“In customer research, if there is any group that’s capacitated to just go out and talk to people, it’s linguists” Mary-Caitlyn Valentinsson earned her Ph.D. in anthropology and linguistics in a joint program from the University of Arizona in 2019. Her dissertation research was on fandoms – the way communities engage with pop culture. After finishing her doctoral degree, she taught at Appalachian State University for three years. In August 2022, she took a position with Universal Parks and Resorts in Orlando, Florida, where she works as a manager of ethnographic research. Mary-Caitlyn Valentinsson on LinkedIn Topics include – anthropology – networking – transferable skills – ethnography – qualitative research – quantitative research – focus groups – sociolinguistics – discourse analysis – fandom The post Episode #59: Mary-Caitlyn Valentinsson first appeared on Linguistics Careercast .
