[Linganth] American Dialect Society Research Incubator – abstracts due August 21

[Calhoun, Kendra]

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<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://americandialect.org/research-incubator-adsri1/__;!!Mak6IKo!J8FCeL2b_Te3NtwfKmQggrE-papjYK6D00O-dfGpDeWhPSWCLqKkpW1lo8CwpCPEkJ8vodZWgs35FjM699xgVmLoeA$> (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<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dukeupress.edu/american-dialect-society__;!!Mak6IKo!J8FCeL2b_Te3NtwfKmQggrE-papjYK6D00O-dfGpDeWhPSWCLqKkpW1lo8CwpCPEkJ8vodZWgs35FjM699zGSiKXCQ$> 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://americandialect.org/research-incubator-adsri1/__;!!DZ3fjg!9dgD2sioLN3YbtKqk5uSSuTyuoSZQxiJ-_pP7p09IJ-OtZ2y8K30Q39TKPQcH3dTwlR448o6veGCGwS2L1ofvxj07nw$>



Kendra Calhoun, Ph.D. (she/her)
Assistant Professor | Department of Anthropology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


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