Amalia Skilton
@amaliaskilton.bsky.social
Chancellor’s Fellow (asst prof) in Linguistics @ Edinburgh 🏴 | blogs.ed.ac.uk/amaliaskilton | Indigenous languages of the Americas, language in interaction, psycholinguistics | 🇺🇸🏳️🌈 she/her
Out next month! So excited for the whole world in 🐦🐦 and language #revitalization to read what our authors have to share!
October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Out next month! So excited for the whole world in 🐦🐦 and language #revitalization to read what our authors have to share!
WE - people writing today - get to define by our citations what will be considered the canon in the future.
When I think something deserves to be seen as canonical, then I cite it and assign it with wild abandon.
When I think the current canon doesn’t deserve that status, I pay it no mind.
When I think something deserves to be seen as canonical, then I cite it and assign it with wild abandon.
When I think the current canon doesn’t deserve that status, I pay it no mind.
Feels like some fields are big on citing only by precedence, but don't realize there's another side which is NOT citing the work that is outdated, misleading, had poor methods in the first place, or otherwise made choices an author considers poorly done. I exercise this judgment constantly
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
WE - people writing today - get to define by our citations what will be considered the canon in the future.
When I think something deserves to be seen as canonical, then I cite it and assign it with wild abandon.
When I think the current canon doesn’t deserve that status, I pay it no mind.
When I think something deserves to be seen as canonical, then I cite it and assign it with wild abandon.
When I think the current canon doesn’t deserve that status, I pay it no mind.
Kinship terms finally getting the attention they deserve #AnthroSky
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Kinship terms finally getting the attention they deserve #AnthroSky
Tired: Making low income people manually file taxes before they receive benefits via the tax code (USA)
Wired: Automatic filing to receive benefits via tax code (Canadian proposal)
Inspired: Delivering cash benefits as cash and not via the tax code
Wired: Automatic filing to receive benefits via tax code (Canadian proposal)
Inspired: Delivering cash benefits as cash and not via the tax code
Canada doing automatic filing to ensure people get benefits distributed via the tax code while the US abandoned Direct File
Automatic tax filing for low income, permanent school food program coming in budget: PM Mark Carney #Canada
PM Carney said the federal govt is renewing the “Canada Strong Pass” which lowers the cost for families to visit museums, historic sites, parks & travel.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
PM Carney said the federal govt is renewing the “Canada Strong Pass” which lowers the cost for families to visit museums, historic sites, parks & travel.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Tired: Making low income people manually file taxes before they receive benefits via the tax code (USA)
Wired: Automatic filing to receive benefits via tax code (Canadian proposal)
Inspired: Delivering cash benefits as cash and not via the tax code
Wired: Automatic filing to receive benefits via tax code (Canadian proposal)
Inspired: Delivering cash benefits as cash and not via the tax code
There is a name for people who write in short blocks. Authors!
If you write in long sessions only, you will end up either unpublished, or disappointed
For an overview of the psych research on this I love Paul Silvia’s /How to Write a Lot/
If you write in long sessions only, you will end up either unpublished, or disappointed
For an overview of the psych research on this I love Paul Silvia’s /How to Write a Lot/
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There is a name for people who write in short blocks. Authors!
If you write in long sessions only, you will end up either unpublished, or disappointed
For an overview of the psych research on this I love Paul Silvia’s /How to Write a Lot/
If you write in long sessions only, you will end up either unpublished, or disappointed
For an overview of the psych research on this I love Paul Silvia’s /How to Write a Lot/
I have seen a couple budgets of alternative colleges/similar programs that are completely free to every student. Even they do not manage to spend $134k/student/year.
How is this even possible? Into the budget linked @ this article to see…
How is this even possible? Into the budget linked @ this article to see…
You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover
Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida
Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.
www.insidehighered.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I have seen a couple budgets of alternative colleges/similar programs that are completely free to every student. Even they do not manage to spend $134k/student/year.
How is this even possible? Into the budget linked @ this article to see…
How is this even possible? Into the budget linked @ this article to see…
Reposted by Amalia Skilton
RIP Jane Goodall — she forever transformed what it means to do fieldwork.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
RIP Jane Goodall — she forever transformed what it means to do fieldwork.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Life pro tip: Never lay out your own book. All of the suffering, none of the excitement of writing or editing content #academicsky
September 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Life pro tip: Never lay out your own book. All of the suffering, none of the excitement of writing or editing content #academicsky
I unfortunately think about this every day
British politics really needs to wake up to what is happening in America given we have imported a huge amount of its culture war politics. Maybe there are some clues about what would be on the cards here under a Reform government?
September 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I unfortunately think about this every day
Open rank job in language and interaction at Rutgers. Relevant for #linguistics #EMCA jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258...
Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Language, Interaction, and Interpersonal Communication (Open Rank)
The Department of Communication at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information seeks a full-time faculty member in language, interaction, and interpersonal communication. The search i...
jobs.rutgers.edu
August 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Open rank job in language and interaction at Rutgers. Relevant for #linguistics #EMCA jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258...
Assistant professor position in language revitalization @ Berkeley 🐦🐦 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
Assistant Professor - Language Revitalization - Linguistics
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Assistant professor position in language revitalization @ Berkeley 🐦🐦 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
This is the summer of Nescafé Ice Roast for me. Just passable as coffee, but fast and cold. Perfect for struggling under both authoritarianism and heat
August 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is the summer of Nescafé Ice Roast for me. Just passable as coffee, but fast and cold. Perfect for struggling under both authoritarianism and heat
BA postdoctoral fellowship call now out with a deadline in October. These fund UK/EEA nationals and people with UK doctorates.
Would love to work with someone on an application - we need more field #linguists working in the UK.
Would love to work with someone on an application - we need more field #linguists working in the UK.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
BA postdoctoral fellowship call now out with a deadline in October. These fund UK/EEA nationals and people with UK doctorates.
Would love to work with someone on an application - we need more field #linguists working in the UK.
Would love to work with someone on an application - we need more field #linguists working in the UK.
I'm on hour 8 at the Bogota airport (flying back from fieldwork) and starting to get a little punchy. do not hold my OWN reviews written at this moment against me
July 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I'm on hour 8 at the Bogota airport (flying back from fieldwork) and starting to get a little punchy. do not hold my OWN reviews written at this moment against me
Officially endorsed by me on behalf of #linguistics
Only missing tip in @hormiga.bsky.social 's post: Please, never write in your review "This paper should be edited by a native English speaker." You mean, "This paper needs edits for [grammar/style/voice/insert specific problem here]."
Only missing tip in @hormiga.bsky.social 's post: Please, never write in your review "This paper should be edited by a native English speaker." You mean, "This paper needs edits for [grammar/style/voice/insert specific problem here]."
"Correct" spelling and "proper" grammar aren't worth fussing about. Just let people be.
scienceforeveryone.science/p/grammar-do...
scienceforeveryone.science/p/grammar-do...
Grammar does not matter
Please stop being a grammar pedant.
scienceforeveryone.science
July 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Officially endorsed by me on behalf of #linguistics
Only missing tip in @hormiga.bsky.social 's post: Please, never write in your review "This paper should be edited by a native English speaker." You mean, "This paper needs edits for [grammar/style/voice/insert specific problem here]."
Only missing tip in @hormiga.bsky.social 's post: Please, never write in your review "This paper should be edited by a native English speaker." You mean, "This paper needs edits for [grammar/style/voice/insert specific problem here]."
Is this the Senate growing a spine????
🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding.
Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.
See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.
🧵 1/3
Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.
See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.
🧵 1/3
Subcommittee Markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
July 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Is this the Senate growing a spine????
Would be fascinating to see this figure for lab based (CS/psych adjacent) vs non lab based fields of #linguistics. My PhD was granted 6 years ago next month and I feel like my productivity is just now taking off as I can work w/ larger teams
Publication rates before and after tenure: clear decline post-tenure in non-lab-based fields and sustained in lab-based fields. Super interesting.
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.10575
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.10575
July 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Would be fascinating to see this figure for lab based (CS/psych adjacent) vs non lab based fields of #linguistics. My PhD was granted 6 years ago next month and I feel like my productivity is just now taking off as I can work w/ larger teams
On fieldwork but really, really sorry to hear this for all those at IU. Some storied departments on this list.
Not surprising if you have been following events there - still tragic and short-sighted.
Not surprising if you have been following events there - still tragic and short-sighted.
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
July 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
On fieldwork but really, really sorry to hear this for all those at IU. Some storied departments on this list.
Not surprising if you have been following events there - still tragic and short-sighted.
Not surprising if you have been following events there - still tragic and short-sighted.
Reposted by Amalia Skilton
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
Lab manager position w/ Marisa Casillas @ Chicago CHD. Would be great fit for recent ling 🐦🐦BA/MA/MSc grad with strong programming skills, esp if you also speak Spanish.
Lab Manager
Department SSD Comparative Human Development - Staff and Temporary Employees - Casillas About the Department The Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago is an interdis...
uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Lab manager position w/ Marisa Casillas @ Chicago CHD. Would be great fit for recent ling 🐦🐦BA/MA/MSc grad with strong programming skills, esp if you also speak Spanish.
Reposted by Amalia Skilton
NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing
ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...
www.propublica.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
Came close to tears while making my summer writing plan.
From awe at @mirya.bsky.social writing 3 books in one year, but also because I am *losing it* over the idea of finishing my book ms. this summer.
Objectively I'm close, but how can I get to DONE with a 4 wk field trip and 3 wks vaca*?
From awe at @mirya.bsky.social writing 3 books in one year, but also because I am *losing it* over the idea of finishing my book ms. this summer.
Objectively I'm close, but how can I get to DONE with a 4 wk field trip and 3 wks vaca*?
May 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Came close to tears while making my summer writing plan.
From awe at @mirya.bsky.social writing 3 books in one year, but also because I am *losing it* over the idea of finishing my book ms. this summer.
Objectively I'm close, but how can I get to DONE with a 4 wk field trip and 3 wks vaca*?
From awe at @mirya.bsky.social writing 3 books in one year, but also because I am *losing it* over the idea of finishing my book ms. this summer.
Objectively I'm close, but how can I get to DONE with a 4 wk field trip and 3 wks vaca*?
Stateside right now so checked out the audio book yesterday from my library. 1 hour in and already learning a lot!
Happy US book release day to me, my amazing co-author @alexhanna.bsky.social and everyone else who can now open up their own copy!!
All the details on ordering, events, and news coverage at thecon.ai
All the details on ordering, events, and news coverage at thecon.ai
May 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Stateside right now so checked out the audio book yesterday from my library. 1 hour in and already learning a lot!