Tyler Kendall joins Wilson Center for Science and Justice
Kendall becomes Research Director, leading the Center’s research efforts
Tyler Kendall has joined the Wilson Center for Science and Justice as the Center’s Research Director. Here he will guide the research efforts, working closely with the leadership team and the policy team to align research and policy efforts. He will support our work to engage with stakeholders and conduct and translate interdisciplinary research into effective and practical policy change.
“Tyler brings extensive experience in research design, implementation, and administration, to the Wilson Center,” says Faculty Director Brandon Garrett. “His deep expertise in data infrastructure and proven track record in supporting research will be instrumental in bringing our research work to the next level, and we’re so grateful to have him join us.”
Dr. Kendall is an experienced research administrator and researcher in the language sciences. He earned his PhD in English Linguistics at Duke in 2009. He then held a post-doc appointment in Linguistics at Northwestern University before moving to the University of Oregon, where he was Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Language Variation and Computation Lab.
He has developed several major language resources, including the Sociolinguistic Archive and Analysis Project at NC State University and the Corpus of Regional African American Language at the University of Oregon. These projects seek to make critical data available to researchers and advance racial equity by promoting and supporting research and education about language diversity. The latter resource, in particular, has been used extensively across industry and academy to combat bias in speech technology.
Prior to coming to the Center, Kendall served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation where he managed three programs in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences in the Directorate of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences and served on several cross-directorate working groups.
“I am honored to join this exceptional team and excited to contribute to the next chapter of its groundbreaking research,” says Kendall.
“We are thrilled to welcome Tyler to the Wilson Center. He brings a depth and breadth of research experience, a passion for supporting researchers in their work, and a dedication to promoting social justice and racial equity,” adds Center Executive Director Yvette Garcia Missri.
Learn more about Tyler on his profile page.