[Gala-l] Lavender Languages 25 grad student session

[Lucy Jones]

Dear IGALA members,

I would be grateful if you could pass this on to interested graduate students working in language and gender/queer linguistics.

Many thanks,
Lucy

Graduate student work-in-progress session

Lavender Languages and Linguistics 25
20-22 April 2018, Rhode Island College, USA

Session organizer: Lucy Jones (University of Nottingham, UK)

Session summary

This session allows Masters and Doctoral students at the early stages of their research to discuss their ideas and plans with colleagues in a supportive forum. It is intended as an opportunity for students to receive constructive feedback which might inform their future research.

Who is this aimed at?

Presenters must currently be, or be planning to become, a graduate student working on a topic relevant to the Lavender Languages and Linguistics conference. This session is not intended for those ready to discuss projects that are near completion.

Presenters may have collected data they have not yet explored systematically, but have some preliminary observations they think might be meaningful. Others may have determined their research questions and objectives but not yet decided on their methodology. Some may not yet have established their research questions or approach, but know broadly what they want to do and how it will fill a gap in the field.

Students in these situations will benefit from sharing their ideas with others, hearing about different approaches, and offering their thoughts to fellow presenters. Although presentation slots are limited to graduate students only, established scholars in language and sexuality/queer linguistics will also be present in the audience to share their thoughts and advice.

How will it work?

Presenters will have 5 minutes maximum to share their work-in-progress: there will not be time to lay out the theoretical background in detail or go into any specifics. Instead, the aim is to offer brief highlights of a project’s aims, the approach that might be/is being taken, and any very preliminary findings or observations.

Presenters are welcome to use slides/visual aids, but this is not a pre-requisite of participation in the session. Each presentation will be followed by a 5-minute informal discussion session with the audience.

If you would like to present your research ideas, please email Lucy Jones on lucy.jones at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:lucy.jones at nottingham.ac.uk> by 15 November 2017 with a Word document containing the following:


  *   Your project’s working title
  *   Your name, email address, the university where you are a graduate student, and the graduate program you are enrolled on
  *   A 150-word (max.) abstract detailing:
     *   The intended aims and objectives of your project
     *   Your likely/actual methodological approach
     *   The likely stage of your research by the time of the conference (e.g. if you will be establishing your methodology, applying for ethical approval, beginning data collection, starting your analysis, etc)

Participation will be confirmed by email in January 2018.


—
Dr Lucy Jones
Assistant Professor in Sociolinguistics

School of English | University of Nottingham
Nottingham | NG7 2RD | UK

queerlinglang.wordpress.com | @jones_lucy




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