In this talk, Dr. Casillas will present research on open science and transparency practices in the field of linguistics. He will show that, by and large, linguistics does not engage in open science and transparency practices, though there is reason to believe this is changing for the better. Furthermore, he will present data from the Many Speech Analyses Project showing that the problem of researcher degrees of freedom is likely much more serious than our current understanding suggests. To conclude, he will discuss what we learn from methodological reform, many analyst-type studies, and big team science, as well as what current trends mean for linguistics, generally—and for some sub-fields of linguistics, specifically—. He will present solutions aimed at reducing researcher degrees of freedom and fostering open science practices in linguistics.

Dr. Joseph V. Casillas, Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics, Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University