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Erica Gold serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics within the College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences at California State University San Marcos. Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in Linguistics and MSc in Forensic Speech Science from the University of York, UK, and a B.A. in Linguistics from UC San Diego.
- Ph.D. in Linguistics; University of York, U.K.
- MSc in Forensic Speech Science; University of York, U.K.
- B.A. in Linguistics; University of California San Diego
Dr. Gold's research focuses on the intersection of phonetics and sociolinguistics, employing acoustic, auditory, and data-intensive approaches to inform both linguistic theory and forensic applications. Her primary interests include phonetic variation in vowels, speaking tempo, hesitation markers, and voice quality as they relate to regional and social accents/dialects, with particular attention to inter-speaker and intra-speaker variability across different populations. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical forensic speaker identification applications.
Analysis of her publication record reveals consistent specialization in forensic phonetics, with particular emphasis on speaker identification methodologies, regional dialect variation (especially West Yorkshire English), and the application of acoustic analysis to forensic evidence. Her research demonstrates methodological rigor through the development and validation of speech tempo measures, voice quality analysis, and large-scale regional speech databases for forensic reference populations.
Dr. Gold serves as an Editorial Assistant for Babel: The Language Magazine, which publishes linguistics content for lay audiences, and is a Full Member of the OSAC subcommittee on Speaker Recognition for the National Institute for Standards and Technology, where she contributes to developing forensic speaker recognition standards.
She teaches foundational linguistics courses including LING 101: Mysteries of Human Language and LING 200: English Grammar and Syntax, bringing her research expertise in phonetics and forensic applications into the classroom. Her professional activities demonstrate strong engagement with both academic linguistics and practical forensic applications through publications, committee work, and database development.
