John C. Paolillo
Associate Professor, SLIS and Informatics
I am an associate professor with a joint position in the School of Library and Information Science and the School of Informatics (where I am a member of the Complex Systems research group), here at Indiana University. I also am an adjunct associate professor of Linguistics. My disciplinary background is in sociolinguistics.
Much of my research focuses on computer-mediated communication (CMC), its social context, and its relation to language. I am most interested in socially meaningful generalizations that may be obtained through observation of exchanges and uses of information in large-scale ecologies. Hence, much of my research employs quantitative methods. For more detailed information on my various research projects, please see my Research pages.
CV at-a-glance
| Education | Ph.D. Linguistics, Stanford University, 1992 |
| B.A. Linguistics, Cornell University, 1986 | |
| Rank & Affiliation | Associate Professor Information Science, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University |
| Associate Professor, Informatics, School of Informatics, Indiana University | |
| Adjunct Associate Professor, Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Indiana University | |
| Selected Publications | Language Diversity on the Internet: Examining Linguistic Bias. Final report for Initiative B@bel. Montreal and Paris: UNESCO, 2005 |
| With Wright, E.L. Social network analysis on the Semantic Web: Techniques and challenges for visualizing FOAF. In V. Geroimenko and C. Chen, eds., Visualizing the Semantic Web, Second Edition, 299-241. Berlin: Springer, 2005 | |
| Analyzing Linguistic Variation: Statistical Models and Methods, CSLI Publications, 2002 | |
| Language Variation in the Virtual Speech Community, Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2001 | |
| Formalizing Formality, Journal of Linguistics, 2000 | |
| Asymmetries in Universal Grammar, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2000 |