About Me
Jason Xu
Tribal Linguist
fəˈnɛtɪk͜s ɪz ˈlaɪf · fəˈnɔləd͜ʒiˑ ɪz laɪf · wɪðaʊt̚ spiˑt͜ʃ læŋɡweːd͜ʒ ɪz d͜ʒʌst ə ɹʷaɪɾɪɲ sɪstəm
Education
University of York
MA Phonetics and Phonology · 2020–2022
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
BA Linguistics · 2016–2019
Kapi'olani Community College
AA Liberal Arts · 2013–2016
Experience
Tribal Linguist — CTUIR
Jun 2023 – present
Research Assistant
Sep 2022 – May 2023
SCUTLE Language Specialist — LDC, UPenn
Sep 2022 – Mar 2023
Freelance Translator
Aug 2019 – Jul 2022
Contract Audio Transcriber — E2F
Feb 2020 – Apr 2020
Skills
Data Analysis
Quantitative analysis and research
Phonetics & Phonology
Acoustics · laboratory methods
Language Work
Documentation · second language teaching
AI & Design
Prompt engineering · agent skill building · image & design tools
Vibe Coding
Scientific research · social media management
Languages
Mandarin
Native
English
Close to native
Japanese
Academic
French · Portuguese · Turkish
Beginner
Awards
JLPT N2
Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
Phi Theta Kappa
Honor Society
Interests — work
Phonetics
Experimental · acoustic · articulatory
Phonology
Laboratory · articulatory · phonetics-phonology interface
Language
Technologies · documentation · theoretical linguistics
Fieldwork
Cross-linguistic studies · science
Interests — IRL
Cats
Winter & Meadow, obviously
Photography · Travel
The archive grows
Baking · Cooking · Drinks
Kitchen experiments
TikTok · Video games · Vibe coding
The rest of the iceberg
Lifetime coordinates
Places I’ve Called Home
From a snowy northeast China to the Columbia Basin — with an island and an English cathedral city in between. Six stops, four time zones, one very good cat window.
Hover a stop — or drag across the map to fly the route Tap a stop, or drag across the map
- 6stops since Changchun
- 4time zones
- ≈34,600 kmbetween homes · great-circle
- ≈78 mihome ↔ work · one way
