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Full Name and Credentials
Wil Rankinen, Ph.D.

Title
CSD Program Director, Associate Professor

Office
RFH 411

Phone
616-331-5541

Email
[email protected]

Bio
Wil A. Rankinen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Grand Valley State University. His research focuses on sociolinguistics and phonetics, with an emphasis on sociolinguistic and sociophonetic variation in Michigan Englishes. He teaches courses in phonetics, speech science, and research methods, and his work appears in American Speech and Language Variation and Change.

Professional Interests
My research focuses on speech science, phonetics, and regional variation in Michigan Englishes. I teach courses in phonetics, speech science, communication development, and research methods.

Education

Bachelors of Arts (2008) at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Masters of Arts (2010) at Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
Ph.D. (2014) at Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)

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