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My research looks at how people communicate with one another in multilingual educational settings. I am particularly interested in how people use humor/play to navigate "sticky" situations and to manage their relationships to one another.

Description:

Projects will vary. Interested students should contact me to discuss possibilities.

Preferred Qualifications

A desire to look at how small, day-to-day moments are connected to larger social processes, particularly in educational spaces.  Some background in sociolinguistics/linguistic anthropology is a plus.

Details:

Preferred Student Year

First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior

Academic Term

Fall, Spring, Summer

I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).

Volunteer

Yes

Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.

Paid

No

Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.

Work Study

Yes

Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.