 9-10, held jointly online and in-person at UNAM (Mexico). Keynote speaker is Dr. Elizabeth Martínez Buenabad. More info here: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year's symposium will take place April 9-10, held jointly online and in-person at UNAM (Mexico). Keynote speaker is Dr. Elizabeth Martínez Buenabad. More info here: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
The ROLE Collective - 3rd ROLE Symposium
The third Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium will be held on April 9-10, 2026.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The ROLE Collective Symposium has had its abstract deadline extended to January 30th!
This year's symposium will take place April 9-10, held jointly online and in-person at UNAM (Mexico). Keynote speaker is Dr. Elizabeth Martínez Buenabad. More info here: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year's symposium will take place April 9-10, held jointly online and in-person at UNAM (Mexico). Keynote speaker is Dr. Elizabeth Martínez Buenabad. More info here: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
First 2026 paper (of many, I hope!) out in Cognition! Led by the incredible @savithry.bsky.social + @ethankutlu.bsky.social, and co-written with many amazing collaborators from the ROLE Collective (www.rolecollective.org), it explores the challenges of describing diverse language experience.
The ROLE Collective
ROLE: Reframing Our Language Experience
www.rolecollective.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
First 2026 paper (of many, I hope!) out in Cognition! Led by the incredible @savithry.bsky.social + @ethankutlu.bsky.social, and co-written with many amazing collaborators from the ROLE Collective (www.rolecollective.org), it explores the challenges of describing diverse language experience.
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The American Dialect Society has chosen its word of the year: slop…used as both a freestanding noun, and a productive suffix! Check out all the words we nominated at the link! And while I nominated “that’s AI” (and it won for most useful), there’s no fake news here!
The American Dialect Society (@americandialect.org) has announced the nominations for its Word of the Year—this is the one that matters, people! Vote will be tonight.
americandialect.org/nominations-...
americandialect.org/nominations-...
Nominations for Words of the Year 2025
Nominations for Words of the Year 2025 follow below. The final selection will be held at 6:45 pm CST on Friday, Jan. 9 (Carondelet, 3rd floor, New Orleans Marriott). American Dialect Society 2025…
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January 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
The American Dialect Society has chosen its word of the year: slop…used as both a freestanding noun, and a productive suffix! Check out all the words we nominated at the link! And while I nominated “that’s AI” (and it won for most useful), there’s no fake news here!
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Now posted: The full list of nominees for ADS Word of the Year 2025. The final vote will be held this evening at 6:45 pm CST at the New Orleans Marriott. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/nominations-...
americandialect.org/nominations-...
Nominations for Words of the Year 2025
Nominations for Words of the Year 2025 follow below. The final selection will be held at 6:45 pm CST on Friday, Jan. 9 (Carondelet, 3rd floor, New Orleans Marriott). American Dialect Society 2025…
americandialect.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Now posted: The full list of nominees for ADS Word of the Year 2025. The final vote will be held this evening at 6:45 pm CST at the New Orleans Marriott. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/nominations-...
americandialect.org/nominations-...
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hey, did y'all know that the Linguistic Society of America offers FREE registration to K12 teachers, K12 students, and Indigenous scholars of the Americas for the #LSA2026 Annual Meeting? And it's not too late to register for the hybrid/online portion of the conference!
Registration Info - LSA 2026 Annual Meeting
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January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
hey, did y'all know that the Linguistic Society of America offers FREE registration to K12 teachers, K12 students, and Indigenous scholars of the Americas for the #LSA2026 Annual Meeting? And it's not too late to register for the hybrid/online portion of the conference!
Make sure to submit your abstract for the ROLE Symposium by January 14 (next Wednesday!). We're accepting abstracts in English + Spanish, and the symposium will be free and fully hybrid. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Make sure to submit your abstract for the ROLE Symposium by January 14 (next Wednesday!). We're accepting abstracts in English + Spanish, and the symposium will be free and fully hybrid. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It's almost time for #LSA2026! We start with the exec meeting at 8am on Thursday, then continue on with an annual weekend of excellent language science.
My talk (Is my ‘bilingual’ your ‘bilingual’? Researchers’ definitions and operationalizations of multilingual terminology) is Saturday at 2:45 😊
My talk (Is my ‘bilingual’ your ‘bilingual’? Researchers’ definitions and operationalizations of multilingual terminology) is Saturday at 2:45 😊
January 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
It's almost time for #LSA2026! We start with the exec meeting at 8am on Thursday, then continue on with an annual weekend of excellent language science.
My talk (Is my ‘bilingual’ your ‘bilingual’? Researchers’ definitions and operationalizations of multilingual terminology) is Saturday at 2:45 😊
My talk (Is my ‘bilingual’ your ‘bilingual’? Researchers’ definitions and operationalizations of multilingual terminology) is Saturday at 2:45 😊
Check out an excellent letter from @ethankutlu.bsky.social (and written accessibly for specialists AND non-specialists) regarding how bilinguals/bilingualism are viewed through a researcher's lens. He beautifully illustrates the personal and scientific consequences of narrow "bilingual" concepts 🤩
A few weeks ago, I went to the Psychonomics conference in Denver. During the conference, I heard a researcher saying "bilinguals have a creativity disadvantage." I raised my questions after their talk, but I also wrote a letter to talk about my emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/letterst...
open.substack.com/pub/letterst...
Ambiguous for whom?
The Cranberries - Empty
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December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out an excellent letter from @ethankutlu.bsky.social (and written accessibly for specialists AND non-specialists) regarding how bilinguals/bilingualism are viewed through a researcher's lens. He beautifully illustrates the personal and scientific consequences of narrow "bilingual" concepts 🤩
Abstract submissions are open for the 3rd annual ROLE Symposium! This is our first hybrid year— join us online or in-person in Mexico City next April for an excellent discussion about accurately characterizing language experience in linguistics and related fields.
We are pleased to announce the third Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium 🥳
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Abstract submissions are open for the 3rd annual ROLE Symposium! This is our first hybrid year— join us online or in-person in Mexico City next April for an excellent discussion about accurately characterizing language experience in linguistics and related fields.
In 2026, I join the @lingsocam.bsky.social Executive Committee as the student representative. I am so grateful to everyone who voted for me, and I look forward to contributing to the LSA’s strategic direction and initiatives to help advance the field as an ECR. See you in New Orleans for #LSA2026!
We are excited to introduce the newly elected members of the LSA Executive Committee and the new Co-Editor of Language!
Tracey Weldon
Sharon Hargus
Alexandra Johnston
Kelly Kendro
Michael Putnam
These leaders bring to their positions a wealth of knowledge & passion for advancing our field.
Tracey Weldon
Sharon Hargus
Alexandra Johnston
Kelly Kendro
Michael Putnam
These leaders bring to their positions a wealth of knowledge & passion for advancing our field.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
In 2026, I join the @lingsocam.bsky.social Executive Committee as the student representative. I am so grateful to everyone who voted for me, and I look forward to contributing to the LSA’s strategic direction and initiatives to help advance the field as an ECR. See you in New Orleans for #LSA2026!
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NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
I’m so excited to be a 2025-2026 recipient of a Doctoral Dissertation Grant from The International Research Foundation (TIRF) for English Language Education! My project contributes to Plurilingualism and Multilingualism research across fields. Read more: www.tirfonline.org/announcing-t...
Announcing TIRF’s 2025 DDG Awardees | TIRF
This year marks the 24th consecutive year TIRF has offered its Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs) to doctoral candidates around the world. With the suppor ...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I’m so excited to be a 2025-2026 recipient of a Doctoral Dissertation Grant from The International Research Foundation (TIRF) for English Language Education! My project contributes to Plurilingualism and Multilingualism research across fields. Read more: www.tirfonline.org/announcing-t...
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The Speech, Sign, and Systems Lab (formerly VoiceLab) is seeking motivated PhD students to join us in Fall 2026! We are part of the University of Iowa’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, consistently ranked among the top 5 programs in speech sciences nationwide.
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Speech, Sign, and Systems Lab (formerly VoiceLab) is seeking motivated PhD students to join us in Fall 2026! We are part of the University of Iowa’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, consistently ranked among the top 5 programs in speech sciences nationwide.
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New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
It's great to wake up to a conference review that says "this is the most highly rated abstract in the strand" 🤩
See you in Chicago at AAAL this March, where I'll be giving talks on 1) layperson comprehensibility of jury instructions, and
2) how language attrition is defined and operationalized!
See you in Chicago at AAAL this March, where I'll be giving talks on 1) layperson comprehensibility of jury instructions, and
2) how language attrition is defined and operationalized!
October 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's great to wake up to a conference review that says "this is the most highly rated abstract in the strand" 🤩
See you in Chicago at AAAL this March, where I'll be giving talks on 1) layperson comprehensibility of jury instructions, and
2) how language attrition is defined and operationalized!
See you in Chicago at AAAL this March, where I'll be giving talks on 1) layperson comprehensibility of jury instructions, and
2) how language attrition is defined and operationalized!
Reposted by Kelly Kendro
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
Looking forward to seeing friends (and making new ones) at #SLRF2025 later this month!
I'll be presenting preliminary data from (part of) my dissertation, a preregistered scoping review of language attrition research to determine how L2 attrition/loss/decline is defined & operationalized.
I'll be presenting preliminary data from (part of) my dissertation, a preregistered scoping review of language attrition research to determine how L2 attrition/loss/decline is defined & operationalized.
We look forward to welcoming SLRF attendees to Flagstaff in 3 short weeks! If you're registered, check your email for a link to our conference Discord—and if you're not, what are you waiting for? Save your spot at sites.google.com/nau.edu/slrf...
SLRF 2025 - Registration & Venue
Registration for SLRF 2025 is now live!
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September 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Looking forward to seeing friends (and making new ones) at #SLRF2025 later this month!
I'll be presenting preliminary data from (part of) my dissertation, a preregistered scoping review of language attrition research to determine how L2 attrition/loss/decline is defined & operationalized.
I'll be presenting preliminary data from (part of) my dissertation, a preregistered scoping review of language attrition research to determine how L2 attrition/loss/decline is defined & operationalized.
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LSA Presidential Research Forum
Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use.
Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
#LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use.
Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
#LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
June 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
LSA Presidential Research Forum
Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use.
Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
#LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use.
Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
#LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
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Today's the last day for proposal authors to register for SLRF and secure their spots at the conference! Register now at sites.google.com/nau.edu/slrf....
SLRF 2025 - Registration & Venue
Registration for SLRF 2025 is now live!
sites.google.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Today's the last day for proposal authors to register for SLRF and secure their spots at the conference! Register now at sites.google.com/nau.edu/slrf....
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Lab Manager position at the University of Michigan. Come join us as part of an active research community across many different labs (phonetics, computational, sign language, etc.)
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careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Linguistics Lab Manager | U-M Careers
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May 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Lab Manager position at the University of Michigan. Come join us as part of an active research community across many different labs (phonetics, computational, sign language, etc.)
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Next stop: #ISB2025 (that's the International Symposium on Bilingualism, not the Star Wars one)! My poster with Scott Jarvis (on the 13th) shows variety in self-description and language experience from 50 (mostly "bilingual") participants. Take a peek at drive.google.com/file/d/1unHu....
May 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Next stop: #ISB2025 (that's the International Symposium on Bilingualism, not the Star Wars one)! My poster with Scott Jarvis (on the 13th) shows variety in self-description and language experience from 50 (mostly "bilingual") participants. Take a peek at drive.google.com/file/d/1unHu....
One more week until the FREE, ONLINE 2nd annual Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium! Join us for a day of learning and discussion, with a combination of lightning talks, panels, and workshops. Today's the last day to register! umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The 2nd ROLE Symposium. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
ROLE will be holding our second online symposium on May 19, 2025. The goal of this event is to bring together scholars who are committed to challenging harmful ideologies in linguistics and related fi...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One more week until the FREE, ONLINE 2nd annual Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium! Join us for a day of learning and discussion, with a combination of lightning talks, panels, and workshops. Today's the last day to register! umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please consider submitting to the Second Language Research Forum if you haven’t already. We can’t wait to discuss the latest in L2 research with a great group of language scientists this September!
TODAY is the LAST day to submit an abstract to SLRF! If you research L2s in ANY capacity: submit a 250-word abstract and join us in Flagstaff, AZ, this September for an unparalleled experience discussing the latest work with leading researchers in the field. sites.google.com/nau.edu/slrf...
March 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Please consider submitting to the Second Language Research Forum if you haven’t already. We can’t wait to discuss the latest in L2 research with a great group of language scientists this September!