<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Organizers at Semantics and Linguistic Theory have been thinking purposefully about how to make their subdiscipline/conference more inclusive and equitable. To that end, they have put together the workshop below, which will feature ASL interpretation.</div><div><br></div><div>Please spread the word!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Natasha<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<div><span id="m_3329381401329668219gmail-m_3247601900461566237gmail-docs-internal-guid-f2b1ef11-7fff-bd94-bdeb-8faf6ccc7b0a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The day before this year’s SALT conference, there will be a two-hour satellite workshop on making teaching in Semantics and Pragmatics more inclusive and equitable, with an eye towards welcoming groups currently underrepresented in the subfield. The workshop will concentrate on two areas: (1) making the content of semantics classes more inclusive, including syllabus revisions and example data from a broader range of source languages and language varieties; and (2) making the style of pedagogy more inclusive and welcoming to all students. The forum will include an optional final hour to facilitate unstructured discussions among attendees.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration is free, via </span><a href="https://saltconf.github.io/salt31/registration.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the main SALT conference registration form</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and registered participants will receive a link to the virtual event. ASL interpretation will be provided and may be requested during the registration process.</span></p><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Workshop on Inclusive Teaching in Semantics</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">presented by <span>SALTED</span>: the SALT Equity & Diversity committee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">May 6, 2021 2-4pm Eastern Time, with optional informal discussion 4-5pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Panelists:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="https://www.umass.edu/linguistics/member/lisa-green" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lisa Green</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">        </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">University of Massachusetts, Amherst</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><a href="https://linguistics.ucla.edu/person/maura-oleary/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maura O’Leary</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">     </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">University of California, Los Angeles</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/hazelpearsonling/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hazel Pearson</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">        </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Queen Mary University of London</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><a href="https://www.linguistics.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/nathan-sanders" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nathan Sanders</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">   </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">University of Toronto</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:428px;height:276px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/lUYMClkvbM4OFtZukK81Ms0nVMI3HFRWB-7EQ7HDpLmBtnUkZM6Aa0Zk__yayDrWz_X6H941Z5CtqI2n4N7LXOXpEOn4zS6Lrv_LlXUi9SY3zT2p9CBPm73pZ_0TNCP1Nggs6sw" style="outline:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px" width="428" height="276"></span></span></p></span></div><div> -------------------------  </div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Ezra Keshet   🖥️   <a href="https://umich.zoom.us/my/ezrakeshet" target="_blank">umich.zoom.us/my/ezrakeshet</a></div><div>Associate Professor<br>Dept. of Linguistics, University of Michigan<br><a href="http://www.ezrakeshet.com" target="_blank">http://www.ezrakeshet.com</a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Natasha Abner (<i>she/her/hers</i>)</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Living and working on land taken from the Anishinaabe people.</i><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b></b></font></div><div><a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nabner/" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">Website</font></a></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Assistant Professor, <a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/linguistics" target="_blank">Linguistics Department</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">PI, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/signgesturelab/" target="_blank">Sign Language & Multi-Modal Communication Lab</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Board of Directors, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CampLookingGlass/" target="_blank">Camp Looking Glass</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">450 Lorch</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">University of Michigan</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220</font></div><div></div><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>