(From Cognition, 7th Ed. Matlin, 2009)
Education
PhD: Experimental Phonetics, University of Canterbury (New Zealand), September, 2019
MSc: Experimental Phonetics, University of Alberta (Canada), April, 2014
Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute: Universality and Variability, University of Michigan (USA), June/July 2013
BA Honors (First Class): Experimental Phonetics, University of Alberta (Canada), April, 2013
Lab Affiliations
New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour: University of Canterbury, 2015 – present
Alberta Phonetics Laboratory: University of Alberta, 2010 – present
University Service
Linguistics Departmental Council (University of Alberta): Master’s level representative
Employment
Post Doctoral Fellow: Alberta Phonetics Laboratory: University of Alberta, Aug. 2019 – July 2020
Programming Assistant and Research Initiatives: Sound Studies Institute: University of Alberta, Sept. 2018 – Apr. 2019
Research Assistant: New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour: University of Canterbury, 2015 – 2019
Research Assistant: TLEF (developing an on-line Introductory Phonetics course), under Drs Benjamin Tucker and Timothy Mills, Fall 2013 – 2014
Research Assistant: Alberta Phonetics Laboratory, 2011 – 2015
Staff Member: Linguistics Abstracts, 2010 – 2015
Teaching Experience
Addressing Racism: Incorporating Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity in the Classroom – Seminar, University of Alberta, June 2020 (ATTENDEE)
Lecturer: LING 205 – Introduction to Phonetics, University of Alberta, 2019
Lecturer: LING 101 – Introduction to Linguistics, University of Alberta, 2019
Lecturer: LING 103 – Basics of Language for Language Learners, University of Canterbury, 2018
Lecturer: LING 103 – Basics of Language for Language Learners, University of Canterbury, 2017
College of Arts Tutor/TA Training Programme – A 10 week course in pedagogy, 2016 (ATTENDEE)
Tutor (Teacher’s Assistant): LING 225 – Forensic Linguistics, University of Canterbury, 2016
Final Examinations Supervisor, University of Canterbury, 2015 – present
Co-supervisor: Undergraduate Honors Thesis/Project (The Effects of Duration on Human Processing of Reduced Speech) University of Alberta, 2014
Guest Lecture (Digital Signal Processing: Amplitude): LING 512 – Acoustic Phonetics, University of Alberta, 2014
Guest Lecture (Course Acoustic Cues within a Spectrogram): LING 512 – Acoustic Phonetics, University of Alberta, 2014
Guest Lecture (Recording Quality: A Crash Course on Best Practices & Acoustic Phonetics): LING 311 – Community Language Archiving, CILLDI, 2014
Teacher’s Assistant: LING 211 – Phonetics of Indigenous Languages, CILLDI, 2013
Teacher’s Assistant: LING 211 – Phonetics of Indigenous Languages, CILLDI, 2012
Guest Lecture (Recording Technology): LING 311 – Community Language Archiving, CILLDI, 2012
Teacher’s Assistant: LING 211 – Phonetics of Indigenous Languages, CILLDI, 2011
Awards & Fellowships
University of Canterbury Thesis in Three: Third Place, 2015
University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarship, 2015-2018
Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship, 2014-2018
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship, 2013
Green and Gold Student Leadership and Professional Development Grant, 2013
Jason Lang Academic Scholarship, 2012-2013
Rodger S. Smith Undergraduate Research Award, Summer 2011
Jason Lang Academic Scholarship, 2011-2012
Jason Lang Academic Scholarship, 2010-2011
Jason Lang Academic Scholarship, 2009-2010
Publications & Presentations
Hurring, G., Hay, J., Drager, K., Podlubny, R., Manhire, L., & Ellis, A. (2022). Social Priming in Speech Perception: Revisiting Kangaroo/Kiwi Priming in New Zealand English. Brain Sciences, 12(6), 684.
Podlubny, R. G., & Tucker, B. V. (2020). The massive auditory lexical decision database: Acoustic analyses of a large-scale, single speaker corpus. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4), 2807-2807.
Nenadic, F., Kelley, M. C., Podlubny, R. G., & Tucker, B. V. (2019). “Speech Perception and The Role of Semantic Richness in Processing”. Canadian Acoustics, 47(3), 96-97.
Podlubny, R.G., (2019). “Acoustic Convergence: Exploring the Influence of Ambient Noise on Speech Production”. (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Canterbury).
Podlubny, R.G., Nearey, T.M., Kondrak, G., & Tucker, B.V. (2018). “Assessing the importance of several acoustic properties to the perception of spontaneous speech”. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143, 2255-2268.
Hay, J., Podlubny, R., Drager, K., & McAuliffe, M. (2017). “Car-talk: Location-specific speech production and perception”. Journal of Phonetics, 65, 94-109.
Podlubny, R. (2016). “Musical mind control: Acoustic convergence to background music in speech production”. Presented at the 172nd annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 2016. (Honolulu, HI)
Podlubny, R.G., Hay, J., McAuliffe, M. (2016). “Car-talk: How physical environment influences speech production and perception”. Presented at the 15th annual meeting of Laboratory Phonology. (Ithaca, NY)
Podlubny, R.G. (2015). “Musical mind control: The effects of speech environment on language use”. Presented at the annual meeting of the Linguistics Society of New Zealand. (Dunedin, NZ)
Podlubny, R., (2015). “Musical mind control: The effects of speech environment on language use”. Invited talk: Alberta Phonetics Laboratory, University of Alberta. (Edmonton, AB)
Podlubny, R.G., Geeraert, K., Tucker, B.V. (2015). “It’s all about, like, acoustics”. In the 18th Proc. of the ICPhS, University of Glasgow.
Podlubny, R., Geeraert, K., & Tucker, B.V. (2014) “It’s all about, like, acoustics: Comparing like to like.” Presented at the 9th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon. (Niagra-on-the-Lake, ON).
Podlubny, R., & Tucker, B.V. (2013) “Less than careful speech: Exploring the roles of target duration and time varying intensity in spoken language processing.” Presented at the 166th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. (San Francisco, CA).
Podlubny, R. (2012) “The roles of pitch, duration, and amplitude in the perception of spontaneous speech.” Presented at the 2nd Kule Institute for Advanced Study, TIN Conference. (Edmonton, AB).
Podlubny, R., Tucker, B.V., & Nearey, T. (2011). ‘Sorry, what was that?’: The roles of pitch, duration, and amplitude in the perception of reduced speech. Poster presented at the Nijmegen Spontaneous Speech Workshop (Nijmegen, NL).
Podlubny, R., & Tucker, B.V. (2011). ‘ZatEnglish?’: An exploration of reduced speech in western Canada. Talk presented at the Undergraduate Research Initiative: Launch Ceremony (Edmonton, AB).
Podlubny, R., & Tucker, B.V. (2011). ‘ZatEnglish?’: An exploration of reduced speech in western Canada. Poster presented at the University of Alberta: Week of Welcome (Edmonton, Ab).
Extra Curricular (Music)
“NSO-01” – Next Stop Otago!, 2020 (Digital Release)
“Hide Like a Secret” – The Provincial Archive, 2014 (DevilDuck Records) Germany
“It’s All Shaken Wonder” – The Provincial Archive, Summer of 2014 (Black Box Records) Canada
“Hide Like a Secret” – The Provincial Archive, 2014 (Black Box Records) Canada
“It’s All Shaken Wonder” – The Provincial Archive, Spring of 2014 (DevilDuck Records) Germany
“Contagious Movement Theory/Short Controlled Bursts” – The Fullblast, (Dine Alone Records) Double Vinyl re-release for Reunion
“Maybe We Could Be Holy” – The Provincial Archive, 2010 (Bedrooms and Basements) Canada
“Nameless Places” – The Provincial Archive, 2009 (Bedrooms and Basements) Canada
“Passenger Action” – Passenger Action, 2009 (Smallman Records) Canada
“Passenger Action” – Acoustic Blueprints, 2007/2008 (Smallman Records) Canada
“Short Controlled Bursts” – The Fullblast, 2005 (In Ya Face) Japan
“Short Controlled Bursts” – The Fullblast, 2005 (Dine Alone Records) Canada/USA
“Dance.Pretend.Forget.Defend” – fordirelifesake, 2004 (Thorp Records) USA/Japan
“Dance.Pretend.Forget.Defend” – fordirelifesake, 2004 (Skipworth Records) Europe
Untitled – The Hollywood Ending, 2003/2005, (Digital release)
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