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Alexa Hepburn

@alexahepburn.bsky.social
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Researcher affiliated with Rutgers and Loughborough Universities, interested in use & development of conversation analysis and discursive psychology. Views: coherence-based; responsive to new ideas. #EMCA #FBPE #FBR #AcademicSky

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Galina Bolden @galinabolden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Only a couple of days left to apply! Turn-taking in Social Interaction: 5-day workshop (with me, @elliotthoey.bsky.social, Chase Raymond, Jeff Robinson); 3-7 May 2027, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands #emca emcawiki.net/Turn-taking_...
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Gus Cooney @guscooney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'll be taking PhD students at Dartmouth for the 2026–27 cycle. Come build a science of conversation with us! Please pass along, and reach out with questions!
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Galina Bolden @galinabolden.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ever wonder why say what you are not saying? A new #EMCA paper by the @rucalteam.bsky.social! @alexahepburn.bsky.social @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social @aleksandrshirokov.bsky.social @kaiskinner.bsky.social et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Join us for an online data session on Friday 9 October with Shan Shan Li, @robinjsmith.bsky.social and @greiffenhagen.bsky.social on negotiating rights to mobility. #EMCA Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/rYVyNa9dJ4
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oem2509.bsky.social @oem2509.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔴 New #EMCA article on “The Multimodal and Multisensorial Achievement of Sequence Completion” by Lorenza Mondada, Sofian A. Bouaouina and Guillaume Gauthier; #EMCA #Interaction #Embodiment #Multimodality #Sensoriality www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The multimodal and multisensorial achievement of sequence completion: Moving away from exhibits in a museum as a blind-sighted couple
This paper explores the complexity of multimodal resources as they are mobilized and made sense of by the participants in social interaction. Rooted i…
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Sarah J White @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#EMCA folks... I have no idea how fast I am as a transcriber. How long does it take you to transcribe 1 minute of two party conversation into Jeffersonian style (not counting for translation, just single language)?
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Pentti Haddington @penttihad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
⁉️ Why do some interactions make sense only if you know what happened before? Our (Arnulf Deppermann and myself) new ROLSI special issue on interactional histories explores how shared experiences across time shape social action, activity, recipient design, etc.. www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/5...
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Research on Language and Social Interaction
Interactional Histories. Volume 59, Issue 3 of Research on Language and Social Interaction
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Pentti Haddington @penttihad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our new open-access guide presents eight interactional practices that support information flow, action coordination and shared situational awareness in crisis management teams. 🔗 urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:o...
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Eight effective interactional practices in crisis management work : a guide for trainees and instructors
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Edward Reynolds @edward-reynolds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Join Conversation Analysis of Sport and Movement (CASM) for our September meeting with @maicbay.eurosky.social talking Joint decision making in a technologically mediated, time-critical interaction: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as well as a discussion of Kew 1986 'playing the game'. DM for links.
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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The research network Uppsala Studies in Social Interaction and Discourse (UPSIDE) invites you to its third symposium, focusing on applied conversation analysis (CA). Registration is open: doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/ku... #Sociology #Research #UppsalaUniversity www.uu.se/en/departmen...
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UPSIDE - Uppsala Studies in Social lnteraction and Discourse – Department of Education – Uppsala University
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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’ll be on Radio 4 next week talking about the stupidity of charter cities and the barbarism of libertarian world making www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... the future of cities
Could charter cities be the key to urban prosperity and opportunity?
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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died today. One memory of her. When I arrived at Rutgers from Loughborough in 2015, I immediately became involved in the campaign to fund the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies. 1/8
Gloria being give a commemorative cartoon by Jonathan
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The call for presentations at #IIEMCA27 is open! Theme: New Horizons: Exploring the transformative possibilities of EMCA 🚀 Deadline: 23 October 2026 For more information, see our website: www.iiemca27.org/about www.iiemca27.org/calls #EMCA #MCA @interactemca.bsky.social
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Sally Wiggins Young @profsalwiggins.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Are you a researcher studying the interactional details of childrens eating/meals in early childhood settings? Please consider submitting an abstract to a panel (hosted by Amanda Bateman and myself) at IPrA2027 in Helsinki #EMCA, DP, Interactional linguistics, and language socialisation research
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IPC20 Helsinki 2027 - International Pragmatics Association
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Mark Dingemanse @markdingemanse.net · 27/08/2026
Very proud to share this new work led by the amazing Marlou Rasenberg (not on here), with Joel Fischer and me doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We use #EMCA methods to study empirically how LLM users shoulder the burden of solving sequential trouble and end up restructuring their own aims & activities
Abstract: This paper investigates how a core component of human interaction – action projection – is realized in conversations with systems like ChatGPT, which are not able to recognize nor anticipate actions in a sequential sense. We ask what this means for users who engage in longer, multi-step projects built through incremental prompt-response pairs. We draw on Conversation Analysis to examine how early adopters of ChatGPT sequentially organise such interactions, using anonymised naturalistic interactions from the WildChat dataset. Our analysis reveals how action projection in LLM interactions is beset with interactional trouble. In turn, we document a set of practices we term ‘pre-emptive prompting’ that users develop to work around the trouble. In doing so, users employ a range of conversational methods including pre-sequences, prompt categorization, withholding executables, spelling out relevant next actions, eliciting displays of “understanding”, and creating slots for redirection in their attempts to complete their projects. Our work provides empirical evidence of how users interactionally accomplish the configuration work (Alcaras and Ricci 2025) needed to work around the discretization and cluttering that LLMs-in-use produce.Excerpt 10: ‘wouldnt you require both inputs’ wc_1211945; wc_usr_d2a27584b4185dda [conv_index: 359]
1 user : ok if i said i want to provide you with input A (which is an items description) and just assess its format and presentation then i provided you with input B (which is also a item desctiption for a similar item) but in a way diffrent format could you make the B input into A input
2 LLM: Yes, I can certainly help you with that. Please provide me with Input B, and I will try to make it resemble Input A in terms of format and presentation.
3 user: wouldnt you require both inputs
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Pentti Haddington @penttihad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Have you used conversation analytic insights to train or engage with professionals in healthcare, industry, education, safety, crisis response, etc? Why not share your experiences about?
An image with a blurb for the panel. The text is the following: How can conversation analytic research insights shape how people interact in the real world?

This panel develops interactional awareness as a CA recasting of “situational awareness” — a familiar notion in crisis and other safety-critical settings, but one that typically leaves out the fine grain of interaction. Where situational awareness is a cognitive state within the individual, interactional awareness foregrounds the moment-by-moment organisation of talk and conduct through which it is displayed and made accountable. We invite contributions that examine how CA findings are translated into actionable insights, training, engagement, and societal impact across healthcare, industry, education, safety, and crisis response. Topics include:

What is interactional awareness (IA) from a CA perspective?
How does IA respecify situational awareness?
How can CA concepts and findings be communicated beyond academia?
How are CA-based interventions, training models, and resources developed?
How can the impact of CA-informed knowledge mobilization be demonstrated and evaluated?

Join us in discussing how CA can make a difference where interaction matters most. Submit your abstract here: https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP2027
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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New Guest Blog on ROLSI.net: The inside story of a first-timer's experience of the biennial international Conference on Conversation Analysis, held this year in Edmonton, Canada. Thank you to @avasquezkanashiro.bsky.social for a fresh and lively account. rolsi.net/2026/08/24/g...
"This year, ICC brought together around 400 people with a shared interest in conversation analysis. In line with its theme "Diversity, Language, Interaction", the conference offered a remarkable range of perspectives topics and areas of study. This was reflecting the diversity of workshops offered – ranging from turn taking and particles to shelter categories and evidence and claims – as well as in the broad range of panels theme sessions and Keynote presentations…"
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Sally Wiggins Young @profsalwiggins.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Upcoming book on 'Researching children's mealtimes' due out in October and aimed at researchers across the social sciences interested in interactional analyses of children's eating in everyday settings. Perfect for #EMCA, DP, & language socialisation research. www.routledge.com/Researching-...
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Researching Children's Mealtimes: A Practical Guide for Interactional Analyses of Children’s Eating Practices in Everyday Settings
Offering a groundbreaking interdisciplinary guide, this book explores children’s eating practices through the lens of social interaction. It moves beyond individualistic perspectives to uncover the ri...
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Sally Wiggins Young @profsalwiggins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Our interaction group at @liu.se is delighted to be hosting ICCA in 2030. Thank you to @iscaupdates.bsky.social for your support and to my brilliant colleagues who announced it with style 🤩🫶🇸🇪 To all the #EMCA folk, we'll get fika ready for you in 2030...
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Galina Bolden @galinabolden.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A job at Rutgers - #EMCA folks are welcome to apply! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/276...
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Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Interpersonal Communication (Open Rank)
The Department of Communication at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information seeks a full-time faculty member in interpersonal communication. The search is open rank but prioritizes...
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A reminder: panel submissions for IIEMCA27 🚀 Deadline: 29 May 2026 (3 weeks to go!) #EMCA #MCA www.iiemca27.org/so/efPr7pnK5...
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The ordinary inadequacy of ‘conversational AI'… @saulalbert.bsky.social and @lizstokoe.bsky.social with a story of how LLMs are ‘learning’ from conversation analysis, but not from interaction itself… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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The ordinary inadequacy of ‘conversational AI' | BPS
Saul Albert and Elizabeth Stokoe with a story of how LLMs are ‘learning’ from conversation analysis, but not from interaction itself…
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Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program @columbiaaltesol.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Come to @TeachersCollege and study conversation analysis with one of the field's leading experts — Program Director Professor Hansun Zhang Waring. #altesolfaculty #altesolalumni #WhyColumbiaALTESOL
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Jack @jackbjoyce.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
How is ‘white nationalism’ produced and defended in interaction? Our new paper explores subtle practices, like dog whistling, that make this possible 🔓📄 doi.org/10.1111/bjso... @tillyflint.bsky.social #emca #conversationanalysis #membershipcategorisationanalysis
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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
People work to present themselves as moral, reasonable or justified even when making racist or hateful comments. In this project, we identify interactional practices that accomplish support for White...
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Rebecca Barnes @drrebeccabarnes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Professor Jeff Robinson, Portland State University will be a Guest Tutor on our Introduction to Conversation Analysis and Health Care Encounters 2-day course, St. Anne's College, Oxford, 10-11 June 2026. Join us! 🤩 @iscaupdates.bsky.social @oxqual.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social #EMCA
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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
They're here! Emotionography: Theory, Research and Practice is published today. A book Alexa Hepburn and I have been building toward for thirty years. Here's why we think it matters. 🧵 Available now from APA with links to Kindle and Vital Source - www.apa.org/pubs/books/e...
A colourful pile of Potter and Hepburn Emotionography books.
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LANSI @lansi2024.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
best book cover ever 🌈but wait till you see what’s inside🤗 @iscaupdates.bsky.social @alexahepburn.bsky.social @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🚀 Panel submissions for IIEMCA27 have opened! Today! On April 1st...Maybe not the best day to make such an important announcement 🤔 Oh well. Head on over to our website for details: www.iiemca27.org/calls #EMCA #MCA
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Secuenciando @secuenciando.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
👁️‍🗨️ Secuenciando is officially opening its 3rd season: "Designing turns, constructing actions". This season's theme is turn design, covering diverse aspects of that area. We will have data sessions in Spanish with current data from Peru's general election and its presidential debates. #EMCA
A logo of Secuenciando in the upper part. A pink and magenta circle with the title of the season: "Designing turns, constructing actions". A lectern in the middle where a politician would speak, with the colors of the Peruvian flag. Two big titles that say "3rd season" and "2026-1" (the first academic term of the year). A little subtitle that says "Elections edition". A cyan background with dots, lines and a text bubble.
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Secuenciando @secuenciando.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Secuenciando just got its own BlueSky account! Now, on this page, we will continue sharing updates on our study group — one devoted to learning, developing, and promoting conversation analysis locally in Peru 🇵🇪 and South America 🌎. #EMCA
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Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#EMCA coming soon 😁
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Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program @columbiaaltesol.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Don't miss the latest publication, Conversation Analysis for Social Justice, from Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program Alumna Dr. Nadja Tadic! www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/science/arti...
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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
PhD course: April 7-9, 2026 Conversation analysis and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts, USN Norway Application deadline: March 1, 2026. www.usn.no/activities/p...
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PhD course: Conversation analysis (CA) and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
This course is aimed at PhD candidates who investigate interaction in various everyday- and institutional contexts.
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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Out shortly with APA books: Emotionography: Theory, Research, and Practice (Potter & Hepburn). @alexahepburn.bsky.social www.apa.org/pubs/books/e...
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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New post: First Pair Prompt: report from a possible first of three EM/CA ‘promptathons’ www.conversationanalysis.org/first-… #EMCA
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Kobin Kendrick @kobinkendrick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Spread the word! The next York Conference on Conversation Analysis will be held 17-18 July. Encourage your MA/PhD students to submit an abstract. Deadline: 10 April. In addition to presenting their research, Ana Cristina Ostermann and Richard Ogden will also deliver post-conference workshops!
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Jakub Mlynář @jakubmlynar.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
We're hiring two Postdoctoral Researchers (80%) and a Research Assistant (50%) for a four-year #EMCA research project on the integration of AI in medical education in practice. Apply by 4 January 2026. www.hevs.ch/fr/recruitee... www.hevs.ch/fr/recruitee...
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Assistantes ou assistants postdoc (... | HES-SO Valais-Wallis
L’institut Informatique de la HES-SO Valais-Wallis met au concours deux postes de :Assistantes ou assistants postdoc (80%) Le groupe de recherche
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Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program @columbiaaltesol.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Apply to @TeachersCollege and take classes in conversation analysis, discourse analysis, sociolinguistcs and more with leading expert Professor Hansun Zhang Waring! #WhyColumbiaALTESOL #altesolfaculty #TESOL #TESL #ColumbiaUniversity #linguistics www.tc.columbia.edu/arts-and-hum...
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Many thanks to @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social and honorary @darg-sessions.bsky.social CA day member for a lovely - & extremely rapid - summary of #LboroCAday2025 #EMCA 🥳🎄 @charlesantaki.bsky.social @emma-richardson.bsky.social @saulalbert.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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In conversation, a true conference | BPS
Our editor Jon Sutton reports from 'CADay2025', hosted by Loughborough University’s Discourse and Rhetoric Group.
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Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
CA Day: great fun, cake, lovely people, fascinating presentations, expertly organised by @saulalbert.bsky.social @emma-richardson.bsky.social &various @darg-sessions.bsky.social peeps + @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social @charlesantaki.bsky.social @laalaajenkins.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social #emca
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Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Raymond: how do institutions require/allow use of this or that language/language variant? Officially they permit, but in fact? Shows the work speaker has to do in US with Spanish #LboroCADAY2025
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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Final talk to end on a high note this wonderful #caday2025 is the 2nd plenary talk of the day by Deborah Chinn “Conversation Analysis Research and with People with Intellectual Disabilities: a call to Action” #emca
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Laura Jenkins @laalaajenkins.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Hello CA day 2025! A day of Conversation Analysis, good company, and cake. #emca #CADay2025 @darg-sessions.bsky.social @lborocrcc.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social
Lecturer theatre with 50 people in tiered seating and bright coloured panels on the walls
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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Proofs are corrected - its is off to the printers! Emotionography brings emotion back into social life, by revealing how our most intimate expressions are shared, structured, and interactionally achieved. Published soon www.apa.org/pubs/books/emotionography @alexahepburn.bsky.social
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Adam Brandt @adambrandt.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
And for anyone fancying a little summer European tour, you can then hop over to Newcastle for ICOP-L2, 24-26 August: conferences.ncl.ac.uk/icop-l2-26/ Among other delights, @spencerhazel.bsky.social and I will be leading a workshop on #EMCA and Conversational AI
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LANSI @lansi2024.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
So proud to share this latest publication by #lansibunch Lal Horan (also our game master) 😊 tandfonline.com/eprint/YGUBA83… It’s a new day for #emca and #asl instruction @classroomdiscourse.bsky.social @iscaupdates.bsky.social @linguistlist.bsky.social @lingsocam.bsky.social
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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
If you would like to explore some of Jeff's work, having read this short piece by Bo & me in The Psychologist, you could start with some of the items on this thread I put together in May this year: bsky.app/hashtag/Jeff... #EMCA #EM/CA
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Democracy under threat via the "empirically observable breakdown in the interactional practices that constitute democratic accountability between media and state power." Wayne Martin Mellinger on Steve Clayman's decades of #EMCA research 👇 doingmodernity.blogspot.com/2025/11/demo...
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Democracy Under Threat: Steven Clayman's Interactional Analysis and the Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore"
Democracy Under Threat: Steven Clayman’s Interactional Analysis and the Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D. Abstr...
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Aleksandr Shirokov @aleksandrshirokov.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Today I successfully defended my PhD dissertation! Thank you very much to the committee members, @galinabolden.bsky.social @alexahepburn.bsky.social Lisa Mikesell, Jeff Robinson, and other @rucalteam.bsky.social members, for years of support and guidance.
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Adam Brandt @adambrandt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Call for papers very relevant to #EMCA
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