Announcements

2024 Call for Awards

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Nomination Deadline: June 15, 2024 Dissertation of the Year Award The Language and Social Interaction Division of the National Communication Association will recognize an outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of Language and Social Interaction. Nominations should reflect the division’s focus on situated language usage and social interaction. Analyses of institutional and everyday interaction, interaction in face-to-face and mediated contexts, and interaction within and across diverse l...
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2023 Award Winners

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Top Student Paper Award:  “ ‘That Big Bad Policeman:’ Police and Civilian Identities Constructed in Dialogue and Narrative Types” by Hannah Fedder Williams, Georgetown University   Top Paper Award: “The Interactional Achievement of Speech Community Among Diaspora Basques in the  United States” by Drs. Jone L. Brunelle & David Boromisza-Habashi, University of  Colorado, Boulder
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2024 NCA Call for Papers

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The Language and Social Interaction (LSI) Division promotes research and teaching on language and discourse processes in social interaction. The 110th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA) to be held in New Orleans, LA, November 21-24, 2024, will engage with the theme “Communication for Greater Regard”. This theme invites submissions that “examines the process of cultivating care and concern, that which is deemed important, granted value and given consideration". The...
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2023 Call for Award Nominations

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The Language and Social Interaction division of NCA is seeking nominations for the division's Dissertation of the Year Award and Outstanding Publication Award. Please nominate yourself or others. The nomination deadline for BOTH awards is July 26, 2023. See details below and feel free to reach out to the officers if you have any questions. 2023 Dissertation of the Year Award The Language and Social Interaction Division of the National Communication Association will recognize an outstanding doct...
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Graduate Programs in Communication with LSI emphasis

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Graduate Programs in Communication with LSI emphasis Portland State University, Department of Communication, MA (http://pdx.edu/communication/) Rutgers University, Department of Communication, SC&I, MA, PhD (http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/) San Diego State University, School of Communication, MA (http://communication.sdsu.edu/index.html) San Francisco State University, Communication Studies Department, MA (http://www.sfsu.edu/~comm/) Syracuse University, Communication and Rhetoric Studies, MA (...
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Call for Special Issue

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Journal of International and Intercultural CommunicationCall for Abstracts: Special Issue The subcontinent speaks: Intercultural Communication perspectives from/on South Asia   We are calling for 200-500-word abstracts for a special issue of the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. This special issue is dedicated to showcasing cutting-edge intercultural communication research from/on South Asia, a geopolitical entity that corresponds to the nation-states of Afgha...
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New Special issue

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New Special Issue Announcement: Opening and Maintaining Face-to-Face Interaction Research on Language and Social Interaction, Volume 51, Issue 3, September 2018 Guest Editor: Danielle Pillet-Shore https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/51/3   Though the opening phase of a face-to-face interaction elapses in a matter of seconds, it houses a dense universe of phenomena central to sustaining our human sense of self and our social relationships in everyday life.    This special issue of Resea...
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Nominations

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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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