Research
Liang, Y.-S., & Shepherd, M. A. (2020). A Multicultural Content Analysis of Mental Health Private Practices’ Websites and Intake Forms. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 51(4). 325-334. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pro0000305
Shepherd, M. A. (2020). Effects of race/ethnicity, gender, and intonation on secondary science teachers’ evaluation of spoken responses. Urban Education, 55(5). 730-752. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042085916660346
Shepherd, M. A., Simonian, J. R., & Trussler, L. C. (2017). The subtitle effect: How subtitle-facilitated perceptual learning can make subtitles (seem) less necessary. Communication Research Reports 34(4). 350-358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2017.1356712
Shepherd, Michael A. (2014). The discursive construction of knowledge and equity in classroom interactions. Linguistics and Education, 28, 79-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2014.08.006
Shepherd, Michael A. (2012). A quantitative discourse analysis of student-initiated checks of understanding during teacher-fronted lessons. Linguistics and Education, 23(1). 145-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2011.09.003
Shepherd, M. A. (2011). Effects of ethnicity and gender on teachers’ evaluations of students’ spoken responses. Urban Education, 46(5). 1011-1028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042085911400325
Shepherd, M. A., & Jaurena, M. (2025, January). The final period in texting as a dispreferred-response marker. Paper presentation at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Shepherd, M. A. (2025, January). Where "the 99" meets "152": Locating the "Take the 101"–"Take 101" isogloss in Central California. Paper presentation at the American Dialect Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Shepherd, M. A., Liang, Y.-S., & Russell, D. (2025, January). Beyond categorical gender. Poster presentation at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Shepherd, M. A., & Jaurena, M. (2024, November). 'Tone of voice' in text messages: The final period and what it conveys. Paper presentation at the Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL), Fresno, CA.
Shepherd, M. A. (2024, November). Beyond "Take the 101" in SoCal and "Take 101" in NorCal: An empirical analysis of Californians' freeway-related usage. Paper presentation at the Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL), Fresno, CA.
Shepherd, M. A., & Jaurena, M. (2024, November). "Oh sure!" vs. "Oh sure." Further evidence for characterizing the final period in texting as an 'anti-exclamation' mark. Paper presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 52, Miami, FL.
Shepherd, M. A. (2024, November). Southern Californians say "Take the 101" and Northern Californians say "Take 101"? Results from the California Freeway Project. Paper presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 52, Miami, FL.
Shepherd, M. A., Liang, Y.-S., & Russell, D. (2023, November). Analyzing within-gender variation in language. Paper presentation at the Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL), Fresno, CA.
Shepherd, M. A., & Jaurena, M. (2023, October). "Oh sure." The final period in texting as an 'anti-exclamation' mark. Paper presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 51, New York, NY.
Golston, C., Metzler, Z., Chan-Golston, A., & Shepherd, M. (2023, May). Accounting for pauses-in-clauses. Paper presentation at the 30th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, UK.
Liang, Y.-S., Shepherd, M.A., & Russell, D. L. (2018, August). Assessing within-gender variation: The relative masculinity and relative femininity scales. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Shepherd, M. A., Simonian, J. R., & Trussler, L. C. (2017, October). The subtitle effect: How subtitle-facilitated perceptual learning can make subtitles (seem) less necessary. Paper presentation at the Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL), Boise, ID.
Liang, Y.-S., & Shepherd, M. A. (2017, April). Multicultural inclusiveness in mental/behavioral health intake forms. Paper presentation at the Western Psychological Association (WPA) Annual Convention, Sacramento, CA.
Shepherd, M. A., & Liang, Y.-S. (2015, January). A variationist study of contact-induced vowel nasalization in Mandarin Chinese. Paper presentation at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Shepherd, M. A., & Liang, Y.-S. (2014, October). Non-coarticulatory vowel nasalization in Taiwanese Mandarin. Paper presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 43, Chicago, IL.
Shepherd, M. A., & Cohen, A. (2014, January). Readers’ perceptions of dialect-speaking characters in American literature: A matched-guise study. Paper presentation at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Shepherd, M. A. (2013, November). “Who can tell me why this isn’t fair?”: Volunteer-based turn allocation and educational inequality. Paper presentation at the World Educational Research Association Focal Meeting, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Shepherd, M. A. (2013, January). Critical discourse analysis of synchronic and diachronic variation in institutional turn-allocation. Paper presentation at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Cohen, A., & Shepherd, M. A. (2012, November). Readers’ perceptions of dialect-speaking characters in American literature: A matched-guise study. Paper presentation at the Arizona Linguistics Symposium, Tempe, AZ.
Shepherd, M. A. (2012, October). Discursive variation and discursive power in an institutional setting: A mixed-methods analysis. Paper presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 41, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Shepherd, M. A. (2012, August). Language and the immigrant experience: The myths and realities of linguistic prejudice. In Y.-S. Liang (Chair), Exploring the immigrant experience: Adjustment, language, and mental health. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Shepherd, M. A. (2012, April). Unintended consequences: How teachers’ strategies for managing participation can disadvantage some students. Poster presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Shepherd, M. A., & Wang, J. (2012, January). The role of elementary classroom discourse in the initial construction of student identities. Paper presentation at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Shepherd, M. A., & Wang, J. (2011, December). Cultural incongruence, discursive disempowerment, and minority underachievement. Paper presentation at the World Education Research Association Focal Meeting, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shepherd, M. A. (2011, October). “Yes, Johnny, you have a question?”: Teachers’ use of constraining discursive strategies in answering students’ summonses. Paper presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 40, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Shepherd, M. A. (2011, March). What students know even when they don’t know the answer: Rising intonation in declarative responses as a face-saving strategy. Paper presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Shepherd, M. A. (2011, January). Functional significance of rising-intonation declaratives in settings with special discursive norms. Paper presentation at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Shepherd, M. A. (2010, November). Rising intonation in students’ responses to teachers’ questions: A face-saving strategy. Paper presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 39, San Antonio, TX.
Shepherd, M. A. (2010, March). Tacit acceptance of classroom rule violation as a pedagogical strategy. Paper presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Liang, Y.-S., Shepherd, M. A., & Lo, H.-w. (2009, August). The power of therapist-client solidarity in facilitating change: Implications for AAPI therapists. Poster presentation at the Asian American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Shepherd, M. A. (2009, March). Evaluation of students’ spoken responses across teacher groups. Paper presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Shepherd, M. A. (2009, January). The effect of perceived gender on teachers’ evaluations of students’ spoken responses. Paper presentation at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Shepherd, M. A. (2009, January). The effect of perceived ethnicity on teachers’ evaluations of students’ spoken responses. Paper presentation at the American Dialect Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.