Name:	James Perez
Education:	M.A. in Linguistics (2005) California State University, Long Beach M.A. Thesis: Linguistic Crossing in Sketch Comedy: Male and Female Heteronormativity and Male Homonormativity B.A. in English: Option in Language and Linguistics (2003) California State University, Long Beach
Research Interests:	My interests have dealt with language use to convey identity within the realm of television news broadcasts as well as radio broadcasts. Some of the papers that I wrote during my M.A. program were: “Language and Identity in The Mark and Brian Radio Program”, “Recapitation of the Talking Heads: Deterrence from traditional broadcast identity on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “Broadcaster Pronunciation: Spanish vs. English pronunciation on the 11 p.m. Television News”. My current interest specifically deals with the performance of gender and sexuality through language use within the arenas of stand-up comedy and sketch comedy.