Presentations

Kendro, K. (2026). Introducing a searchable repository of empirical language attrition research. Paper accepted for presentation at the 5th International Conference on Language Attrition and Bilingualism: Porto Alegre, BR, 7–9 October 2026.

Kendro, K., & Jarvis, S. (2026). Lexical retrieval and access in attriters: A masked priming study. Paper accepted for presentation at the 5th International Conference on Language Attrition and Bilingualism: Porto Alegre, BR, 7–9 October 2026.

Kendro, K., Hu, Y., & Jarvis, S. (2026). How is language attrition defined? A terminological review of empirical human subjects research. Paper accepted for presentation at the 5th International Conference on Language Attrition and Bilingualism: Porto Alegre, BR, 7–9 October 2026.

Larson-Hall, J., & Kendro, K. (2026). Lexical attrition trajectories of L2 Spanish and Japanese: Evidence from 5+ decades of L2 disuse. Paper accepted for presentation at the 5th International Conference on Language Attrition and Bilingualism: Porto Alegre, BR, 7–9 October 2026.

Kendro, K. (2026). What do we know about L2 attrition? Reviewing 45 years of empirical human subjects research. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2026 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF): Montréal, QC, 2–4 October 2026.

Yang, L., Kendro, K., & Aberle, H. (2026). Using L2 attrition research to inform language teaching: A roadmap and reflection. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2026 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF): Montréal, QC, 2–4 October 2026.

Larson-Hall, J. & Kendro, K. (2026). Attrition in Spanish and Japanese L2 by English speakers. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2026 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF): Montréal, QC, 2–4 October 2026.

Cabrera Pérez, R., & Kendro, K. (2026). Research synthesis through terminological review. Paper presented at the AILA Europe Research Methods in Terminology Online Workshop: Virtual.

Kendro, K. (2026). What do we mean by "attrition"? A terminological review of empirical human subjects research. Invited talk at the Language Attrition Network (LAN): Virtual. [slides]

Kendro, K., & Cabrera Pérez, R. (2026). Quantifying variation in essentialist labels through terminological review. Lightning talk presented at the 3rd Annual Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium: Virtual. [abstract, slides]

Grixoni, F., Akbary, M., Kendro, K., & Egbert, J. (2026). Testing the comprehensibility of Utah jury instructions through empirical linguistic methods. Paper presented at the 2026 Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL): Chicago, IL. [slides]

Kendro, K. & Hu, Y. (2026). A scoping review of language attrition research: Identifying how attrition is defined and operationalized. Paper presented at the 2026 Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL): Chicago, IL. [slides]

Kendro, K. & Jarvis, S. (2026). Is my ‘bilingual’ your ‘bilingual’? Researchers’ definitions and operationalizations of multilingual terminology. Paper presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA): New Orleans, LA. [abstract, slides]

Jarvis, S., Egbert, J., Akbary, M., Grixoni, F., Kendro, K., Cunningham, C., & Eggington, B. (2025). Comprehensibility of Jury Instructions through Empirical Linguistic Methods. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference. [abstract, slides]

Larson-Hall, J., Kendro, K., & McGuire, M. (2025). Effects of task repetition and idealized input on lexical performance of L2 Spanish Attriters. Paper presented at the 2025 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF): Flagstaff, AZ. [abstract, slides]

Kendro, K. (2025). A scoping review of L2 attrition research. Paper presented at the 2025 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF): Flagstaff, AZ. [abstract, slides]

Zhao, X., & Kendro, K. (2025). Assessing the validity of lexical indices using direct judgements across prepared speech tasks. Paper presented at the 2025 Hiroshima Lexical Research Forum (H-LRF): Virtual. [slides]

Kutlu, E. & Kendro, K. (2025). Rethinking the “Native” Speaker: Essentialism and Linguistic Theory. Part of Reframing Our Language Experience: Challenging Essentialist Labels for Inclusive and Equitable Research. Presentation at the Linguistic Society of America Presidential Research Forum. [recorded video (LSA login needed)]

Kendro, K. & Jarvis, S. (2025). Defining bilingualism: Reconciling self-identification and researcher determination. Poster presented at the 2025 International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB): San Sebastián, SP. [abstract, poster]

Kendro, K. (2025). Who counts as bilingual? Comparing participants' and researchers' descriptions of language background. Lightning talk accepted for presentation at the 2nd Annual Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium. [First presented as: Kendro, K. & Jarvis, S. (2025). Who counts as bilingual? Comparing participants' and researchers' descriptions of language background. 2025 Five Minute Linguist (5ML) presentation at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA): Philadelphia, PA.] [abstract, video]

Kendro, K., Maloney, J., & Jarvis, S. (2025). A comparison of lexical diversity measures between human and AI writing. Paper presented at the 2025 Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL): Denver, CO. [abstract, slides]

Larson-Hall, J., & Kendro, K. (2025). A Constant Decay Hypothesis account of lexical attrition: Evidence from L2 Spanish. Paper presented at the 2025 Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL): Denver, CO. [abstract, slides]

Kendro, K. & Jarvis, S. (2025). Who counts as bilingual? Comparing ideals and identification across researchers and participants. Poster presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA): Philadelphia, PA. [osf]

Jarvis, S., Egbert, J., Akbary, M., Demir, Y., Grixoni, F., Kendro, K., Cunningham, C., & Eggington, B. (2024). Improving the Comprehensibility of Jury Instructions through Empirical Linguistic Methods. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference. [abstract, slides]

Kendro, K., Maloney, J., & Jarvis, S. (2024). Lexical diversity in human- and LLM-generated text. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 46. [osf]

Kendro, K. & Jarvis, S. (2024). Lexical diversity and perceived credibility in eyewitness accounts. Paper presented at the 2024 Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). [abstract, slides]

Kendro, K. & Jarvis, S. (2024). Assessing potential language attrition: The Supplemental Language Attrition Questionnaire. Poster presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA): New York City, NY. [osf]

García-Amaya, L., Kendro, K., & Henriksen, N. (2023). Regional variation, articulation rate, and pausing patterns in three varieties of Spanish. Poster presented at The 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. [poster, paper]

Kendro, K., & Jarvis, S. (2023). Lexical diversity across monolingual and multilingual populations. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 45. [abstract, poster]

Kendro, K., Akbary, M., Almas, A., & Jarvis, S. (2023). Extralinguistic markers of political affiliation: A corpus analysis of Parler and Twitter. Poster presented at the 2023 Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). [osf]

Kendro, K., Akbary, M., & Jarvis, S. (2022). Internet-influenced shifts in compound word formation and usage frequency. Poster presented at The 15th Biennial High Desert Linguistic Society Conference. [osf, lightning talk]

García-Amaya, L., Kendro, K., & Henriksen, N. (2022). Regional variation in articulation rate and pausing across three dialects of Spanish. Poster presented at The 18th Conference on Laboratory Phonology. [osf, lightning talk]

Schoener, N., Marchand, E., Kendro, K., & Barner, D. (2021). Subitizing Abilities of Bilingual Subset-Knowers. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 43. [abstract]

Boland, J. E., Pasquinelli, R., Sabri, M., Kendro, K., & Brickman, J. (2017). Working Memory and Conversational Fluency. In Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 22, 58th Annual Meeting. [abstract; page 7]