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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have been reminded that we shouldn’t
posts attachments on this List (they take up too much space and people
sometimes have trouble opening them). So here is the list of candidates pasted
in. (If you’ve dealt with this, just delete.) Your vote (just one) should
be sent to Ana Ostermann (<a href="mailto:ACO@unisnos.br">ACO@unisinos.br</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jane<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>============================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
font-weight:bold'>ADVISORY COUNCIL CANDIDATES<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h1><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mercedes
<span class=SpellE>Bengoechea</span><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Mercedes <span class=SpellE>Bengoechea</span>
is Dean of the Faculty of <span class=SpellE>Filosofía</span> y <span
class=SpellE>Letras</span> (</span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Universidad de <span class=SpellE>Alcalá</span></span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Spain</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>). She is also member of the Advisory Language
Committee of the <span class=SpellE>Instituto</span> de la <span class=SpellE>Mujer</span>
(Ministry of Social Affairs); member of the Experts Committee on Gender and
Childhood for the Institute of the National Spanish <span class=SpellE>Televisión</span>
(IORTV); and has been the co-<span class=SpellE>ordinator</span> of the Annual
Report of the Spanish National Observatory on Gender Violence. Her research on
language and gender has focused on denouncing, on the one hand, the sexist
usage of the language in the Spanish media and, on the other hand, normative
linguistic policies and dictionaries of Spanish. She has also led proposals for
non-sexist use of Spanish. As a member of IGALA Advisory Council, she might
help to promote the creation of stronger research networks of language and
gender in the Spanish state, and, very particularly, to foster lobbies able to
raise language and gender issues into the political arena.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:
bold'>Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard, formerly Professor of
English Language and Applied Linguistics at the Federal University of Santa <span
class=SpellE>Catarina</span>, Brazil, <span class=GramE>is</span> now Senior
Lecturer in the English Department at the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Birmingham</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. She has published widely in the areas of Critical
Discourse, Media and Gender Studies. Her current research interests are in
Critical Social Semiotics, Gender Representation and Visual Communication. She
has been working in the area of </span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Gender and Language</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> for many years, being one of the first researchers to
introduce this area in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Brazil</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> in the 80's. In </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Britain</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, she teaches courses on </span></font><st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Gender and Language</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, supervises PhD students and has helped to <span
class=SpellE>organise</span> national and international conferences on this
topic. As an IGALA adviser, she will promote language and gender in her own
areas of research, internationally and more specifically, in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Britain</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> and in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Brazil</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
font-weight:bold'>Allyson Jule<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Allyson
Jule is a Canadian scholar currently a Senior Lecturer in Education at </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Glamorgan</span></font></span></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Wales</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
class=GramE><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>UK</span></font></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>She received her Doctor of Philosophy in Education
(Applied Linguistics) from </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Roehampton</span></font></span></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>London</span></font></st1:City><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>UK</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, in 2002. <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Her
books include: </span></font></span></font><!--[if supportFields]><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>PRIVATE
HREF="http://www.allysonjule.com/thebook_shushing.shtml"<span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span> MACROBUTTON HtmlResAnchor </span></font><u><font
size=2 color="#555555" face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#555555;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Gender, silence, and
participation in the language classroom: Sh-shushing the girls</span></font></u><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span></font><![endif]--><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, published in 2003, is a personal account
of a ten month study of one Canadian Punjabi Sikh grade-two language classroom;
the edited collection, </span></font><!--[if supportFields]><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>PRIVATE
HREF="http://www.allysonjule.com/thebook_religion.shtml"<span
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size=2 color="#555555" face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#555555;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Gender and the
Language of Religion</span></font></u><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span></font><![endif]--><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>in
2004;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><!--[if supportFields]><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-element:
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style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>PRIVATE
HREF="http://www.allysonjule.com/thebooks.shtml#acadia"<span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span> MACROBUTTON HtmlResAnchor </span></font><u><font
size=2 color="#555555" face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#555555;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Being Feminist, Being
Christian: Essays from Academia</span></font></u><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span></font><![endif]--><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> (in 2006);<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><u>Language and Religious Identity, Women in
Discourse</u> (2007); and <u>A Beginner’s Guide to </u></span></font><st1:PersonName><u><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Gender and Language</span></font></u></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> (2008).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Allyson
Jule has been an active member of IGALA since 2002 and has attended and
presented at the IGALA conferences at </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Lancaster</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, Cornell and </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Valencia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. Her international
connections with </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Canada</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> and the </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>UK</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> as well as with </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Africa</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> make her a valuable
member of the IGALA community.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h1><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=MS style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:MS;font-weight:bold'>Jariah Mohd<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=MS style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:MS'>Jariah Mohd is an Associate Professor
in the English Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics and Deputy
Executive Director at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya. She
holds a Ph.D in Sociolinguistics and teaches <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>language and gender</span></font>, pragmatics,
psycholinguistics and semiotics. Her interdisciplinary research centres on
feminist linguistics, gendered discourse and power<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'> </span></b>issues in language and society, language and cognition, and
literacy and literature in ESL. She has presented research papers at
international conferences, published in international refereed journals and <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>co-authored and published a book on <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Understanding Children’s Literature</span></i>
(2007). As an AC board member and through my Asia-Europe links and network, I
will promote GAL research in Malaysia, ASEAN, SE Asia and Asia-Europe; serve on
sub-committees for organizing seminars/conferences, and edit articles for its
journal. I intend to link MyGALA (Malaysian Chapter of IGALA) activities and
website to IGALA and hope to host the IGALA conference in Malaysia.</span></font></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h1><st1:PersonName><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Laurel Kamada</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Dr. </span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Laurel Kamada</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, professor at </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Aomori</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><span class=SpellE><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Akenohoshi</span></font></span></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>College</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Japan</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, is in the process of writing a book on hybrid
identities and adolescent girls in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Japan</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> using a Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis
approach. Born/raised in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>America</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, she has been residing in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Japan</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> for the latter half of her life. Even as an
industrialized top economic world force, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Japan</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> is still a country that has only just begun to
understand the meaning of the word ‘gender’ and to become aware of
how gender is accomplished in language. One area in which she would really like
to see IGALA develop more in coming years is in gender and language education,
so that those living in countries and regions where we still have to explain
the meaning of the word ‘gender’ will have a venue available
(IGALA) where they can access information, support and research on curriculum
building, teaching materials and teaching methodology. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:
bold'>Fatima-Zahra <span class=SpellE>Lamrani</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Fatima-Zahra <span
class=SpellE>Lamrani</span>, Professor in Linguistics, Department of English
Studies, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, University Mohammed V, Rabat,
Morocco. My areas of interest are: Discourse Analysis, Language and Gender,
Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, and Stylistics. My specialist area is “Courtroom
Discourse”. My doctoral dissertation deals with the discursive
features which inhibit effective communication in the Moroccan criminal
courtroom. I am currently working on a project entitled “Verbal Violence <span
class=GramE>in Moroccan</span> Rape Trials and the Issue of Human Rights”.
My contribution to IGALA will consist of monitoring and promoting Language and
Gender research in my specialist area, “Courtroom Discourse”, as
well as in my geographical area, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Morocco</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> in </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>North Africa</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:
bold'>Sonja Lanehart</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I would love to serve on the IGALA
Advisory Committee. As an African American woman originally from </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Texas</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> and roots in </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Louisiana</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, I have a keen interest in African American
Women’s Language (AAWL) in particular due to the dearth of linguistics
literature for African American women in the overall scholarship of African
American Language research as well as in feminist or women’s language
research in general. I think the same can be said about <span class=SpellE>Spanglish</span>
for women. It is my agenda to address these overlooked areas of research and
the people. To that end, I will be hosting a conference on AAWL March 2008 in </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>San Antonio</span></font></st1:City><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:State><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>TX</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, teaching a course on AAWL Spring 2008, as well as
sponsoring panels on AAWL at NWAV and during Women’s History month over
the next couple of years as a way to spotlight the language of these
underrepresented women's groups in language research.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:
bold'>Michelle Maria Lazar</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I am an Associate Professor
in the English Department at the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>National</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> of </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Singapore</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. My research specializations are in critical
discourse analysis, gender/sexuality, and multimodality, with special interests
in media and political discourses, in which I have widely published since
1993.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Recently appointed Academic <span
class=SpellE>Convenor</span> of my university’s Gender Studies program, I
am in charge of developing interdisciplinary teaching and research in this
field. I am a Life Member of the Association of Women for Action and Research,
the first grassroots feminist organization in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Singapore</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> which raises public awareness on all matters
concerning gender and social justice, and makes recommendations for change to
the government. In 2006, I was involved in dialogue-cum-action plans to
increase women’s political participation at local and global levels in an
international meeting in Salzburg, Austria, which brought together academics,
NGOs and women political leaders. I believe my academic and grassroots
interests in issues of social justice, inclusiveness and appreciation of
diversity are congruent to those of IGALA, and to which I will actively
contribute. As a native to </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Singapore</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, who lives and works in the global South, I am
particularly committed to the internationalization of IGALA, and to the
representation of international research in the field. Professionally, I have
been involved in public outreach, organizing conferences, and reviewing
numerous articles on language and gender for international journals both in and
outside linguistics – skills which I bring to IGALA and its activities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
font-weight:bold'>Lia</span></font></b></span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
font-weight:bold'> Litosseliti<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I will continue to work with others to promote
language and gender across <span class=SpellE>specialisations</span> or country
boundaries. At the same time, I will bring my particular experience and skills
(developed within this field through academic scholarship and active
participation in networks) to put firmly on the agenda issues of a) research
methodologies in language and gender, and b) language and gender in developing
countries, particularly in Africa. I am a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>City</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>London</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, with an active research record (e.g. authored books
on </span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Gender and
Language</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>
and Focus Groups, and publications on research methodologies in language and
gender), management/external roles as an Educational Development Associate at
City, and a commitment to increasing visibility of language and gender issues.
I have a good understanding of IGALA activities (including through my role on
the journal's editorial board), and envisage contributing to these activities
becoming more international in scope.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:
bold'>Ronald <span class=SpellE>Beline</span> Mendes<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>My name is Ronald <span class=SpellE>Beline</span>
Mendes. I'm a Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University <span
class=GramE>of</span> <span class=SpellE>São</span> Paulo, Brazil. My research
has been defined by an attempt to address the expression of intolerance towards
gay men in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><span class=SpellE><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>São</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>
Paulo</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>,
especially in relation to what is perceived as gay speech. Before addressing
the issues of intolerance, <span class=SpellE>it´s</span> necessary to figure
out what is perceived as a gay way of speaking Portuguese, and that's what I've
been working on, more specifically. In other words,<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>it's</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> a work on perception of gendered talk, linguistic
attitudes and the relations between linguistic variants and the construction
and expression of social identities. In addition to an understanding of the
gender and sexuality issues implicit in my research, I will also bring to the
Advisory Council my<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>experience</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> as a South American researcher, which will expand the
diversity of the Council and make it even more international.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h1><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kimie
Takahashi<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I am a postdoctoral research fellow at </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Macquarie University</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Australia</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. I have a strong interest in the area of second
language learning and gender as my recently completed PhD thesis (supervised by
Professors Ingrid <span class=SpellE>Piller</span> and Gerard Sullivan)
investigates the link between Japanese <span class=SpellE>women´s</span>'
passion for the English language as a global language and their romantic and
sexual desire for western men. If elected, I'd like to encourage and promote
research and publications, both in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>academia</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> and media, by Asian scholars of non-native English
backgrounds, who are often under-represented in our field. With my previous
career as a web producer, I am particularly interested in supporting a
multilingual IGALA website, where scholars and students can discuss<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>their</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> work and support each other in their own language. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h1><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ann <span
class=SpellE>Weatherall</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I am a Reader in Social Psychology at </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Victoria</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> of </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Wellington</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>New Zealand</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. My research interests are conversation analysis
(CA), discursive psychology and feminist psychology.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>My publications include five books and over
40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. One of my first publications
reported an experimental study of the semantic derogation of words for women
(1993, JLSP) and a significant work is a solo-authored book (2002, Gender,
Language and Discourse).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>My empirical
investigations have included quantitative and qualitative studies. I am
currently exploring CA as a feminist language research tool. I spent a
2006/2007 sabbatical year at the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>California</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Los Angeles</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> where I began developing and <span class=SpellE>utilising</span>
the Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English for conversation analytic
studies of psychological phenomena including gendered identities. I would work
as an <span class=GramE>Antipodean</span> representative for IGALA and would
bring a social psychological perspective to issues relevant to the <span
class=SpellE>organisation</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:
bold'>GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATES<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h1><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h1><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jenny
L Davis<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I
am a doctoral student at the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Colorado</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> at </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Boulder</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. My research interests
are split between examining the linguistic negotiation of identity of
individuals with multiple minority statuses and endangered language
documentation, revitalization, and maintenance. With the first, my research
focuses on the intersections of language, gender and sexuality, and ethnicity
in two groups in the United States: the first, Two-Spirit
societies—indigenous people who self define as being spiritually both
male and female—and the second, the <span class=SpellE>homa</span> <span
class=SpellE>lusa</span>—descendents of Native Americans and African
American freedmen of the ‘Five Civilized Tribes (Chickasaw, Choctaw,
Cherokee, Muskogee/Creek, and Seminole). My second emphasis in endangered
languages is centered <span class=GramE>around</span> my community’s
efforts to document and revitalize our language, Chickasaw, in </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Oklahoma</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. I look forward to
seeing IGALA continue to grow, and am eager to help further address the needs
of graduate students and faculty in our field.</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h1><st1:PersonName><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lucy Jones</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>My ongoing PhD research into
the construction of identity in a lesbian community of practice has informed my
interest in language and gender. I would like to see the field become more
inclusive of sexuality-based studies and, through committee membership, would
encourage its representation in IGALA. Having already established a regular
language and gender reading group including postgraduate researchers and
academics from a range of institutions in northern </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>England</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, I am keen to cultivate postgraduate involvement
within IGALA to enable exchanges such as this on a wider, international scale.
As an experienced student representative and chair of university-based
postgraduate committees, I am confident that I could ensure that students have a
voice within the discipline. By developing and encouraging postgraduate strands
at IGALA conferences, and increasing participation in workshops advising on
issues such as research exchanges and funding opportunities, I would ensure
that students within language and gender have access to the best opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Jane
Sunderland</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Director of Studies, PhD
in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework and New Route PhD</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dept. of Linguistics and
English Language</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy;
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
mso-no-proof:yes'>Lancaster</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Lancs. LA1 4YT</span></font><font
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="mailto:j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk">j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Gender and Language</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName><em><i><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> Journal</span></font></i></em><font size=2
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size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b></span></font><st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Jane Sunderland</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date
Month="1" Day="8" Year="2008"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>08 January
2008</span></font></st1:date><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="10" Minute="27"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>10:27</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Election of Advisory
Committee members</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>As you will recall, we are about
to elect new members of the IGALA Advisory Council. From a previous message:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<div style='border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;margin-right:0cm'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:double windowtext 2.25pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
</div>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IGALA is seeking between 5 and 8 members for the
Advisory Council, to replace current Advisory Council members. We are looking
for as broad a geographic spectrum as possible (in particular,
non-English-dominant countries). One Advisory Council member will be a Graduate
Student Representative. The other members should be able to represent key areas
of gender and language research, and, together, a range of research priorities.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Advisory Council members will be part of the IGALA
Executive Committee and will attend (in person or electronically) all meetings
if at all possible. The first of these will be at IGALA5 in </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wellington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>New
Zealand</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (</span></font><st1:date
Month="7" Day="3" Year="2008"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>July 3-5, 2008</span></font></st1:date><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>); the next will be
an e-meeting around 12 months after that. The term of office will be 3 years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>==================================================================</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Also as a reminder, the
‘Job description’ of AC members is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><strong><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- monitoring and promoting language and gender
research in their own specialist area within IGALA</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- monitoring and promoting language and gender
research within their own geographical region</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- carrying out various tasks and serving on
sub-committees or working parties of IGALA as required (for example, web-site
monitoring, essay competition, local event/branch development and co-ordination,
'talking to the world' - see Minutes of last AGM on IGALA website</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/activities.html"><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/activities.html</span></font></a>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- suggesting to the IGALA Executive/Advisory
Committee further IGALA-related activities</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- <span class=GramE>actively</span> contributing to
IGALA Executive/Advisory committee e-mail discussions</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span
class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>and</span></font></b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> for the
Graduate Student Representative<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol'>
</span></font>to bring issues to IGALA that are of concern and importance to
graduate students<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol'>
</span></font><span class=GramE>to</span> work with other IGALA members and
members of the Executive Committee to make graduate students an active and
visible presence within IGALA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol'>
</span></font><span class=GramE>to</span> facilitate graduate
contributions’ to and representation at the IGALA conferences and their
involvement in other professional activities<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol'>
</span></font>in coordination with the conference organizers and other members
of the IGALA executive committee and membership, to develop one graduate
student workshop at each IGALA conference on a topic or topics relevant to the
professional and intellectual development of graduate students and junior
academic staff/faculty<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol'>
</span></font><span class=GramE>to</span> be a member of the committee in
charge of the IGALA Graduate Student Essay Competition (to be chaired by the
President-Elect/Vice President)<o:p></o:p></p>
<div style='margin-left:17.85pt'>
<div style='border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;margin-right:0cm'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:17.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:double windowtext 2.25pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>All
paid-up members of IGALA (including the candidates) are able to vote, and every
member has just <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>one</span></b> vote. Please send the name of the
person you would like to vote for to Ana Ostermann, IGALA Secretary (cc.
above). If you are not a member of IGALA but would like to join (and vote),
please see the Link below. If your application to join IGALA is pending please
let Ana know this. Remember that membership of IGALA includes a subscription to
the ‘</span></font><st1:PersonName>Gender and Language</st1:PersonName>’
journal, now in its second successful year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
list of candidates is attached. As you will see, there are two candidates for
the post of Graduate Student Representative. Please do not distinguish between
these and the other candidates when you vote. If these candidates both receive
a high number of votes it is likely that we will invite the one with the higher
number to be the GSR, and the other to be an ‘ordinary’ member.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>All
votes should be cast one by month (28 days) from today, i.e. by the end of </span></font><st1:date
Month="2" Day="5" Year="2008">Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008</st1:date>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>With
best wishes to all<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><st1:PersonName><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jane Sunderland</span></font></st1:PersonName> (IGALA
President) and Vicky <span class=SpellE>Bergvall</span> (IGALA Vice
President/President Elect)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:71.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><st1:PersonName><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Jane
Sunderland</span></font></st1:PersonName><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Director of Studies,
PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework and New Route PhD</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dept. of
Linguistics and English Language</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>Lancaster</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Lancs. LA1 4YT</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="mailto:j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk">j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk</a></span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>To join IGALA and
become a subscriber of </span></font><st1:PersonName><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Gender and Language</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'> Journal</span></font></i></em><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>, see</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=60">http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=60</a></span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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