The LSI division is seeking nominations for the roles of Vice Chair Elect and Information Officer. If you have questions or would like to submit a nomination (self-nominations are more than welcome!), please email me - alexa.hepburn@rutgers.edu
Vice Chair Elect
The vice-chair-elect shall serve one year, then succeed to the office of vice-chair, chair, and past chair - in total a 4 year commitment. The primary responsibility of the VCE is to manage the dissertation of the year award. In thi...
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NCA’18 LSI Programs
Check the LSI panels and presentations:
NCA LSI 2018 SHORT Program
NCA LSI 2018 Long Program
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Call for nominations: The Recent Scholarship Award
Call for nominations: 2018 Outstanding Publication Award for LSI Scholarship Within 5 years (a.k.a., “The Recent Scholarship Award”)
Extended deadline: June 30, 2018
This award is presented to the author(s) of an article, chapter, or monograph in the area of language and social interaction. Any member of the LSI Division may nominate a published work; the senior author must be a member of the LSI Division during the year in which the award is made. Selection criteria shall include scholarl...
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2017 Old Chestnut Award
Wayne Beach, “Transitional Regularities for Casual ‘Okay’ Usages”
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2017 Outstanding Dissertation
Emily Hofstetter, “Citizens Getting Help Interactions at the Constituency Office”. Her study provides valuable insight into everyday practices of politics a concern of increasing significance in the field.
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2017 Top Student Paper
Carol Hoi Yee Lo (Teachers College, Columbia University), “Wearing Two Hats: Managing Correction and Responding When Facilitating ESL Group Work
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2017 Top Paper Award
Edward Reynolds & Mardi Kidwell, “Participation in the Organization of Visual Action: The Case of ‘Noticing’ and ‘Watching’”
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2016 Award for outstanding article within last 5 years
Jeffrey Robinson “What ‘What’ Tells Us about How Conversationalists Manage
Intersubjectivity”
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2016 Outstanding Dissertation
Nadezhda Sotirova (University of Minnesota Morris): “'Of All, I Most Hate Bulgarians': Situating Oplakvane in Bulgarian Discourse as a Term for Communication Practice”.
Nade’s dissertation is an ethnographic study of communication focusing on Bulgarian identity, culture and community. Reviewers were impressed with how the research couples a nuanced study of specific communication practices with a whole national ethos. The study enriches the field of the ethnography of communication su...
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2016 Top Student Paper
Amelia Hill, University of California, Los Angeles: “’Suspect’ Identity: The Use of Race in Requests for Police Interventions”
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