[Ads-l] American Dialect Society Research Incubator wants *you*!

[Grant Barrett]

*Working on a research project that would benefit from feedback before you
present it at a conference?*

*Looking for a collaborative, low-stakes venue to talk about your and
others’ research?*

*Check out the new **American Dialect Society Research Incubator*
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* (ADSRI1)! *

*Online September 18–19, 2026, a half-day on Friday, Sept. 18, and most of
Saturday, Sept. 19. **Registration is free and open to all.*
<https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/pMrcMEtwTTSOemm5RAFlrw>

We are excited to announce our first American Dialect Society Research
Incubator (ADSRI1), an online opportunity to present work in progress for
discussion. Our aim is ultimately to encourage and provide feedback on work
that can later be presented at the American Dialect Society Annual Meeting.

While the Research Incubator is designed for early-career researchers,
especially students, all are welcome to submit. The forum is designed to
be collaborative and provide rich feedback at every stage, from initial
abstract submission through the 20-minute presentation. Each accepted
presenter will have the opportunity to work with an ADS mentor or a
colleague to brainstorm and converse with them to develop the presentation.
At the incubator, sets of three presentations will be followed by an
hour-long discussion period where the audience will actively help
presenters sharpen their work and explore future directions.

We invite presentations on any aspect of any language variety used or found
in North America,  associated islands in the Pacific and the Atlantic, and
in the Caribbean Basin. We also invite work on the language varieties that
influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical,
Indigenous or introduced, common or rare. We encourage topics related to
lexicography, linguistic atlas projects, linguistic landscapes, language
and society, and public language-awareness programs.

The deadline for abstracts is Friday, August 21, 11:59 pm Central Time.
Presenters must be ADS *members*
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 by the time of the Incubator (ADS memberships are only $25 for students).
Anybody can attend.

*Bonus: *The editors of* American Speech *will join us to talk about the
publication process, getting from the incubator into their pages.

*https://americandialect.org/research-incubator-adsri1/
<https://americandialect.org/research-incubator-adsri1/>*


Grant Barrett

American Dialect Society

Vice President of Communications and Technology

https://americandialect.org

grant at grantbarrett.com

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