ERIN SCHNUR

Department of English
Northern Arizona University

Email: ees64@nau.edu
Web: www.erinschnur.weebly.com

EDUCATION
2017

Candidate for Ph.D., Applied Linguistics

Northern Arizona University
Dissertation: Structure and function in EAP and authentic
university lectures
Committee: Douglas Biber (co-chair), Randi Reppen (co-chair),
Bill Crawford, Jesse Egbert, Shelley Staples

2013

M.A. (with distinction), Teaching English as a Second Language

Northern Arizona University

2010

B.A., Major: Linguistics, Minor: Anthropology

Iowa State University

PUBLICATIONS
Egbert, J. & Schnur, E. (under contract | 2017). Missing the trees for the forest: The role of the
text in corpus linguistics. In Charlotte Taylor and Anna Marchi (Eds.), Corpus
approaches to discourse: a critical review. London: Routledge.
Biber, D., Reppen, R., Schnur, E. & Ghanem, R. (in press). On the (non)utility of Juillands D
to measure lexical dispersion in large corpora. International Journal Of Corpus
Linguistics.
Schnur, E. (2014). Phraseological signaling of discourse organization in academic lectures: A
comparison of lexical bundles in authentic lectures and EAP listening materials.
Yearbook Of Phraseology, 5(1), 95-122.
Schnur, E. (2014). Review of the book Lectures. TESL-EJ, 18(1).

Manuscripts in Preparation

Schnur, E. (in preparation). The use of crowd-sourcing for text processing in corpus
linguistics: A case study. (Journal article in preparation to submit to Journal of
Research Design and Statistics in Linguistics and Communication Science).
Brown, D. & Schnur, E. Topical trends in 30 years of applied linguistics research.
Schnur, E., Ghanem, R., & Biber, D. Genitive variation in English: Expanding the domain of
inquiry to include non-interchangeable variants.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
May 2016 - present

Research Assistant
PIs: Douglas Biber and Randi Reppen
Grant: Education Testing Service
Project: Longitudinal development of linguistic complexity in
advanced untutored settings
Duties: Data coding and data analysis

Summer 2015

Research Assistant
PI: Douglas Biber
Project: Genitive variation in English
Duties: Developed framework of analysis and theoretical
background for project, conducted data collection and data analysis

Spring 2014

Transcriptionist
PIs: Shelley Staples, Geoffrey LaFlair, and Jesse Egbert
Project: Variability in the MELAB speaking task
Duties: Transcribed spoken MELAB interviews

Fall 2013

Data Coder
PIs: Douglas Biber and Jesse Egbert
Project: Register variation on the searchable web
Duties: Checked tagged corpus data for errors, corrected errors

UNIVERSITY WORK EXPERIENCE

English Department Teaching
Graduate Courses
Instructor, ESL Methods and Materials: Listening and Speaking, ENG 558, (Summer 2015)
Substitute Instructor, Grammatical Foundations, ENG 528, (Fall 2016, Fall 2015)
(8 class periods)

Substitute Instructor, Fundamentals of Second Language Teaching, ENG 528 (Fall 2016)
(2 class periods)
Undergraduate Courses
Teaching Assistant, Language in the United States, ENG 223, (Fall 2014)
Substitute Instructor, Language in the United States, ENG 223, (Fall 2016)
(4 class periods)
Assessment Experience
International student testing coordinator (consultant), joint program between Northern Arizona
University and Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Fall 2016)
Assessment specialist and test developer, Program in Intensive English, Northern Arizona
University (Fall 2015 Spring 2016)
Program in Intensive English Teaching
Instructor, Intermediate Reading and Writing (Spring 2013, Spring 2014)
Instructor, Advanced Listening and Speaking (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall
2012, Summer 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014)
Instructor, Beginning Vocabulary (Summer 2013)
Instructor, Intermediate Grammar (Spring 2013)
Instructor, Intermediate Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Fall 2011)
EFL EXPERIENCE
Summer 2011

English Summer Camp Director

Jinan Senior High School
Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China

Fall 2010 Spring 2011

English Instructor
Jinan Senior High School
Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China

Summer 2010

English Instructor, TOEFL Preparation Course

Instituto Tecnolgico de Quertaro
Quertaro, Mexico

PRESENTATIONS
Schnur, E. (2017, accepted), Providing EAP Listening Input: An Evaluation of Recorded
Listening Passages. Paper accepted to the annual conference of the TESOL
International Association in Seattle, Washington.
Schnur, E., Ghanem, R., Biber, D. (2016), Genitive Variation in English: Expanding the
Domain of Inquiry to Include Non-Interchangeable Variants. Paper presented at the
annual conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics, Ames, Iowa.
Schnur, E. (2016), Structural and Functional Characteristics of EAP and Authentic
University Lectures. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American
Association for Corpus Linguistics, Ames, Iowa.
Schnur, E. & Wright, J. (2014), Agree to Disagree: Approaching Sensitive Situations in a
Multi-Cultural Classroom. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Arizona
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Schnur, E. & Wright, J. (2014), Agree to Disagree: Approaching Sensitive Situations in a
Multi-Cultural Classroom. Paper presented at the Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference,
Flagstaff, Arizona.

SERVICE
Professional Service
2014

Session chair for the annual conference of the American Association for Corpus
Linguistics

2014

Volunteered on the publicity/signage committee for the annual conference of

the American Association for Corpus Linguistics

2014

Volunteered on the setup/teardown committee for the annual conference of the

Arizona Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Departmental Service
2016

Founding member, Corpus Linguistics Club, Northern Arizona University

2016 - 2017

Social Coordinator, Graduate Student Association of Applied Linguistics,

Northern Arizona University

2016

Session chair for the Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference, Northern Arizona

University

2016

Session leader, International Student Orientation, Northern Arizona University

2014 - 2015

Secretary, Graduate Student Association of Applied Linguistics, Northern

Arizona University

2012 - 2013

Public Relations Officer, Graduate Student Association of Applied Linguistics,

Northern Arizona University

AWARDS, HONORS, & GRANTS

2016

Support for Graduate Students Dissertation Grant ($1,500.00)

2014

Teacher of the year (student-voted), Program in Intensive English, Northern

Arizona University

2012

Teacher of the year (student-voted), Program in Intensive English, Northern

Arizona University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics)
Arizona TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming languages: Perl; Python; R
Data and statistical analysis: Excel; SPSS
Concordancing software: AntConc; MonoConc; WordSmith Tools
Course Management: Blackboard Learn
Audio/Video Editing: Adobe Premiere; Audacity

REFERENCES

Douglas Biber, Regents Professor, Program in Applied Linguistics

Northern Arizona University
Email: Douglas.Biber@nau.edu
Telephone: 928-523-6156
English Department
705 S. Beaver Street
P.O. Box: 6032
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Randi Reppen, Professor, Program in Applied Linguistics
Northern Arizona University
Email: Randi.Reppen@nau.edu
Telephone: 928-523-6284
English Department
705 S. Beaver Street
P.O. Box: 6032
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Bill Crawford, Associate Professor, Program in Applied Linguistics
Email: William.Crawford@nau.edu
Telephone: 928-523-5987
English Department
705 S. Beaver Street
P.O. Box: 6032
Flagstaff, AZ 86011