Donald James Derrick's Academic CV

New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour
University of Canterbury
Private Bag, 4800 Christchurch, 8140
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 369 5941
 
donald.derrick@gmail.com
http://www.ece.ubc.ca/ ~ donaldd

EDUCATION

PhD 2011 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CA
Department of Linguistics
MA 1997 Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CA
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
BA 1995 Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, CA
Department of Anthropology

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor

2017 Instructor: LING 307 : Topics in Phonetics and Phonology UC
2013 Instructor: UWS 100201: Special Study in Languages and Linguistics UWS
2011 Instructor: LING 317: Directed studies on Instrumental Phonetics UBC
2008 Instructor: LING 316: Introduction to Speech ScienceUBC
2008 Guest Instructor: AUDI 513: Lecture on Articulatory Phonetics UBC

Teaching Assistant (Tutor)

2007,09,11 TA: LING 316: Introduction to Speech ScienceUBC
2006, 10 TA: LING 100: Introduction to LinguisticsUBC
2009 TA: LSA 302: Articulatory Phonetics UC Berkeley
2006-07,09TA: LING 317: Instrumental PhoneticsUBC
2008 TA: LING 317/530B: Instrumental PhoneticsUBC
1995-96TA: Sociology and Anthropology Dalhousie

Supervisory Experience

2017 MA: audio-tactile research Jilcy George
2017 MA: audio-visual-tactile research Zoe Haws
2016-17 RA: Aero-tactile research NZILBB Matthias Heyne
2016-17 RA: Systematic A/V Brain review NZILBB Doreen Hansmann
2016- MA: Hearing impaired AT integration UCMark Gordon
2015- RA: Eye-tracking and Ultrasound UC Kieran Doreen
2015-16 MA: Visual-tactile research UBC Katie Bicevskis
2014- PhD: Articulatory, Acoustic and UWS Jia Ying
Perceptual Characteristics of Laterals
in Lebanese Accented English
2014-2016 PhD: L1 and trombone playing UC Matthias Heyne
2014 Postdoc: Aero-tactile research NZILBB Tom De Rybel
2013- RA: EMA/ultrasound research NZILBB Romain Fiasson
2013-14 RA: Aero-tactile research NZILBB Kieran Stone
2013 RA: EMA/Ultrasound research MARCS Elita Dakhoul
2013 Intern: EMA/Ultrasound research MARCS Zeiya Speede
2012-13 RA: Acoustical correlates research MARCS Ben Schultz
2010-12 RA: Textbook Illustration UBC Andrea Yeung, Wini Murphey
Kate Komova, Anna Klenin
2008-09 RA: Phonetics (fullmouth) UBC Connor Meyer, Zachary Ng
Cathy Lin
2008-09 RA: Phonetics (flaps and taps) UBC Aislin Stott
2008 TA: LING 316 UBC Aislin Stott
2008 Curriculum Building, LING 316/317 UBC Aislin Stott

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2015- Researcher/Lecturer
New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour
University of Canterbury
2015- Adjunct
MARCS Institute, University of Western Sydney
2011-2014 Postdoc
MARCS Institute, University of Western Sydney (Cathi Best)
New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour
University of Canterbury (Jen Hay)
2009-11 Research Assistant
University of British Columbia (Bryan Gick)
Aero-tactile, flap kinematics, and MEG research
2008 Research Assistant
University of British Columbia (Linguistics Department)
Wrote course materials for:
LING 316: Introduction to Speech Science
LING 317: Instrumental Phonetics
2007-08Research Assistant
University of British Columbia (Joe Stemberger)
Programmed Psychology Experiments
Conducted over 90 Experiments
2004-06Research Assistant
University of British Columbia (Linguistics department)
Technical support
Academic Equipment Fund grant writing/equipment purchase
Interdisciplinary Speech Research Lab equipment maintenance
2003-04 Research Assistant
University of British Columbia (Human Communications Techonology)
Artisynth concepts and tongue model

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001-02Senior Programmer/Analyst/ResearcherProtocol USA, Braintree, MA
1999-01Senior Programmer/AnalystProtocol USA, Braintree, MA
1998-99ConsultantKeane, Inc., Tampa, FL
1996-97Researcher/CoordinatorMRCIL, Halifax, NS
1995 Pilot Project Coordinator's AssistantMRCIL, Halifax, NS
1994 Peer Support AssistantMRCIL, Halifax, NS
1990-91Supply Tech723 Comm Squad, Halifax, NS

GRANTS

Marsden UC Support Fund,"How do our brains hear, see and feel speech?" (2017), $5,000 NZD
 
MBIE Grant, "Smart Ideas" Phase II, New Zealand, "Aero-tactile Enhancement of Speech Perception - Phase 2", $1,150,000 NZD (2014-2016)
 
MBIE Grant, "Smart Ideas" Phase I, New Zealand, "Aero-tactile Enhancement of Speech Perception", $553,436 NZD (2012-2014)
 
Marsden Grant, New Zealand, "Saving energy vs. making yourself understood during speech production", $342,348 NZD (2012-2015)
 
MARCS Institute research grant (PI = Jason Shaw), "The time course of tone perception and production", $14,591 AUD (2012)
 
Jacob's Research Fund (PI = Martina Wiltschko), "Collecting Blackfoot Narratives" (2007)

AWARDS

Raymond H. Stetson Scholarship in Phonetics and Speech Production (Honourable Mention), Acoustical Society of America (2011)
A. G. Bell Student Prize in Speech Communication and Hearing, Canadian Acoustical Association (2008)
University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia (206-07)
University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2004-05)
Dalhousie Fellow, Dalhousie University (1995-96)
Joy Estate Trust, St. Mary's University (1994-95)
Achievement Scholarship, St. Mary's University (1994-95)

SERVICE TO THE FIELD

Occasional Reviewer: Biological Sciences; Canadian Journal of Linguistics; Child Language; Current biology; Frontiers in Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology; Journal of the International Phonetic Association; Journal of Phonetics; Journal of Second Language Pronunciation; Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; Journal of the Acoustical Society of America; Laboratory Phonology; Language; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Proceedings of the Royal Society; Speech Communication
 
Conferences: A/V committee, Ultrafest II, Peter Wall Institute, UBC (2004), A/V committee, 38th Algonquian conference, UBC (2006), Review Committee: Speech Science and Technology 2012, Macquarie (2012), ICPhS (2015).

PUBLICATIONS

Books

References

[1]
Gick, B. W., Wilson, I. L., and Derrick, D. (2013). Articulatory Phonetics. Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, Massachusetts.

Patents

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and De Rybel, T. (2016). Maskless speech airflow estimation system. New Zealand application 722578.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and De Rybel, T. (2015). System for audio analysis and perception enhancement. PCT patent number WO 2015/122785 A1.

Journal Articles

References

[1]
Shaw, J. A., Chen, W., Proctor, M. I., and Derrick, D. (2016). Influences of Tone on Vowel Articulation in Mandarin Chinese. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59:S1566-S1574.

References

[1]
Bicevskis, K., Derrick, D., and Gick, B. (2016). Visual-tactile integration in speech perception: Evidence for modality neutral speech primitives. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(5):3531-3539.

References

[1]
Heyne, M. and Derrick, D. (2016). Visualization techniques for empirical brass instrument research. International Trumpet Guild, 140(4):6-14.

References

[1]
Teo, T. K.-Y., Ashley, P. F., and Derrick, D. (2016). Lower first permanent molars: developing better predictors of spontaneous space closure. The European Journal of Orthodontics, pages 1-6.

References

[1]
Heyne, M. and Derrick, D. (2015). Using a radial ultrasound transducer's virtual origin to compute midsagittal smoothing splines in polar coordinates. Journal of The Acoustical Society of America - Express Letters, 138(6):EL509-EL514.

References

[1]
Chen, W., Chang, Y., Best, C. T., and Derrick, D. (2015). Super-imposing maxillary and palatal locations for electroarticulometry: A SIMPLE method. Journal of The Acoustical Society of America - Express Letters, 138(2):EL161-EL166.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2015). Three speech sounds, one motor action: Evidence for speech-motor disparity from english flap production. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(3):1493-1502.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2014). Accommodation of end-state comfort reveals subphonemic planning in speech. Phonetica, 71(3):183-200.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2013). Aerotactile integration from distal skin stimuli. Multisensory Research, 26:405-416.

References

[1]
Stavness, I., Gick, B., Derrick, D., and Fels, S. (2012). Biomechanical modeling of English /r/ variants. Journal of The Acoustical Society of America - Express Letters, 131(5):EL355-EL360.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2011). Individual variation in english flaps and taps: A case of categorical phonetics. Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 56(3):307-319.

References

[1]
Gick, B., Ikegami, Y., and Derrick, D. (2010). The temporal window of audio-tactile integration in speech perception. Journal of The Acoustical Society of America - Express Letters, 128(5):EL342-EL346.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Archambault, D. (2010). Treeform: Explaining and exploring grammar through syntax trees. Literary and Linguistic Computing, 25(1):53-66. doi: 10.1093/llc/fqp031.

References

[1]
Gick, B. and Derrick, D. (2009). Aero-tactile integration in speech perception. Nature, 462:502-504. doi:10.1038/nature08572.

References

[1]
Derrick, D., Anderson, P., Gick, B., and Green, S. (2009). Characteristics of air puffs produced in English `pa': Experiments and simulations. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(4):2272-2281.

Proceedings

References

[1]
Derrick, D., O'beirne, G. A., De Rybel, T., Fiasson, R., and Hay, J. (2016). Effects of speech airflow on 2fc word identification in mandarin and english. In Proceedings of the 16th Speech Science and Technology Conference (SST2016), page 1.

References

[1]
Derrick, D., De Rybel, T., and Fiasson, R. (2015). Recording and reproducing speech airflow outside the mouth. Canadian Acoustics, 43(3):102-103.

References

[1]
Heyne, M. and Derrick, D. (2015). Trombone players seem to use different tongue positions while playing sustained notes, depending on their native languages. In Ginsborg, J., Lamont, A., Phillips, M., and Bramley, S., editors, Proceedings of the Ninth Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), Manchester, UK.

References

[1]
Davis, C., Shaw, J., Proctor, M., Derrick, D., Sherwood, S., and Kim, J. (2015). Examining speech production using masked priming. In Proceedings of 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), pages 1-5.

References

[1]
Derrick, D., Best, C. T., and Fiasson, R. (2015). Non-metallic ultrasound probe holder for co-collection and co-registration with EMA. In Proceedings of 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), pages 1-5.

References

[1]
Heyne, M. and Derrick, D. (2015). The influence of tongue position on trombone sound: A likely area of language influence. In Proceedings of 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), pages 1-5.

References

[1]
Heyne, M. and Derrick, D. (2014). Some initial findings regarding language influence on playing brass instruments. In Hay, J. and Parnell, E., editors, Proceedings of the 15th Australasian International Speech Science and Technology Conference (SST2014), pages 180-183.

References

[1]
Derrick, D., O'Beirne, G. A., De Rybel, T., and Hay, J. (2014). Aero-tactile integration in fricatives: Converting audio to air flow information for speech perception enhancement. In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2014), pages 2580-2584, Singapore.

References

[1]
Derrick, D., Fiasson, R., and Best, C. T. (2014). Coordination of tongue tip and body in place differences among English coronal obstruents. In Proceedings of the 10th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), Cologne, Germany.

References

[1]
Shaw, J. A., Chen, W., Proctor, M. I., Derrick, D., and Dakhoul, E. (2014). On the inter-dependence of tonal and vocalic production goals in chinese. In Proceedings of the 10th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP).

References

[1]
Shaw, J. A., Tyler, M. D., Kasiopa, B., Ma, Y., Proctor, M., Han, C., Derrick, D., and Burnham, D. (2013). Vowel identity conditions the time course of tone recognition. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Internation Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2013), pages 718-722, Lyon, France.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Schultz, B. (2013). Acoustic correlates of flaps and taps in North American English. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, volume 19, pages 1-5, Montreal, Canada. International Congress on Acoustics.

References

[1]
Stavness, I., Gick, B., Derrick, D., and Fels, S. (2011). Biomechanical modeling of English /r/ variants. In 9th International Seminar on Speech Production, pages 211-218.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2010). Two phonological segments, one motor event: Evidence for speech-motor disparity from english flap production. Canadian Acoustics, 38(3):128-129.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2010). Full body aero-tactile integration in speech perception. In Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2010), pages 122-125, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2008). Quantitative analysis of subphonemic flap/tap variation in NAE. Canadian Acoustics, 36-3:162-163.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2007). Syllabification and Blackfoot /s/. In Proceedings of NWLC 22, SFU Working Papers in Linguistics, pages 62-76, SFU, Burnaby, BC.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2006). Duration of Blackfoot /s/. a comparison of assibilant, affricate, singleton, geminate and syllabic /s/ in Blackfoot. In Proceedings of WSCLA 11, UBC Working Papers in Linguistics, UBC, Vancouver, BC.
* Reviewed

Abstracts

References

[1]
Derrick, D., O'Beirne, G. A., Gordon, M., De Rybel, T., Fiasson, R., and Hay, J. (2016). Effects of aero-tactile stimuli on continuous speech perception. In 5th Joint Meeting, Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan.

References

[1]
Heyne, M. and Derrick, D. (2015). Benefits of using polar coordinates for working with ultrasound midsagittal tongue contours. In 69th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (Poster), Pittsburgh, PA.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2011). Subphonemic planning across syllable, morpheme and word boundaries. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(4):2455.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2009). End-state comfort governs kinematic variation in english flap/tap sequences. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(4):2569.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2005). Production quality of /r/ and /l/ liquids among Cantonese and Mandarin ESL learners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 117(4):Pt. 2:2425.

References

[1]
Vogt, F., Guenther, O., Hannam, A., van dan Doel, K., Lloyd, J., Vihan, L., Chander, R., Lam, J., Wilson, C., Tait, K., Derrick, D., Wilson, I., Jaeger, C., Gick, B., Vatikiotis-Bateson, E., and Fels, S. (2005). ArtiSynth designing a modular 3D articulatory speech synthesizer. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 117(4):Pt. 2:2542.

Tools

References

[1]
Derrick, D., De Rybel, T., O'Beirne, G. A., and Hay, J. (2014). Listen with your skin: Aerotak speech perception enhancement system. In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2014), pages 1484-1485, Singapore.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2006). TreeForm syntax tree drawing software. sourceforge.net/projects/treeform.

Reports

References

[1]
Bender, E., Boynton, J., Derrick, D., Ngai, V., Palmer, A., Soderland, S., Thompson, J., and Whalen, D. (2006). KMIC: Key Morphemes in Context, A Widget among Widgets, Digital Tools workshop in Linguistics: Key Morphemes in Context, A Widget among Widgets, Digital Tools workshop in Linguistics. Technical report, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan.


SELECTED MEDIA EXPOSURE

References

[1]
Ballance, A. (2015). `air puffs', speech and mobile phones. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/201766020/`air-puffs',-speech-and-mobile-phones.

References

[1]
Yong, E. (2009). How our skin helps us to listen. http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/25/how-our-skin-helps-us-to-listen/.

PRESENTATIONS

Invited Workshops

D. Derrick. The Ultrasound machine. College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Linguistics, United Arab Emirates University, October 10, 2016
D. Derrick. Co-collection and co-registration of speech production ultrasound and articulometry data. Speech Science and Technology Conference (2014), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, December 2, 2014

Invited Talks

D. Derrick. Aero-tactile speech perception and production. College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Linguistics, United Arab Emirates University, October 26, 2016
D. Derrick. Saving energy vs. making yourself understood during speech production, Interdisciplinary Speech Research Lab, University of British Columbia, May 9, 2016
D. Derrick. Production and perception of complex flap/vowel interactions. College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Linguistics, United Arab Emirates University, October 18, 2016
D. Derrick. Co-collection and co-registration of speech production ultrasound and articulometry data. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, December 14, 2015
D. Derrick. Co-collection and co-registration of speech production ultrasound and articulometry data. University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, July 29, 2014
D. Derrick. Aero-tactile Integration in Speech Perception, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, June 16, 2010.
D. Derrick. Aero-tactile Integration in Speech Perception, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, August 10, 2010.
D. Derrick and B. Gick. Tactile speech perception by everyday perceivers. Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging. University of California, San Francisco. September 18, 2009.

Conference Presentations and Posters

References

[1]
Heyne, M., Dorreen, K., Wang, X., Derrick, D., and Watson, K. D. (2016). An ultrasound study of /r/ in new zealand english. In Linguistic Society of New Zealand Annual Conference (Language in Society, Wellington, New Zealand.

References

[1]
Heyne, M., Wang, X., Dorreen, K., Derrick, D., and Watson, K. D. (2016). The articulation of /r/ in new zealand english. In Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, HI, USA.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Büerkle, D. (2016). Speech prediction from subphonemic production. In LabPhon 15 - The 15th Conference on Laboratory Phonology, Ithaca, New York.

References

[1]
Heyne, M., Derrick, D., and Hay, J. (2015). An ultrasound study of monophthongs in new zealand english. In Talk given at the 46th Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, Western Sydney University, Paramatta.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Fiasson, R. (2014). Evidence of early motor planning in speech production. LabPhon 14 - The 14th Conference on Laboratory Phonology, Tokyo, Japan. Poster.

References

[1]
Shaw, J. A., Chen, W., Tyler, M., Derrick, D., and Proctor, M. (2014). Perceptual attunement to coarticulation: hearing tone in vowel height. LabPhon 14 - The 14th Conference on Laboratory Phonology, Tokyo, Japan. Poster.

References

[1]
Teo, T. K. Y., Ashley, P. F., and Derrick, D. (2013). Factors affecting spontaneous space closure after the extraction of first permanent molars. In National Dental Centre Singapore.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2012). Speech rate influences categorical variation of english flaps and taps during normal speech. In Acoustics week in Hong Kong (2012).

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2011). Subphonemic planning across syllable, morpheme and word boundaries. Acoustical Society of America, 161st meeting.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2011). Subphonemic planning across syllable and word boundaries. ISSP 2011, poster.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2011). Syllable iterance rate influences categorical variation of english flaps during normal speech. In New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour Annual Workshop (NZILBB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

References

[1]
Stavness, I., Gick, B., Derrick, D., and Fels, S. (2011). Biomechanical modeling of English /r/ variants. ISSP 2011, presentation.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2010). Two phonological segments, one motor event: Evidence for speech motor disparity from English flap production. Acoustics Week in Canada 2010, presentation.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2011). Individual variation in english flaps and taps: A case of categorical phonetics. Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 56(3):307-319.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2010). Planning strategies governing selection of kinematic flap/tap variants in north american english. Ultrafest V, presentation.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2008). Quantitative analysis of subphonemic flap/tap variation in NAE. Acoustics Week in Canada 2008, presentation.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2008). Up-flaps, down-flaps, alveolar taps and post-alveolar taps in American English. ACL-CLA 2008, poster.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2006). Blackfoot phonotactics. 22nd North West Linguistics Conference, presentation.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2006). Blackfoot syllabification and `s'. 38th Algonquian Conference, presentation.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2006). Blackfoot geminates and affricates. WSCLA 11, poster.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. (2006). Does VOT distinguish homorganic stops in Blackfoot? 38th Algonquian Conference, poster.

References

[1]
Derrick, D. and Gick, B. (2005). Production quality of /r/ and /l/ liquids among Beijing and non-Beijing Mandarin ESL learners. 149th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, poster.
* Refereed


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