Michaela Watkins
@michaelaw.bsky.social
PhD candidate in linguistics (phonetics / phonology) at the University of Amsterdam
Looking at Seoul Korean, voice quality analysis, symbolic neural networks
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Looking at Seoul Korean, voice quality analysis, symbolic neural networks
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Resorting to LinkedIn to find participants, times are tough #linguistics
August 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Resorting to LinkedIn to find participants, times are tough #linguistics
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Anyone here going to Interspeech and wants to do a student a big favor? He was accepted & paid, but ultimately cannot leave the U.S. due to ongoing fascism (he’s on a visa). They will pull his paper if he can’t find anyone to present it for him. DM if you’re attending & may be able to help!
August 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Anyone here going to Interspeech and wants to do a student a big favor? He was accepted & paid, but ultimately cannot leave the U.S. due to ongoing fascism (he’s on a visa). They will pull his paper if he can’t find anyone to present it for him. DM if you’re attending & may be able to help!
Our paper "Robustness of F0 Ratio as a Diagnostic: Comparing Creaky Voice in Danish and Seoul Korean" has been accepted into Interspeech 2025 #langsky #linguistics
May 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our paper "Robustness of F0 Ratio as a Diagnostic: Comparing Creaky Voice in Danish and Seoul Korean" has been accepted into Interspeech 2025 #langsky #linguistics
I always forget how crazy Amsterdam is during tourist season 😭 the small suitcase army
May 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I always forget how crazy Amsterdam is during tourist season 😭 the small suitcase army
The interactive kid's dancepad in Utrecht Centraal is playing lacrimosa, and you bet the kids are going wild dancing to it
April 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The interactive kid's dancepad in Utrecht Centraal is playing lacrimosa, and you bet the kids are going wild dancing to it
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Dutch universities go on strike - for the first time since anyone can remember. We protest the treatment and budget cuts of our extreme-right government. The strikers take turns - and Leiden university kicks off tomorrow. ✊🏼
Here is tomorrow’s program. We’re meeting at 11 a.m. at the Garenmarktplein in Leiden. The program starts at 11.30. The teach outs are throughout the day in The Hague and Leiden: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
10 maart: Universiteit Leiden start estafettestaking tegen bezuinigingen
Medewerkers van de Universiteit Leiden trappen maandag 10 maart de estafettestaking af van de Nederlandse universiteiten tegen de kabinetsbezuinigingen.
www.universiteitleiden.nl
March 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Dutch universities go on strike - for the first time since anyone can remember. We protest the treatment and budget cuts of our extreme-right government. The strikers take turns - and Leiden university kicks off tomorrow. ✊🏼
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“If we lose all of our funding, our academic support staff — who are disproportionately women and people of color — lose their jobs,” said Nicole Holliday, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor who will speak at the rally. “So do our janitors.” #StandUpforScience2025
sfstandard.com/2025/03/07/b...
sfstandard.com/2025/03/07/b...
Local scientists are pushing back against Trump's federal funding cuts
Stand Up for Science rallies will sweep major cities all across the country today, including in San Francisco's Civic Center.
sfstandard.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“If we lose all of our funding, our academic support staff — who are disproportionately women and people of color — lose their jobs,” said Nicole Holliday, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor who will speak at the rally. “So do our janitors.” #StandUpforScience2025
sfstandard.com/2025/03/07/b...
sfstandard.com/2025/03/07/b...
Ugh I'd love to go but it's sooo expensive and our travel grants don't even cover half 😭
Heading to the LSA Summer Institute? Get ready to experience the best of Eugene with our Eugene Explorer Series! Our first feature, Spencer Butte Park.
Learn more at www.eugene-or.gov/facilities/f...
#LSA #LSA2025 #Linguistics #spencerbuttepark #eugeneoregon
Learn more at www.eugene-or.gov/facilities/f...
#LSA #LSA2025 #Linguistics #spencerbuttepark #eugeneoregon
March 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ugh I'd love to go but it's sooo expensive and our travel grants don't even cover half 😭
If you even feel like Python is difficult I encourage you to spend a day just doing Praat scripting, Python will be a dream afterwards... #linguistics
January 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you even feel like Python is difficult I encourage you to spend a day just doing Praat scripting, Python will be a dream afterwards... #linguistics
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Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why?
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
December 13, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why?
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
9am phonology class on a Friday, with snow and ice everywhere. I think out of a class of 30 I'll get...12. 🫠 and that's optimistic
November 22, 2024 at 6:09 AM
9am phonology class on a Friday, with snow and ice everywhere. I think out of a class of 30 I'll get...12. 🫠 and that's optimistic
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🛑 the cutbacks on research and higher education. Powerful full page ad in national papers and online, signed by 511 members 🙋 of the (young) Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences.
“Government, don’t ruin what makes our country successful”
“Government, don’t ruin what makes our country successful”
November 14, 2024 at 10:16 AM
🛑 the cutbacks on research and higher education. Powerful full page ad in national papers and online, signed by 511 members 🙋 of the (young) Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences.
“Government, don’t ruin what makes our country successful”
“Government, don’t ruin what makes our country successful”
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This afternoon, I learnt that our demonstration, planned for tomorrow, was cancelled. We had expected at least 5000 students, teachers and scholars to protest against the budget cuts. It's an absolute clusterfuck, and I have many questions.
Here's what I shared with our local group::
Here's what I shared with our local group::
November 13, 2024 at 4:44 PM
This afternoon, I learnt that our demonstration, planned for tomorrow, was cancelled. We had expected at least 5000 students, teachers and scholars to protest against the budget cuts. It's an absolute clusterfuck, and I have many questions.
Here's what I shared with our local group::
Here's what I shared with our local group::
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The Dutch government has planned severely destructive budget cuts to higher education and research funding.
Please protest with us!
Consider signing this petition to show support from abroad: www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-...
Please protest with us!
Consider signing this petition to show support from abroad: www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-...
October 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
The Dutch government has planned severely destructive budget cuts to higher education and research funding.
Please protest with us!
Consider signing this petition to show support from abroad: www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-...
Please protest with us!
Consider signing this petition to show support from abroad: www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-...
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Dear colleagues around the world,
As you may know, the Netherlands has, since this summer, been governed by a radical right-wing administration with an agenda reminiscent of Orbán's Hungary.
As you may know, the Netherlands has, since this summer, been governed by a radical right-wing administration with an agenda reminiscent of Orbán's Hungary.
October 26, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Dear colleagues around the world,
As you may know, the Netherlands has, since this summer, been governed by a radical right-wing administration with an agenda reminiscent of Orbán's Hungary.
As you may know, the Netherlands has, since this summer, been governed by a radical right-wing administration with an agenda reminiscent of Orbán's Hungary.
Even more budget cuts... NWO is especially targeted here 🫠 the future of #linguistics departments here is in serious trouble. #langsky
Ministerie bezuinigt op subsidies voor cultuur, onderzoek en gymnastiekles
Minister Bruins en staatssecretaris Paul noemen sommige ingrepen "pijnlijk".
nos.nl
October 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Even more budget cuts... NWO is especially targeted here 🫠 the future of #linguistics departments here is in serious trouble. #langsky
The UK doesn't have the money to fund their own elections, let alone someone else's 👀
Trump files extraordinary complaint claiming election meddling by UK Labour party
Allegation references LinkedIn post saying 100 party staffers were headed to US to campaign for Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2024 at 5:44 AM
The UK doesn't have the money to fund their own elections, let alone someone else's 👀
So sad about what is happening at Leiden University, a whole heap of unique programs just gone... Not to mention this is before the cuts even really kick in 👀 #langsky #linguistics
"Our Arabic program is half a millennium old but couldn't withstand the corporatization of the contemporary university because it isn't nuclear engineering"
October 19, 2024 at 8:12 PM
So sad about what is happening at Leiden University, a whole heap of unique programs just gone... Not to mention this is before the cuts even really kick in 👀 #langsky #linguistics
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"Our Arabic program is half a millennium old but couldn't withstand the corporatization of the contemporary university because it isn't nuclear engineering"
October 19, 2024 at 4:55 PM
"Our Arabic program is half a millennium old but couldn't withstand the corporatization of the contemporary university because it isn't nuclear engineering"
Getting my presentation ready on the beautiful island of Kos for Interspeech 2024, come join me on Wednesday in acesso to talk about pitch jumps! #linguistics
September 2, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Getting my presentation ready on the beautiful island of Kos for Interspeech 2024, come join me on Wednesday in acesso to talk about pitch jumps! #linguistics
It wouldn't be a Dutch conference if it didn't have music playing that totally doesn't match the vibe
July 4, 2024 at 4:35 PM
It wouldn't be a Dutch conference if it didn't have music playing that totally doesn't match the vibe
If you're at NAACL2024 come join us for our talk in the 11:00 session on tone encoding in self-supervised language models in Don Alberto 2! #MLSky #Linguistics
June 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM
If you're at NAACL2024 come join us for our talk in the 11:00 session on tone encoding in self-supervised language models in Don Alberto 2! #MLSky #Linguistics
Together with Paul Boersma and Silke Hamann, our paper on pitch jumps was accepted into Interspeech 2024. See you in Kos! (camera ready to follow soon). #langsky #linguistics
June 4, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Together with Paul Boersma and Silke Hamann, our paper on pitch jumps was accepted into Interspeech 2024. See you in Kos! (camera ready to follow soon). #langsky #linguistics
Still can't wrap my head around what a mora actually is #langsky #linguistics
May 20, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Still can't wrap my head around what a mora actually is #langsky #linguistics
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Police break up pro-Palestinian camp at Amsterdam university as campus protests spread to Europe
Police break up pro-Palestinian camp at Amsterdam university as campus protests spread to Europe
Police have arrested some 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam.
apnews.com
May 7, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Police break up pro-Palestinian camp at Amsterdam university as campus protests spread to Europe