Betsy Sneller
- (she/they)
- Assistant Professor
- Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
Biography
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania. Betsy Sneller’s primary research interest is in language variation and change. Her dissertation work focused on the way that dramatic structural sound change (i.e., phonological change) is represented and produced by individual speakers during the change. As a postdoctoral scholar at Georgetown University, 2018-2020, she used experimental methods to investigate the way that children acquire sociolinguistic and phonological variation. Dr. Sneller is co-director of the MSU Sociolinguistics Lab and the PI of the MI Diaries Project (https://mi-diaries.org/).
College of Arts & Letters News
- College of Arts & Letters Faculty and Students Present Interactive Events at 2026 MSU Science Festival
College of Arts & Letters
April 8, 2026The 2026 Michigan State University Science Festival, celebrating and exploring science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics, takes place throughout the month of April, offering free events for all to enjoy. Two of those events will be presented by MSU College of Arts […] Read Now →
- MSU Researcher Awarded $650K NSF Grant to Expand Educational Opportunities Through Linguistics Project
College of Arts & Letters
August 29, 2024Michigan State University Researcher and Assistant Professor of Linguistics Betsy Sneller was awarded $646,385 from the U.S. National Science Foundation, or NSF, to expand educational opportunities for students as part of the MI Diaries linguistics research project. Sneller and […] Read Now →
- MSU Research Team and MI Diaries Project Foster Community During Challenging Times
College of Arts & Letters
January 18, 2024This article includes content and personal accounts about the Feb. 13 violence the Michigan State University community experienced and the aftermath. It may be disturbing and upsetting for some people to read. If you are grieving or in distress, there are many ways to seek […] Read Now →
- NEH Grant to Develop Open-Source Code for Self-Recording Mobile App
College of Arts & Letters
February 14, 2022College of Arts & Letters’ Assistant Professor of Linguistics Betsy Sneller was awarded a $99,908 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Advancement Grant (DHAG) program for her project, “Building and Disseminating an App for […] Read Now →
- MI Diaries Receives NSF Grant to Support Its Expansion
College of Arts & Letters
October 6, 2021The MI Diaries project, run by MSU’s Sociolinguistics Lab and led by College of Arts & Letters’ Assistant Professor of Linguistics Betsy Sneller and Associate Professor of Linguistics Suzanne Wagner, was awarded a $265,830 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) […] Read Now →
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