UC San Diego
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James PerezJames Perez

Email Address: jmp001@ucsd.edu

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.