Announcements | Language and Social Interaction

Division of National Communication Association

New Special issue

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…

Nominations

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…

NCA’18 LSI Programs

Check the LSI panels and presentations: NCA LSI 2018 SHORT Program NCA LSI 2018 Long Program

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;…

2017 Old Chestnut Award

Wayne Beach, “Transitional Regularities for Casual ‘Okay’ Usages”

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.

2017 Top Student Paper

Carol Hoi Yee Lo (Teachers College, Columbia University), “Wearing Two Hats: Managing Correction and Responding When Facilitating ESL Group Work

2017 Top Paper Award

Edward Reynolds & Mardi Kidwell, “Participation in the Organization of Visual Action: The Case of ‘Noticing’ and ‘Watching’”

2016 Award for outstanding article within last 5 years

Jeffrey Robinson “What ‘What’ Tells Us about How Conversationalists Manage Intersubjectivity”

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…