Winner of the 2024 Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization Award

HI, I’M KRIS.

“Love Language” Linguist
Investigating Multilingualism in Romantic Relationships

Ph.D. Candidate of Linguistics at Georgetown University.
Teaching Assistant of LING 5281: Research Methods at Georgetown University.
Lecturer of the Graduate Professionalization Seminar for the Master of Science in Curriculum & Instruction within the College of Education at Purdue University.
Teacher of language (& more!)—online 💻, in the U.S. 🇺🇸, and abroad 🇯🇵🇪🇸.
Researcher of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), intercultural discourse analysis, L2 learning, L2 pragmatics, L2 anxiety, online learning, (intercultural) apologies, and multilingual communication within romantic relationships.
Former President of the Georgetown Linguistics Student Association (2022-2024).

CURRICULUM VITAE

NEWS

DISSERTATION

Dec 5, 2024

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Presenting at CALICO 2025!

Dec 5, 2024

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MEMES, EMOJIS, CHATGPT, & TEXT EDITING—oh my! I'm thrilled to announce that my paper presentation has been accepted for the CALICO 2025 Conference in San Diego, CA! 🎉

Dec 5, 2024

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Oct 1, 2024

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Presenting at AAAL 2025!

Oct 1, 2024

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I'm thrilled to announce that my paper presentation has been accepted for the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2025 Conference in Denver, CO, as part of the Invited Colloquium, "Investment in language learning and teaching: The negotiation of identity, capital, and ideology," organized by Conveners Professor Ron Darvin and Professor Bonny Norton! 🎉

Oct 1, 2024

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Embracing Open Science: Transparency and collaboration in linguistics research and the "Love Languages" Study

Aug 25, 2024

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Embracing Open Science: Transparency and collaboration in linguistics research and the "Love Languages" Study

Aug 25, 2024

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My co-authored chapter, “Open Science and Research Materials,” has just been published in the new book, Open Science in Applied Linguistics, edited by Luke Plonsky. Today, in honor of the release of our chapter, here are two examples of my open science practices in my current research...

Aug 25, 2024

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Aug 18, 2024

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Language learning through “FALLING” (🍁🍂🍃) in love: Kicking off the fall semester with “love languaging” insights—and TikTok! 📲

Aug 18, 2024

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If you are here, you have probably heard the saying that “the easiest way to learn a language is to fall (🍁🍂🍃) in love” with a native speaker… right? 👀 Well, while it might sound romantic, the reality of language learning and language choice for many multilingual and intercultural couples is far more complex.

Aug 18, 2024

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Winner of the 2024 Georgetown University Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization Award

May 2, 2024

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Winner of the 2024 Georgetown University Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization Award

May 2, 2024

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🌟 I am deeply honored and thrilled to announce that this past Monday, I was awarded the 2024 Georgetown University Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization Award for my role as President of the Graduate Linguistics Student Association (GLSA) from 2022 to 2024!

May 2, 2024

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Mar 19, 2024

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✅ #AAAL2024

Mar 19, 2024

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Thank you to all who attended and brought such great and curious energy, who offered thoughtful feedback and thought-provoking questions, who shared personal anecdotes and insights (and laughter), and all those who enjoyed analyzing various memes and text messages with me in the context of multilingual, intercultural, and romantic communication! 😂👏 Absolutely an inspiring and productive weekend—looking forward to next year! 🤞

Mar 19, 2024

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Feb 14, 2024

featured on, gulingmasters

“Love Languages” featured on @gulingmasters

Feb 14, 2024

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@gulingmasters, the official account of the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University, featured “Love Languages” on Valentine’s Day. 💕📲 Happy “Love Languages” Day!

Feb 14, 2024

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Oct 13, 2023

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Presenting at AAAL 2024!

Oct 13, 2023

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Presenting on Sunday, March 17, 2024, @ 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM!

Oct 13, 2023

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Jul 17, 2023

Data visualizations for “Texting in ‘love languages’”

Jul 17, 2023

This post is the companion webpage containing interactive data visualizations for Kris Cook’s Master’s Research Project (MRP) for the Master of Science in Linguistics, titled “Texting in ‘love languages’: L2 investment and intercultural identity development in multilingual couples’ digitally-mediated conversations,” which will soon be published in the Georgetown Library Repository. All interactive bubble charts were created with Plotly in Python. For more information, including the relevant data for all participating couples indicated below, stay tuned for the MRP!

Jul 17, 2023