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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Greetings linguistic anthropologists!</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">One of the lessons from the SLA Futures event, held last autumn and summarized below, is that many SLA members prefer communications that land in our inboxes via our listserv. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Accordingly, and in conjunction with existing vehicles of communication–including the SLA website, SLA social media posts, and project-specific email missives from extended board
members–we hope to provide more regular communication from the SLA executive board moving forward. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Please read on if you are interested in the following topics: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The current composition of the board and extended board <o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#EE4651;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A report from the SLA Futures event<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#EE4651;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Announcement and call for applications for new positions (Accessibility coordinator; Mentoring coordinator; Virtual programming coordinator) <o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#EE4651;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Early planning for the next SLA conference and other in-person gatherings<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#EE4651;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Prizes: Winners and upcoming deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#EE4651;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">News and greetings from the JLA, care of the new Editor-in-Chief<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
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<h1 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">1. 2024 Board and Extended Board</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The continued health and vibrancy of the SLA depends on the volunteer work of our membership. Many members have served on paper and book award panels, organized in-person and
online events for fellow members, participated in language and social justice (LSJ) initiatives, and have otherwise extended the reach and impact of SLA members’ work. Thank you!</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">There is also the labor-intensive work of the extended board, who also volunteer their time. Many thanks to those who recently rotated off the extended board as well as those
who have agreed to fill these positions and have already gotten to work. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Extended board</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/sarah-muir"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Sara Muir</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> (2022-2025)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.gvsu.edu/anthropology/dr-michael-wroblewski-55.htm"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Michael Wroblewski</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nadxieli Toledo Bustamante, she/her/ella (co-chair)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://ccgs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/shannon-ward/"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Shannon Ward</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://sppo.osu.edu/people/babel.6"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Anna Babel</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.georgiaennis.com/"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Georgia Ennis</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> (2021-2024)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://faculty.csusm.edu/jahlers/index.html"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Jocelyn Ahlers</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(2022-2025)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.fordham.edu/info/20831/modern_languages_and_literatures_faculty/11064/britta_ingebretson"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Britta Ingebretson</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
(2023-2026)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.unr.edu/anthropology/faculty/sandhya-narayanan"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Sandhya Krittika Narayanan</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
(2021-2023)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/andrew-carruthers"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Andrew Carruthers</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Joseph Marks (2022-2025)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://utexas.academia.edu/NoraTyeklar"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Nora Tyeklar</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> (2023-2026)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://anthropology.charlotte.edu/elise-berman/"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Elise Berman</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> (2023-2026)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/joel-c-kuipers"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Joel Kuipers</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> (2023-2026)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Executive Board</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">President</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/e-carr#:~:text=Summerson%20Carr%20is%20an%20Associate,social%20work%20and%20allied%20professions."><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Summerson
Carr</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651"> </span>
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(2023-2025)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty/faculty_profile.jsp?faculty=547"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Jillian Cavanaugh</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
(2023-2025)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/people/netta-avineri"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Netta Avineri</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(2023-2026)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.umass.edu/anthro/lynnette-arnold"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Lynnette Arnold</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(2021-2024)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="http://spanport.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/marsilivargas-xochitl.html"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Xochitl Marshilli-Vargas</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
(2022-2025)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://anthropology.indiana.edu/about/faculty/graber-kathryn.html"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Kate Graber</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(2023-2026)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Many thanks to Bernard Perley, the outgoing president, and Adrienne Lo, outgoing Member-at-Large, for their service.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Please consider nominations, self-nominations, and expressions of interest in these roles, all of which are vital to the work of the SLA, now and in the future.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">2. SLA Futures report</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">On October 17, 2023, the SLA executive board convened an open, virtual meeting with the membership to discuss the future of the field and the organization, which we called “SLA
Futures.” The purpose of the meeting was to provide an open forum in which SLA members could gather to share their ideas about the future of SLA and its priorities moving forward. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">About fifty people participated in the meeting. After introductory remarks from SLA president Bernard Perley, treasurer Jack Sidnell, and president-elect Summerson Carr, participants
split up into five discussion groups. Each group consisted of approximately eight SLA members and a member of the executive board tasked with taking notes and guiding the discussion. Participants tackled two main questions: 1) Over the next two years, given
constraints, what should be our top priorities? 2) What are the best ways for SLA members to communicate and convene? </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">In these discussion groups, members voiced a wide variety of interests and priorities. Sometimes, these concerns were at potential odds, such as the widely stated desire for another
in-person SLA conference and the concern that in-person gatherings not only privilege those who are equipped to travel but also increase our carbon footprint. That said, it is clear that the SLA Futures event also generated some common themes. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Below are the five main points of convergence and the concrete steps we are taking to begin addressing them. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">Accessibility</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">is a priority for SLA members, particularly concerning SLA events. Members would like to reduce barriers to participation overall. This includes improving access for our members with disabilities,
but it also extends to graduate students, international scholars, and members who work outside the academy or in precarious academic posts. While forum participants highlighted the importance of in-person interactions and sought to retain those aspects of
conferencing with access in mind, they also highlighted the importance of virtual programming beyond conferences and expressed hope for more of this. Members made clear that accessibility is at stake in everything we do as a society and that it is critical
to our success moving forward. To give accessibility the attention it deserves, the SLA is creating two new positions on the board: an
<i>accessibility coordinator</i> and a <i>virtual programming coordinator</i> (read below for more information).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Members expressed overwhelming support for a
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">biennial SLA conference</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> and identified many potential benefits of having a regular meeting. Although some members suggested
a conference should include at least some virtual elements if financially feasible, most felt that the conference planning should focus on an in-person format at a relatively intimate scale. With these wishes in mind, planning for a 2025 SLA conference is
now in its early stages (read below for more information). </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Many members emphasized the importance of
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">mentoring</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">, especially for students, early career faculty, and linguistic anthropologists working outside the academy.
These were prescient comments, coming as they did right before a very successful mentoring event at the AAA/CASCA meeting in Toronto. They also inspired the need for a dedicated mentoring coordinator, a new position described below. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Members underscored the importance of maintaining and developing the
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">journal</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">. Some participants suggested that JLA consider publishing in languages other than English and/or with translations.
Others suggested that the JLA should be open to writing genres other than the academic essay. The search for a new JLA editor proceeded with these goals in mind, and we are thrilled to have Anna Babel on board as the new editor of JLA. You can read her message
to the membership below.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Many discussion participants suggested that the SLA should
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">partner and collaborate</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> with other sections, societies, and/or local conferences. Many also noted the importance of
encouraging graduate students and other SLA members to organize events like the <i>
Talking Politics</i> series that have the potential to reach beyond the subfield and engage broader audiences. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The SLA has established several new positions in response to members' recent feedback. We ask all members to please consider serving in one of these appointed positions. If interested
in doing so, please contact </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><a href="mailto:esc@uchicago.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">esc@uchicago.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
with the name of the position in the header of your email. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We are confident that we can better serve current members and grow the organization by appointing members to the following positions: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Many thanks to the membership, and to the LSJ in particular, for their advocacy for this role and for conducting initial research into possible resources that can help us make
the organization more accessible. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">The SLA accessibility coordinator will take the lead in planning, promoting, and— in collaboration with members of the extended SLA Board—implementing measures to increase access to
all SLA events and publications (including but not limited to the journal, newsletter columns, and digital communications). Accessibility is broadly conceived to facilitate greater participation and opportunities at every level for historically marginalized
groups, with particular emphasis on disability, region of residence, language backgrounds, and inequalities based on socio-economic class, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, and sexuality. In addition to working closely with the SLA executive board to increase
and expand access, the SLA accessibility officer will liaise with the AAA Coordinator for Accessibility, Meetings and Conferences, and other AAA sections where appropriate. The Accessibility Coordinator will serve a two-year term. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">MENTORING COORDINATOR </span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Sandhya Narayanan has done much to revamp SLA’s mentoring program, work that she took on over and above her work as AAA Program Chair. Members of the SLA program committee</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">—<span style="color:black">Dominika
Baran, Grigory Gorbun, Kathe Managan, and Gahyun Sohn</span>—<span style="color:black">also contributed to this important work. The recent success of the program suggests the need for a dedicated position.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">This position aims to help junior scholars become more familiar with the SLA and offer mentoring opportunities for junior scholars and mid-career professionals at both academic institutions
and related industries. The new coordinator will work to expand the mentor-mentee network, which involves managing check-ins for mentors-mentees when necessary and pairing new mentors and mentees. Coordination work will also include maintaining and updating
the database (i.e. spreadsheet) of current mentor-mentee pairings. The coordinator will also plan at least one in-person mentoring event (such as the 2023 Mentoring Luncheon AAA) and one virtual event annually. Finally, the coordinator will conduct an annual
SLA mentorship survey. The mentoring coordinator will serve a two-year term.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">VIRTUAL EVENTS COORDINATOR</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Consistent with the SLA’s interest in sharing and extending the reach of linguistic anthropological scholarship and doing so in accessible ways, we want to encourage and support
virtual</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <span style="color:black">
programming. While virtual programming will not replace a biennial conference, it can supplement it in impactful ways. Please stay tuned as the board drafts a position description for a virtual events coordinator. As with the positions above, do not hesitate
to reach out if you are interested in volunteering for the SLA in this role.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">4. Conference planning</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">As many members recall, the last SLA conference was held in Boulder, Colorado in 2022, after several years of COVID-related delays. Attendees were overwhelmingly positive about
their experience at the conference, leaving many longing for the next! At the same time, we learned many important lessons from the conference, including the sheer amount of volunteer labor needed to plan for and host a conference of that scale, the financial
impact on the organization, and the pros and cons of a hybrid format. With member feedback in mind and with some necessary adjustments, we are in the early stages of planning for a conference that will take place in Chicago in the spring or very early fall
of 2025. The next step is to convene a conference committee. If you are interested in participating, please reach out to
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><a href="mailto:esc@uchicago.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">esc@uchicago.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
with CONFERENCE PLANNING in the header of your email. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">5. Prizes</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2023 awards:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">New Voices Book Prize</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Piers Kelly for<br>
</span><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-last-language-on-earth-9780197509913?cc=ca&lang=en&"><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">The Last Language on Earth: Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Scott MacLochlainn for<br>
</span><a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo182881918.html"><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">The Copy Generic: How the Nonspecific Makes our Social Worlds</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Honorable Mention</span></i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
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Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas for</span><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/genres-of-listening"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">
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</span><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651;text-decoration:none">Genres of Listening: An Ethnography of Psychoanalysis in Buenos Aires</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">John Gumperz Graduate Student Paper Prize:</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">Co-Winners</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Timothy Y. Loh </span>
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Jiarui Sun </span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
(University of Chicago)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Paper Title:<br>
<i>al-lugha al-‘umm/’arabi mukassar: Competing Discourses about Jordanian Sign Language (LIU) in Amman</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Paper Title:<br>
<i>Digital Rituals in Danmu: The Enregisterment of Online Nationalism in China</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Faculty Advisor: <br>
Stefan Helmreich</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Faculty Advisor:<br>
Constantine Nakassis</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Katherine Arnold-Murray
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(University of Colorado, Boulder)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Sarah Rosenau </span>
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(University of Pittsburgh)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Paper Title: <br>
<i>Settle for Biden: The Scalar Production of a Normative Presidential Candidate on Instagram</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Paper Title: <br>
<i>Appropriating Appropriation: Mock Koreaboo</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Faculty Advisor: <br>
Kira Hall</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Faculty Advisor: <br>
Scott Kiesling</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Undergraduate Student Prize</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5F6368"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#EE4651">Course Paper Winner</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Joelle Jackson <br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(Indiana University)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Allyson Emmett <br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Paper Title: <br>
(Re)animating Treasured Texts: Volunteers’ Visibility and Voice in Participatory Archival Transcription</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Paper Title: <br>
<i>Gender and Linguistic Change: Perceptions of English Influencing Changes in Spanish in the U.S.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Faculty Advisor: <br>
Kathryn Graber</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Faculty Advisor: <br>
Nell Haynes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Thayer H. Ackerman</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
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<i>The Chronotopes of Columbia</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>Cultivating Time and Space in Digital Advertising and Corporate Branding</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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