Jessi Grieser
@jessgrieser.com
Sociolinguist, novelist, photographer, quilter, saxophonist and Boglehead. Associate Professor of Linguistics at UMich.
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Jessi Grieser
@jessgrieser.com
· Nov 9
I’ve gotten a bunch of new followers of late. So hi; I’m a Black
Woman sociolinguistics prof at my alma mater, Univ of Michigan. I skeet social justice, linguistics, productivity, teaching, cats and dogs, and NCAA sportsball.
I contain multitudes.
Woman sociolinguistics prof at my alma mater, Univ of Michigan. I skeet social justice, linguistics, productivity, teaching, cats and dogs, and NCAA sportsball.
I contain multitudes.
I can't take credit for this, it's a comment on @npr.org 's FB post about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (the song and the wreck), but as a Michigan linguist I died laughing:
"It's actually pronounced 'gichi-gami,' but nothing bad happens when the skies in November turn balmy."
"It's actually pronounced 'gichi-gami,' but nothing bad happens when the skies in November turn balmy."
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I can't take credit for this, it's a comment on @npr.org 's FB post about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (the song and the wreck), but as a Michigan linguist I died laughing:
"It's actually pronounced 'gichi-gami,' but nothing bad happens when the skies in November turn balmy."
"It's actually pronounced 'gichi-gami,' but nothing bad happens when the skies in November turn balmy."
Can I just say...I cancelled lecture and discussion this week because I and my GSIs were going to be busy with NWAV, but let students recover the attendance points as extra credit by showing up and selfie-ing at #NWAV53 and these photos are all kinds of delightful.
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Can I just say...I cancelled lecture and discussion this week because I and my GSIs were going to be busy with NWAV, but let students recover the attendance points as extra credit by showing up and selfie-ing at #NWAV53 and these photos are all kinds of delightful.
Half my city voted in an election where the only thing on the ballot was a school district millage. Go us.
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Half my city voted in an election where the only thing on the ballot was a school district millage. Go us.
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Just went to clear this week’s reading in Perusall ahead of NWAV.
Past Jessi did not assign any reading so that today Jessi can just focus on NWAV.
Past Jessi is the real MVP; love that chick. She also put dinner in the crockpot and scheduled the housekeeper to come Thursday.
Past Jessi did not assign any reading so that today Jessi can just focus on NWAV.
Past Jessi is the real MVP; love that chick. She also put dinner in the crockpot and scheduled the housekeeper to come Thursday.
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just went to clear this week’s reading in Perusall ahead of NWAV.
Past Jessi did not assign any reading so that today Jessi can just focus on NWAV.
Past Jessi is the real MVP; love that chick. She also put dinner in the crockpot and scheduled the housekeeper to come Thursday.
Past Jessi did not assign any reading so that today Jessi can just focus on NWAV.
Past Jessi is the real MVP; love that chick. She also put dinner in the crockpot and scheduled the housekeeper to come Thursday.
While I always hope that every election draws in *some* new voters, it is hilarious to me the way people very seriously explain how to fill out my ballot. I can't imagine that there are tons of people coming out for the very first time just to vote on a new millage. Yeah, I know how to bubble it in.
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
While I always hope that every election draws in *some* new voters, it is hilarious to me the way people very seriously explain how to fill out my ballot. I can't imagine that there are tons of people coming out for the very first time just to vote on a new millage. Yeah, I know how to bubble it in.
Gehringer and Grieser “Shifting Vowels in a Stable Place” retrieved from the printer!
Poster session 1; Poster #20.
#nwav53 #ncvs #michiganEnglish
Poster session 1; Poster #20.
#nwav53 #ncvs #michiganEnglish
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Gehringer and Grieser “Shifting Vowels in a Stable Place” retrieved from the printer!
Poster session 1; Poster #20.
#nwav53 #ncvs #michiganEnglish
Poster session 1; Poster #20.
#nwav53 #ncvs #michiganEnglish
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It's a picture-perfect day in Ann Arbor! Welcome to #nwav53, attendees!
Check out the NWAV 53 "Getting Around" information for conference information, including accessibility, and importantly—restaurant recommendations for tonight and beyond!
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Check out the NWAV 53 "Getting Around" information for conference information, including accessibility, and importantly—restaurant recommendations for tonight and beyond!
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
NWAV 53 Information Sheet
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November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's a picture-perfect day in Ann Arbor! Welcome to #nwav53, attendees!
Check out the NWAV 53 "Getting Around" information for conference information, including accessibility, and importantly—restaurant recommendations for tonight and beyond!
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Check out the NWAV 53 "Getting Around" information for conference information, including accessibility, and importantly—restaurant recommendations for tonight and beyond!
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Reposted by Jessi Grieser
Coming to NWAV? Just NWAV curious? Check out all the talks and abstracts on our Oxford Abstracts program!
You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions.
Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon!
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...
You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions.
Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon!
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Coming to NWAV? Just NWAV curious? Check out all the talks and abstracts on our Oxford Abstracts program!
You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions.
Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon!
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...
You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions.
Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon!
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...
Having an administrative night has become super important to my sanity and I'm getting better and better at it. This year's improvement has been using the snooze function in gMail to email myself back at 8:00 on Wednesday nights and 4:00 PM Sundays with small tasks.
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Having an administrative night has become super important to my sanity and I'm getting better and better at it. This year's improvement has been using the snooze function in gMail to email myself back at 8:00 on Wednesday nights and 4:00 PM Sundays with small tasks.
NWAV is one week away and today is the very first day I have forgotten to pack my lunch.
I think this speaks very highly of my organizational capabilities.
Registration rates go up on Sunday! See you soon. nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu
I think this speaks very highly of my organizational capabilities.
Registration rates go up on Sunday! See you soon. nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu
UM | NWAV53
nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NWAV is one week away and today is the very first day I have forgotten to pack my lunch.
I think this speaks very highly of my organizational capabilities.
Registration rates go up on Sunday! See you soon. nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu
I think this speaks very highly of my organizational capabilities.
Registration rates go up on Sunday! See you soon. nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu
October 28, 2025:
White America learns about the concept of "aunties."
White America learns about the concept of "aunties."
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
October 28, 2025:
White America learns about the concept of "aunties."
White America learns about the concept of "aunties."
I came across someone praising me on Reddit for being one of the best fan writers for my ship and like, I’m a tenured prof at a great school but I am kinda more proud of that Reddit post? And no you don’t get to know which ship.
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I came across someone praising me on Reddit for being one of the best fan writers for my ship and like, I’m a tenured prof at a great school but I am kinda more proud of that Reddit post? And no you don’t get to know which ship.
We’re not looking away from the fact that invoking, “Well the Black guy built a basketball court” as justification for the ballroom is, in addition to being a misrepresentation and bad justification, also extremely racist, right?
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We’re not looking away from the fact that invoking, “Well the Black guy built a basketball court” as justification for the ballroom is, in addition to being a misrepresentation and bad justification, also extremely racist, right?
My take on office hours: "Students act like it's cheating to come to office hours. But I want to help you to write an awesome thing that shows you did a lot of learning and then give you a ton of points for writing an awesome thing that shows you did a lot of learning."
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My take on office hours: "Students act like it's cheating to come to office hours. But I want to help you to write an awesome thing that shows you did a lot of learning and then give you a ton of points for writing an awesome thing that shows you did a lot of learning."
Syntax tree of the day
You mean the election that the big beautiful bill passed right before cons ripped off the fascist mask that explicitly gives the president the power to invent a reason to cancel?
October 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Syntax tree of the day
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I’ll say it straight: It is unbecoming, undignified, cowardly, and shameful for a institution as revered and respected as the University of Virginia to grant an audience in 2025 to those who are committed to destroying science, free thought, human rights, and the rule of law.
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’ll say it straight: It is unbecoming, undignified, cowardly, and shameful for a institution as revered and respected as the University of Virginia to grant an audience in 2025 to those who are committed to destroying science, free thought, human rights, and the rule of law.
Imagine working in a restaurant where the boss tells you the job performance is based only on tables served. But then every shift you are scheduled to the stockroom, the dishwashing station, and occasionally to like, trim the hedges outside.
Anyway. I'm an associate professor...
Anyway. I'm an associate professor...
October 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Imagine working in a restaurant where the boss tells you the job performance is based only on tables served. But then every shift you are scheduled to the stockroom, the dishwashing station, and occasionally to like, trim the hedges outside.
Anyway. I'm an associate professor...
Anyway. I'm an associate professor...
Loving this database view in Notion. Each of my Ph.D. students is a line on a Gantt from start month to planned grad and the color is where they are in the program (pre quals, in quals, pre-prospectus, dissertating). Clicking on the line leads to all my advising notes.
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Loving this database view in Notion. Each of my Ph.D. students is a line on a Gantt from start month to planned grad and the color is where they are in the program (pre quals, in quals, pre-prospectus, dissertating). Clicking on the line leads to all my advising notes.
My teaching assignments next term are:
Language and Discrimination
and
Language in the Post-Colonial Setting
and I am not lying when I say I genuinely loved my old job but also...holy cow I love being in a department where we have enough linguists that I can teach stuff like this.
Language and Discrimination
and
Language in the Post-Colonial Setting
and I am not lying when I say I genuinely loved my old job but also...holy cow I love being in a department where we have enough linguists that I can teach stuff like this.
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My teaching assignments next term are:
Language and Discrimination
and
Language in the Post-Colonial Setting
and I am not lying when I say I genuinely loved my old job but also...holy cow I love being in a department where we have enough linguists that I can teach stuff like this.
Language and Discrimination
and
Language in the Post-Colonial Setting
and I am not lying when I say I genuinely loved my old job but also...holy cow I love being in a department where we have enough linguists that I can teach stuff like this.
Where is @dropout.tv BlueSky? Which fans can I follow when I find myself spontaneously busting out
"I'll be writing this down / 'cause I'm a professional"
while working at night?
#dropout #gamechanger
"I'll be writing this down / 'cause I'm a professional"
while working at night?
#dropout #gamechanger
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Where is @dropout.tv BlueSky? Which fans can I follow when I find myself spontaneously busting out
"I'll be writing this down / 'cause I'm a professional"
while working at night?
#dropout #gamechanger
"I'll be writing this down / 'cause I'm a professional"
while working at night?
#dropout #gamechanger
When my cousin once removed wore a MAGA hat to Christmas and was allowed to keep it on after I pointed out wearing it was impolite, I remarked that I was the one being asked to have a calm dinner with my racist cousins.
Cousin: “So we’re your racist cousins now?”
Me: “Oh honey, It’s not *new*…”
Cousin: “So we’re your racist cousins now?”
Me: “Oh honey, It’s not *new*…”
I think two things are true:
1. young republicans were always terrible and racist
2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to
1. young republicans were always terrible and racist
2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
When my cousin once removed wore a MAGA hat to Christmas and was allowed to keep it on after I pointed out wearing it was impolite, I remarked that I was the one being asked to have a calm dinner with my racist cousins.
Cousin: “So we’re your racist cousins now?”
Me: “Oh honey, It’s not *new*…”
Cousin: “So we’re your racist cousins now?”
Me: “Oh honey, It’s not *new*…”