James N. Stanford is a Professor of Linguistics at Dartmouth College, specializing in sociolinguistics, dialectology, and computational sociolinguistics. His research spans Southeast Asia, China, and North America, focusing on language variation, tone systems, and Indigenous language preservation. Research Interests: Dr. Stanford's work addresses language variation and change through acoustic sociophonetics, sociotonetics, and collaborative research with Indigenous communities. Key areas include Sui language studies, computational dialect analysis, and North American English dialects. Co-editor of Language Variation and Change Co-founder of Asia-Pacific Language Variation journal Developed DARLA system for automated phonetic analysis Publications: His recent work explores linguistic contact in China's minority languages, automated transcription tools, and tonal changes in heritage languages. He has published extensively in computational sociolinguistics and dialect mapping. Teaching: Dr. Stanford teaches courses in sociolinguistics, field methods, syntax, and experimental phonetics. He has led international fieldwork programs in Thailand and New Zealand. Fieldwork: Active in China (Sui), Alaska, Cook Islands, and New England regions, he combines traditional linguistic fieldwork with modern computational methods to document and analyze language variation.
