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[Christopher Hart]

Williams, Tracy Rundstrom wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> My name is Tracy Rundstrom Williams and I am a doctoral candidate in 
> Linguistics at the University of Texas at Arlington. My dissertation 
> is focused on the discourse of women’s fitness magazines, in relation 
> to women’s fashion / domestic magazines and women’s work / 
> professional magazines. My premise is that fitness magazines provide 
> an integration of the competing discourses represented in fashion / 
> domestic magazines and work / professional magazines, in that the 
> fitness magazines focus on appearance but also on activity and 
> empowerment.
>
> In addition to discourse analysis, my research interests include 
> intercultural communication and second language acquisition. I work 
> full-time at Texas Christian University as the Associate Director of 
> the Center for International Education. I teach one class in 
> intercultural communication as a part of my job, but I hope to move 
> into teaching full-time once I finish my Ph.D.
>
> I look forward to learning more about discourse analysis from multiple 
> perspectives, and perhaps using your knowledge and resources as I run 
> into snags with my research.
>
> Best,
>
> Tracy Rundstrom Williams
>
> _t.williams at tcu.edu_ <mailto:t.williams at tcu.edu>
>
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Dear Tracy,

Hi. It is always nice to hear from other (critical) discourse analysts. 
Please feel free to contact me anytime regarding this subject.

Best,
Christopher

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Christopher Hart
School of Language, Linguistics and Translation Studies
University of East Anglia
Norwich
United Kingdom

http://discourse.uea.ac.uk/christopherhart