Let's introduce ourselves!

[Leila Monaghan]

The anthropology meetings are coming once again and I realized that it has 
been a long time since we introduced ourselves on this board and that it might 
be nice to have short bios to attach to name tags.

Also, is anybody willing to organize the ling anthro dinner this year?  
Basically involves finding a restaurant somewhere near the hotel, making a 
reservation and accepting RSVPs.

all best, Leila

My very brief bio:  I teach in the Department of Communication and Culture at 
Indiana University, did my PhD at UCLA in linguistic anthropology, and work 
with Deaf communities (particularly their international development), and do 
work on literacy issues and on performance.  My next major project will be to 
use conversation analysis transcripts to create an ethnographic theatre piece 
on a family learning to read--I see it as Anna Deveare Smith with dialog.


-- 
Leila Monaghan, PhD
Department of Communication and Culture
Indiana University
Ashton Mottier Hall
1760 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-9700
(812) 855-4607
monaghan at indiana.edu