Publications
Journal Articles
Dunn, J., & Wong, S. (2025). Language Contact and Population Contact as Sources of Dialect Similarity. Languages, 10(8), 188. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages10080188 (Q1 Journal in Linguistics)
Coretta, S., Casillas, J. V., […] Roettger, T. B. (2023). Multidimensional Signals and Analytic Flexibility: Estimating Degrees of Freedom in Human-Speech Analyses. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231162567
Jiao, D., Watson, V., Wong, S. G.-J., Gnevsheva, K., & Nixon, J. S. (2018). Age estimation in foreign-accented speech by non-native speakers of English. Speech Communication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2018.12.005 (Q1 Journal in Linguistics)
Peer-Reviewed Proceedings
Wong, S. (Accepted). TMASC: Transmasculine Attitude and Speech Corpus. In Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH). International Speech Communication Association. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.16351 (Top 10 Venue in Signal Processing)
Li, A., & Wong, S. (Accepted). cantnlp@ DravidianLangTech 2026: organic domain adaptation improves multi-class hope speech detection in Tulu. In D. Thenmozhi, R. Shetty P, P. R. Hegde, A. M D, R. Adyanthaya, M. F. Aljunid, P. K. Kumaresan, & B. R. Chakravarthi (Eds.), In Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on Speech, Vision, and Language Technologies for Dravidian Languages. Association for Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.09795 (Workshop at Top 10 Venue in NLP)
Wong, S. (2025). Stronger together: Unleashing the social impact of hate speech research. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America, 10(1), 1-13.
Wong, S., & Li, A. (2025). cantnlp@DravidianLangTech-2025: A Bag-of-Sounds Approach to Multimodal Hate Speech Detection. In B. R. Chakravarthi, R. Priyadharshini, A. K. Madasamy, S. Thavareesan, E. Sherly, S. Rajiakodi, B. Palani, M. Subramanian, S. Cn, & D. Chinnappa (Eds.), In Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Speech, Vision, and Language Technologies for Dravidian Languages (pp. 543–551). Association for Computational Linguistics. https://aclanthology.org/2025.dravidianlangtech-1.94/ (Workshop at Top 10 Venue in NLP)
Wong, S. G.-J. (2024). What is the social benefit of hate speech detection research? A Systematic Review. In D. Dementieva, O. Ignat, Z. Jin, R. Mihalcea, G. Piatti, J. Tetreault, S. Wilson, & J. Zhao (Eds.), In Proceedings of the Third Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact (pp. 1–12). Association for Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2024.nlp4pi-1.1 (Workshop at Top 10 Venue in NLP)
Wong, S. (2024). Sociocultural Considerations in Monitoring Anti-LGBTQ+ Content on Social Media. In V. Prabhakaran, S. Dev, L. Benotti, D. Hershcovich, L. Cabello, Y. Cao, I. Adebara, & L. Zhou (Eds.), In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Cross-Cultural Considerations in NLP (pp. 84–97). Association for Computational Linguistics. https://aclanthology.org/2024.c3nlp-1.7 (Workshop at Top 10 Venue in NLP)
Wong, S., & Durward, M. (2024). cantnlp@LT-EDI-2024: Automatic Detection of Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Speech in Under-resourced Languages. In B. R. Chakravarthi, B. B, P. Buitelaar, T. Durairaj, G. Kovács, & M. Á. García Cumbreras (Eds.), In Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Language Technology for Equality, Diversity, Inclusion (pp. 177–183). Association for Computational Linguistics. https://aclanthology.org/2024.ltedi-1.19 (Workshop at Top 10 Venue in NLP)
Wong, S., Durward, M., Adams, B., & Dunn, J. (2023). cantnlp@LT-EDI-2023: Homophobia/Transphobia Detection in Social Media Comments using Spatio-Temporally Retrained Language Models. In B. R. Chakravarthi, B. Bharathi, J. Griffith, K. Bali, & P. Buitelaar (Eds.), In Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Language Technology for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (pp. 103–108). INCOMA Ltd., Shoumen, Bulgaria. https://aclanthology.org/2023.ltedi-1.15
Dunn, J., & Wong, S. (2022). Stability of Syntactic Dialect Classification Over Space and Time. In Proceedings in the 29th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, October 12-17 2022, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea. https://aclanthology.org/2022.coling-1.3 (Top 10 Venue in NLP)
Wong, S., Dunn, J., & Adams, B. (2022). Comparing Measures of Linguistic Diversity Across Social Media Language Data and Census Data at Subnational Geographic Areas. In Proceedings in New Zealand Geospatial Research Conference, Massey University, Wellington. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20686324.v1
Peer-Reviewed Books & Book Chapters
Wong, S. (2026). Queer Asians: Beyond Closets. Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa (Ed: G. Gassin; Te Papa Press).
Wong, S. G.-J. (2023). Queer Asian identities in Contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand: One Foot Out of the Closet. Lived Places Publishing. https://doi.org/10.62859/9781915271488
Lo, J., & Wong, S. G.-J. (In press). Multilingualism and code-switching. In F. Nolan, K. McDougall & T. Hudson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Forensic Phonetics. Oxford University Press.
Wong, S., Adams, B., and Dunn, J. (In press). Detecting Linguistic Diversity on Social Media. Cartography and GIScience in Australasia and Oceania: Including twenty years of GeoCart (Ed: A. Moore.).
Other Publications
Wong, S. (2026, Apr 29). Transdisciplinary research is like a potluck [Online]. Te Pūnaha Matatini.
Wong, S., Calude, A. S., James, J. (2026, Mar 6). English doesn’t need protecting in New Zealand – but other languages do [Online]. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.h4v9jxpyq
Wong, S. (2024, Feb 21). One foot out of the closet: Queer Asian identities in NZ [Online]. Asia Media Centre.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2023). Book Notice by Sidney Wong of Pawłowski, Embleton, Mačutek and Mikros (2021) [Book Notice]. Te Reo – The Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 66 (1), 25-26. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24036846
Theses
Wong, S. G.-J. (2026). Language, place, and social media : geographic dialect alignment in New Zealand. (Unpublished Doctoral thesis). University of Canterbury. https://doi.org/10.26021/16490
Wong, S. G.-J. (2017). Exploring the vocal satisfaction and self-perceived vocal masculinity of transmasculine individuals. (Unpublished Masters thesis). University of Canterbury. http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4341
Conference Contributions
Complex and Social Systems Modelling
Wong, S. (2026, June). Why does ChatGPT think Gore is in Texas?. Lightning talk at the Science Communicators Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) Conference, Jun 25-26, University of Canterbury.
Wong, S. (2026, June). Do AIs dream of electric sheep?. Lightning talk at the Aotearoa Futures Forum, Jun 19, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Wong, S. (2026, June). User Behaviour as a Predictor of Grammatical Similarity within Digital Networks. Paper presented at the First Asia-Pacific Summer School and Conference on Networks and Complex Systems (APCNCS), Jun 9-12, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10523/51295
Hancock, P., Price, M., Wilson, K., & Wong, S. (2026, February). Modelling a Country for Impact. Unposter presented at the 2026 Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, Feb 24-25, Wellington, New Zealand. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.31441693
Cameron, S., Coleman, B., Clemett, C., & Wong, S. (2012, August). Water as an Essential Resource: He Taonga te Wai. Poster presented at the 9th International Geography Olympiad 2012, Aug 21-27, University of Cologne. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24053790.v1
Identity, Voice, and Community Resilience
Wong, S. (2026, February). Seen but Not Heard: Representation Without Participation in Queer Community Organisations. Paper presented at the Bridging Community and Research Queer Forum, Feb 23-24, University of New South Wales, Australia | Online. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.31441657
Wong, S., and Winter, T. (2025, November). Rise and Fall of the Sigma Male. Endorsement of Harmful Ideologies across Time and Space Symposium at the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists and Australasian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences (SASP-ACPID) Conference 2025, Nov 20-22, Melbourne, Australia.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2025, January). Stronger Together: Unleashing the Social Impact of Hate Speech Research. Poster presented at the Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Jan 9-12, Philadelphia. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28190123.v1
Wong She, C., Wong, C., Sew Hoy, D., Tang, E., Chan, S., & Wong, S. G.-J. (2024, June). Revitalisation of Cantonese Culture and Language in Aotearoa New Zealand. Paper presented at 81st New Zealand Chinese Association Conference/Annual General Meeting, Jun 22-23, Wellington. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26083561.v1
Wong, S. G.-J. (2023, November). Efficacy of Automatic Hate Speech Detection on Social Media in Aotearoa New Zealand. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference, Nov 29-30, Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2023, November). (Re)constructing ‘Queer Asian’ Histories. Paper presented at the Rainbow Studies NOW Symposium, Nov 23, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24616119.v1
Wong, S. G.-J., & Papp, V. (2018, November). Acoustic correlates of self-perceived vocal masculinity in transmasculine individuals’ speech. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference, Nov 15-16, Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24054138.v1
Ziegler, A., Azul, D., Papp, V., Nygrin, U., Block, C., & Wong, S. G.-J. (2018, November). Voice and Communication Support for Gender Diverse People Assigned Female at Birth: Current Evidence and Professional Practice. Mini-symposia presented at the 25th World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Symposium, Nov 2-6, Buenos Aires.
Wong, S. G.-J., & Papp, V. (2018, November). Psychosocial and communicative impacts on the voice of trans men and transmasculine individuals: a global exploration. Poster presented at the 25th World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Symposium, Nov 2-6, Buenos Aires. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25857.02403
Wong, S. G.-J., & Papp, V. (2018, June). A voice to call your own: the construction of a vocal satisfaction survey for trans men and transmasculine individuals. Paper presented to the Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, Jun 27-30, University of Auckland. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24054156.v1
Digital Landscapes and Computational Social Science
Wong, S. (2025, August). Constructing a Sense of Place in Social Media. Abstract presented at the Thirteenth International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2025), Aug 26-29, Christchurch, New Zealand. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16777132
Wong, S. G.-J. (2024, November). The Interaction of Space, Place, and Linguistic Variation in Social Media. Poster presented at the 52 New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV), Nov 7-9, Miami Beach. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27642444.v2
Wong, S. G.-J. (2024, October). End of a Golden Era: The Uncertain Future of Social Media Research. Poster presented at the Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting, Oct 29-31, University of Michigan Ann Arbor. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27365991.v1
Wong, S. G.-J. (2024, June). Geographic Dialect Bias in Multiclass Classification Models. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 25 (SS25), Jun 24-27, Curtin University Perth. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26087992.v1
Wong, S. G.-J. (2023, November). Topic stability of New Zealand English on social media. Paper presented at the Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Science Postgraduate Conference, University of Waikato.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2023, February). Developing a global model of emerging non-geographic digital dialects. Paper presented at the Sprachwissenschaftliche Tagung für Promotionsstudierende, Feb 24-26, Augsburg/Budapest/Vienna.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2022, December). Navigating Aotearoa New Zealand’s Multilingual Social Media Landscape. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference, Dec 8-9, University of Otago. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24053823.v2
Sociolinguistics and Language Variation
Wong, S. (2025, November). Reddit as a Source for Perceptual Dialectology in New Zealand English. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference, Nov 27-28, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University, Wellington Campus, New Zealand.
Wong, S. G.-J., & Papp, V. (2018, July). Transferability of Non-Lexical Hesitation Markers Across Languages: Evidence from te reo Māori-English Bilinguals. Paper submitted to the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA), Jul 29 – Aug 1, University of Huddersfield.
Jiao, D., Wong, S., Watson, V., Gnevsheva, K., & Nixon, J. (2018, June). Sociophonetic cues of age estimation in foreign-accented speech. Paper presented to the Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, Jun 27-30, University of Auckland, New Zealand. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24054162.v1
Jiao, D., Watson, V., Wong, S., Nixon, J., and Gnevsheva, K. (2017, November). Age estimation in foreign-accented speech by non-native speakers of English. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference, Nov 23-24, University of Auckland. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24054123.v1
Wong, S. G.-J., & Papp, V. (2017, November). Speaker-specificity of hesitation markers in bilingual New Zealand English & te reo Māori speakers. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference, Nov 23-24, University of Auckland. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24054060.v1
Wong, S. G.-J. (2016, November). Revisiting Southland – Variability of NURSE in Southland English. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference, Nov 21-22, Massey University, Wellington. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24053913.v1
Wong, S. G.-J., Peach, E., Davis, E., Sutrave, N., Kila, R., Logan, Z., & Quinn, H. (2016, November). “Let’s kakokako about Motu”: Features of Modern Motu Grammar. Poster presented at the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference, Nov 21-22, Massey University, Wellington. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/13568
Wong, S. G.-J. (2016, June). Unpacking Invercargill’s “Purple Work Shirt”: Feature Priming of Nurse in Southland English. Poster presented at the New Zealand English and English in New Zealand Conference, Jun 8-9, University of Canterbury. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21946.44484
Invited Talks & Seminars
International Institutional Invitations
Dalcin, E., Oliveira, J., Wong, S., Porto, F. (2026, May). 'Local to Global': AI-Enabled Advancements in Global Science. Panelist at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) associated Innovation Workshop, May 17, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas [Brazilian Centre for Research in Physics].
Wong, S. (2025, April). Social Media Sociolinguistics: Theory and Application. Invited speaker at League of Linguists Undergraduate Linguistics Student Organisation, April 3, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28727204.v1
Wong, S. (2025, March). Not Just an Algorithm: Challenges and Opportunities in Hate Speech Detection. Invited speaker at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI) Seminar, Mar 21, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28639610.v1
Wong, S. (2025, March). A Sense of Place in Digital Spaces: The Role of Geography in Social Media Dialectology. Invited speaker at the Virginia Tech Language Sciences (VTLx) Speaker Series, Mar 19, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28639592.v1
Wong, S. (2025, February). Who benefits from automatic hate speech detection? Invited speaker at the Department of Linguistics Research Meeting, Feb 13, University of California Santa Barbara. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28414562.v1
Wong, S. (2025, February). Beyond the Variable: Application of NLP in Sociolinguistics Research. Invited speaker at the Computational Psycholinguistics of Listening and Speaking (CPLS) Lab Research Meeting, Feb 10, University of California Santa Barbara. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28387244.v1
National Research Seminars and Presentations
Wong, S. (2025, December). Modelling Language for Social Resilience and Digital Inclusion. Invited speaker at the Centre for Sustainability Research Seminar Series, Dec 11, University of Otago.
Wong, S. (2025, November). Modelling Social Systems for Societal Impact. Invited speaker to the Chair in Complexity Science Research Group, Nov 18, Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Hunter, J., Talbot-Jones, J., Price, M., Wilson, K., Wong, S., & Hancock, P. (2025, October). Lightning Talks from Te Pūnaha Matatini 2025-28 Research Leads. Panel at Te Pūnaha Matatini Annual Hui, Oct 21-22, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Wong, S. (2025, July). Locating a Sense of Place on Social Media: A focus on Aotearoa New Zealand. Presentation for the Deputy Vice Chancellor R&I Visit to the Geospatial Research Institute, Jul 23, University of Canterbury. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29857097.v1
Wong, S. G.-J., Durward, M., Adams, B., & Dunn., J. (2023, August). Shared Task on Homophobia and Transphobia Detection in Social Media Comments. Seminar presented at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour Seminar Aug 3, University of Canterbury.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2022, November). #linguistics: exploring variation and change using social media language data. Seminar presented at the Linguistics Seminar, Nov 2, University of Waikato.
Wong, S. G.-J., Jones, J., Hay, J., Durward, M., Kaefer, S., Fromont, R., & Haywood, B. (2022, July). Many Speech Analyses. Seminar presented at New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour Seminar, Jul 14, University of Canterbury. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24054171.v1
Wong, S. G.-J. (2022, June). Geospatial Linguistics: Connecting Language to the Land. Seminar presented at New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour Seminar, Jun 30, University of Canterbury.
Public, Community, and Policy Engagement
Wong, S. G.-J. (2024, September). Empowering Our Communities through Data-informed and Technology-informed Decision Making. Invited speaker at the Aotearoa Migration Research Network Seminar Series, Sep 6, Online.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2024, June). 身份·歷程 Identity | History. Invited speaker at the 81st New Zealand Chinese Association Conference/Annual General Meeting, Jun 22-23, Wellington. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26085622.v1
Peek, E., Shields, J., Brown, K., & Wong, S. G.-J. (2023, June). Supporting the health and wellbeing of our Rainbow Communities in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Panel presented at the Cross Agency Rainbow Network Conference, Jun 1-2, Christchurch.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2022, November). Using social media language data to understand linguistic diversity. Invited talk for the Association of Local Government Information Managers, Nov 23, Geospatial Research Institute.
Mentorship and Academic Development
Wong, S., Patterson, J., & Fraser, H. (2026, March). Advice on taking up research opportunities overseas. Invited speaker at Te Kura Tāura Lunchtime Kōrero Seminar Series, Mar 2, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Wong, S. G.-J. (2024, July). Thinking about Fulbright?. Invited speaker at Te Kura Tāura Lunchtime Kōrero Seminar Series, July 5, University of Canterbury.