CAROLINE MYRICK
Curriculum Vitae
North Carolina State University
Department of English
Campus Box 8105
Raleigh, NC 27695-8105
cmmyrick@ncsu.edu
EDUCATION
in progress
2013
2010
2010
Ph.D., Sociology, North Carolina State University
M.A., English, North Carolina State University
Capstone: “Putting Saban English on the map: A descriptive analysis
of English language variation on Saba,” Advisor, Dr. Walt Wolfram.
B.A., Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
B.A., Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-present
Graduate Teaching Assistant, NC State University
 Instructor, Spoken and Written Traditions of American English Dialects,
Spring 2014, Spring 2015
 Instructor, Language and Gender, Fall 2013, Fall 2014
 TA for Dr. Erik Thomas, History of the English Language, Spring 2013
 TA for Dr. Walt Wolfram, Variety in Language, Fall 2012
 TA for Dr. Robin Dodsworth, Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2012
 TA for Dr. Agnes Bolonyai, Introduction to Linguistics, Fall 2011
2013-2015
Project Assistant for Dr. Walt Wolfram, NC State University
 American English, 3rd edn. (Wolfram & Schilling 2015; Wiley)
 Talkin’ Tar Heel (Wolfram & Reaser 2014; UNC Press)
2011-2013
Lab Assistant, Linguistics Lab, NC State University
 Digitizing audio for Sociolinguistic Archive and Analysis Project (SLAAP)
 Transcribing and time-aligning sociolinguistic interviews using Praat
 Organizing and booking conference travel for linguistics students and faculty
 Maintaining North Carolina Language & Life Project (NCLLP) social media
PUBLICATIONS
forthcoming
Wolfram, Walt, and Caroline Myrick. “Linguistic commonality in English of the
African diaspora: Evidence from lesser-known varieties of English.” In Cecelia
Cutler, Zvejezdana Vrzic, & Phillip Angemeyer (eds.), Language Contact in
Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
forthcoming
Myrick, Caroline, Nicole Eberle, Joel Schneier, and Jeffrey Reaser. “Mapping
linguistic diversity in the Caribbean.” In Stanley D. Brunn (ed.), The Changing
World Language Map. New York: Springer.
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2015
Williams, Jeffrey P., and Caroline Myrick. “Saban English.” In Jeffrey P.
Williams & Peter Trudgill (eds.), The Lesser-Known Varieties of English, Vol. 2.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 144-164.
2015
Reaser, Jeffrey, and Caroline Myrick. “Writing language-based trade books:
Making linguistics accessible to lay audiences.” Language and Linguistics
Compass, 9.5, 198-208.
2015
Myrick, Caroline, and Jeffrey Reaser. “Miriam Meyerhoff & James A. Walker.
2013.Bequia Talk; and Peter Muhlhausler & Joshua Nash. 2012. Norfolk Island.”
[Book review.] English World-Wide, 36.2, 268-273.
2014
Myrick, Caroline. “Putting Saban English on the map: A descriptive analysis of
English language variation on Saba.” English World-Wide, 35.2, 161-192.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2015
Myrick, Caroline. “Question formation on the island of Saba: An acoustics-based
analysis of syntactic and prosodic variation.” The Society for Pidgin & Creole
Linguistics (SPCL) Winter Meeting, Portland, OR, January 9.
2014
Myrick, Caroline. "Racial discrimination via linguistic subordination: Support
from Marx, Weber, and Du Bois." Fifth Annual Association of English Graduate
Students (AEGS) Conference in the Humanities, Raleigh, NC, March 21.
2014
Myrick, Caroline. “Atypical constraint hierarchy in a dialect isolate: Post-vocalic
/r/ in Saban English.” Linguistics Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting 90,
Minneapolis, MN, January 4.
2014
Myrick, Caroline. “Saban English phonology: An acoustic description and
analysis.” The Society for Pidgin & Creole Linguistics (SPCL) Winter Meeting,
Minneapolis, MN, January 3.
2013
Schneier, Joel, Jon Forrest, and Caroline Myrick. “Inside the index: Re-evaluating
methods for analyzing prosodic rhythm.” New Ways of Analyzing Variation
(NWAV) 42, Pittsburg, PA, October 19.
2013
Myrick, Caroline. “Big-time variation in small-time communities: Sociolinguistic
diversity on Saba.” SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 81,
Spartanburg, SC, April 5.
2013
Forrest, Jon, Caroline Myrick, Joel Schneier, and Walt Wolfram. “Explaining the
source of prosodic rhythm in L2-English timing.” SouthEastern Conference on
Linguistics (SECOL) 81, Spartanburg, SC, April 6.
2013
Myrick, Caroline, and Arika Dean. “What is Saban English? A sociolinguistic
analysis of a Caribbean dialect isolate.” Poster, 8th Annual Graduate Students
Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC, March 29.
2013
Forrest, Jon, and Caroline Myrick. “‘The intertwining of two identities’: A
generational study of codeswitching practices among Hungarian/English
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bilinguals.” Fourth Annual Association of English Graduate Students (AEGS)
Conference in the Humanities, Raleigh, NC, February 23.
2012
Forrest, Jon, (presented by Caroline Myrick). “Old variant in a new perspective:
The urbanization of IN’/ING variation in Raleigh, NC. “New Ways of Analyzing
Variation (NWAV) 41, Bloomington, IN, October 27.
2012
Myrick, Caroline. “Mondom, ‘Every jail’s got a phone’: Codeswitching for
reported speech in bilingual narrative.” SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics
(SECOL) 80, Lexington, KY, April 13.
2012
Myrick, Caroline. “Prosodic rhythm in Bahamian English: Comparative evidence
from socioethnic varieties on Abaco Island, the Bahamas.” SouthEastern
Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 80, Lexington, KY, April 12.
AWARDS
2013-present
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Sociology & Anthropology and
Department of English (dual funding), NC State University.
2015
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Excellence in Teaching in the
Classroom. University Graduate Student Association (UGSA), NC State
University.
2014
Reza Ordubadian Award for best student paper at SouthEastern Conference on
Linguistics (SECOL) 81. “Big-time variation in small-time communities:
Sociolinguistic diversity on Saba.”
2013
Thank a Teacher Program Award, Fall 2013, Office of Faculty Development, NC
State University.
2013
Distinguished Capstone Award, Department of English, NCSU. Putting Saban
English on the Map: A Descriptive Analysis of English Language Variation on
Saba, under the direction of Dr. Walt Wolfram.
2013
Second place poster award (Humanities and Design) at 8th Annual Graduate
Student Research Symposium, NC State University. “What is Saban English? A
Sociolinguistic Analysis of a Caribbean Dialect Isolate.”
RESEARCH SUPPORT
2014
Saba oral history project (P.I. Peter Johnson); digitization, transcription, and
archiving of Saban oral history interviews from 1960–present. Funded by the Prins
Bernhard Cultuurfonds Caribisch Gebied (Prince Bernhard Culture Caribbean
Culture) grant for heritage preservation.
2014
Follow-up fieldwork (P.I.) on Saba, Dutch Caribbean: collecting and analyzing
sociolinguistic interviews; cataloguing local flora and fauna, toponyms, and
phrases; distributing second-phase longitudinal survey (cf. Crane 1971); filming
video footage. Funded by the NCLLP.
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2012
Pilot fieldwork (P.I.) on Saba, Dutch Caribbean, collecting and analyzing
sociolinguistic interviews. Funded by the NCLLP.
OUTREACH
2015
Student Leader, Alternative Spring Break, NC State University
 “NC Language Diversity” trip, March 8-13, Graham County, NC: planned
lessons and taught Voices of NC dialect curriculum to high school students;
celebrated language diversity as cultural and historical legacy of North
Carolina and Appalachia; facilitated college readiness panels
2011-2014
Volunteer, North Carolina State Fair, NCLLP
 NCLLP State Fair exhibit on Tarheel language and dialect, October 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, Raleigh, NC: introduced visitors to the rich dialect and
language traditions of North Carolina as part of the cultural and historical
legacy of the state; administered interactive dialect quiz, videos, and buttons
with dialect words
INVITED TALKS
2015
“Researching Language in the Caribbean: Why and How.” Honors Journal Club,
NC State University. March 30.
2015
“Assessment and Grading” (with Michael Fox and Dr. Maxine Atkinson). Teaching
Workshop Series, Sociology Graduate Program, NC State University. March 20.
2015
“Language and Gender: Avoiding Sexist and Homophobic Language.” Students
Advocating Gender Equality (SAGE), NC State University. March 3.
2015
“Language and Gender: Spoken and Written.” English Club, NC State University,
February 23.
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