Curriculum Vitae

Education

M.A. in Linguistics, UC Davis                                                         September 2020–June 2022

Advisor Dr. Georgia Zellou

B.A. in Spanish Language, University of Nevada, Reno                     August 2016–June 2019

Magna Cum Laude

Honors College, University of Nevada, Reno                                   August 2016–June 2019

Advisor Dr. Casilde Isabelli & Dr. Gerald McMenamin

Publications

Cohn, M., Keaton, A., Beskow, J., & Zellou, G. (2023). Vocal accommodation to technology: the role of physical form.

Language Sciences, 99.

Keaton, A.R. (2021). You have the right to keep quiet: Translation inadequacies in Nevada’s Spanish Miranda warnings.

Language and Law, 7(1-2).

Keaton, A. (2019). An initial study of the Spanish Miranda warnings in the state of Nevada. 

University of Nevada, Reno Press. 

Breen, J., Keaton, A., C. Juárez, G. McMenamin, J. Mohundro, J. Mora, J. Nieves, A. Tan (2019). A student mock trial in

forensic linguistics. Linguagem e Direito, 6(2).

Presentations

Keaton, A. R., Barreda, S., & Zellou, G. (2025). Sociolinguistic Evaluations are Mediated by Listener Belief about Apparent Humanness. Linguistics Society of America Annual Meeting. 

Keaton, A. R., & Zellou, G. (2024). Differences in social perceptions of (ING) across human and device voices. 

Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting. 

Keaton, A. R., & Zellou, G. (2022). Investigating the Effect of Synthetic Voice Naturalness on Gist Memory.

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 44(44).

Keaton, A. (2019). An initial study of the Spanish Miranda warnings in Nevada. Nevada Undergraduate Research 

Symposium. Poster Presentation.

Breen, J., Keaton, A., et al. (2019). A mock trial experience for student expert-linguists: The case of “negrito.” 

Georgetown University Round Table: Linguistics and the Public Good. Panel Presentation.

Research and Professional Experience

Graduate Student Researcher, UC Davis                                       March 2024 –September 2024

Supervised by Dr. David Corina

Graduate Student Researcher, UC Davis                                       June 2021–September 2021

Supervised by Dr. Georgia Zellou

Researcher, Nevada Undergraduate Research Office                           August 2018 – June 2019

Supervised by Rosemary Diaz Preciado

Contextual pejorative and benign uses of Spanish apodos.                                     March 2019

Supervised by Dr. Gerald McMenamin

A case study of the needs of the Latino community in northern Nevada.                    December 2018

Supervised by Dr. Michelle Wilson

Translation Intern, Northern Nevada Immigration Services               August–December 2018

Catholic Charities. Supervised by Annie Allen, M.S.

A case study of second language acquisition and perceived efficacy of second language       December 2018

acquisition pedagogy.                                                                      

Supervised by Dr. Fares Karam

Applications of Spanish language immersion programs in secondary education.       December 2017

Supervised by Chrissy Klenke, M.S.                                                   

Honors and Awards

UC Davis

University of California, Davis Graduate Research Award April 2024

Steven G. Lapointe Award                                                                  June 2022

Research Travel Award                                                                             June 2022 & October 2023

University of Nevada, Reno

World Languages Departmental Award May 2019

Nevada Undergraduate Research Travel Grant                                                 January 2019

Honors Undergraduate Research Award                                                            December 2018

Nevada State Access Grant                                                                                 August 2018

College of Liberal Arts Dean’s List                                           2016 to 2019

Presidential Scholar                                                                2016 to 2019

Millennium Scholar                                                                2016 to 2019