Past Conferences
Past Conferences
The CLASP Program at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado is an interdisciplinary forum for scholars with interrelated research interests in the sociocultural and sociopolitical analysis of language. The CLASP Conference, organized at all levels by graduate students in the program, is a friendly conference designed for students and faculty to showcase new work. The conference brings in an array of national and international scholars from diverse countries and subdisciplines within sociocultural linguistics, such as sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, bilingualism, literacy studies, ethnography of speaking, and language policy.ÌýIn 2022, the CLASP Program partnered with the Society for Linguistic Anthropology to host SLA 2022 in Boulder.
The CLASP program has been honored to welcome as plenary speakers scholars from this diverse group of academic fields, including the following scholars:​
- Dr. Benjamin Bailey (Communication, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Massachusetts Amherst)
- Dr. Mary Bucholtz (Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara)
- Dr. David Boromisza-Hayashi (Communication, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado)
- Dr. Leticia Cesarino (Anthropology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) (SLA 2022)
- Dr. Andrew Cowell (Linguistics, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado)
- Dr. Robert Craig (Communication, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado)
- Dr. Michel DeGraff (Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Ìý(SLA 2022)
- Dr. Cecilia Ford (English Language and Linguistics, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Dr. Barbara Fox (Linguistics, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado)
- Dr. Marjorie Goodwin (Anthropology, UC Los Angeles)
- Dr. Kira Hall (Linguistics and Anthropology, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado)
- Dr. Makoto Hayashi (Humanities, Nagoya ³Ô¹ÏÍø)
- Dr. Christine Mallinson (Language, Literacy, and Culture, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Maryland)
- Dr. Norma Mendoza-Denton (Anthropology, UC Los Angeles)
- Dr. Kevin O'Connor (Education, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder)
- Dr. Angela Reyes (English, Hunter College in CUNY) (SLA 2022)
- Dr. Jonathan Rosa (Education, Stanford ³Ô¹ÏÍø)
- Dr. Shalini Shankar (Anthropology, Northwestern ³Ô¹ÏÍø)Ìý(SLA 2022)
- Dr. Jack Sidnell (Anthropology, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Toronto)
- Dr. Krystal A. Smalls (Anthropology, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)Ìý(SLA 2022)
- Dr. Crispin Thurlow (Communication, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Washington)
- Dr. Virginia Zavala (Linguistics, Universidad Católica del Perú)Ìý(SLA 2022)
Starting with CLASP IV, the conference has competitively selected a student plenary. Past studentÌýplenariesÌýinclude Lynnette Arnold (³Ô¹ÏÍø of California, Santa Barbara),ÌýRebeca MartÃnez Gómez (³Ô¹ÏÍø of New Mexico), and Kuo Zhang (³Ô¹ÏÍø of Georgia).
Students and plenary speakers Drs. Norma Mendoza-Denton & Mary Bucholtz in between sessions at CLASP I.
The CLASP conference is made possible through generous donations and support from our sponsors. These sponsors include the Bueno Center; the Department of Anthropology; the Department of Communication; the Department of Linguistics; the School of Education; United Government the Graduate Students; the Center for Studying Indigenous Languages of the West; the Student Organizations Allocation Committee.
Dr. Jack Sidnell gives a plenary talk at CLASPV.Ìý
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Discover theÌýplenary and workshop information from past CLASP conferences.
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