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Alexa Hepburn

@alexahepburn.bsky.social

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Researcher affiliated with Rutgers and Loughborough Universities, interested in use & development of conversation analysis and discursive psychology. Views: coherence-based; responsive to new ideas. #EMCA #FBPE #FBR #AcademicSky

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Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · Dec 5

Jeffersonian transcription illustrated in sound and video. NCRM wanted 20 minutes; I gave them 57 and I still missed loads of things!

The page contains some short accompanying exercises too. Hopefully it will be a helpful resource for all.

NCRM resource | Decoding Human Interaction: Transcription Conventions for Conversation Analysis by A...

NCRM delivers research methods training, produces learning resources, conducts research and supports methodological innovation

www.ncrm.ac.uk

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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · 9d

📣 Our #19 newsletter is out: this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our community it is the beginning of a new academic year in the Northern Hemisphere or the start of a new term in the South, this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our #ILEMCA community.✨ 🧵1/7

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Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · 15d

Whatever their faults, universities need to be defended in the current anti-intellectual environment. @thetimes.com
timeshighered.bsky.social

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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 15d

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Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...

Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · Apr 28

Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵

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Galina Bolden @galinabolden.bsky.social · 22d

Reposting: Please join us at Rutgers Communication dept - open rank position in Language, Interaction, and Interpersonal Comm! Apply by Sept 25; contact me with any Qs #emca jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258...

Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Language, Interaction, and Interpersonal Communication (Open Rank)

The Department of Communication at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information seeks a full-time faculty member in language, interaction, and interpersonal communication. The search i...

jobs.rutgers.edu

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LANSI @lansi2024.bsky.social · 26d

Pre-registration ends in just 2 weeks!

LANSI @lansi2024.bsky.social · Aug 1

🥳#lansi2025 program is now live 👏tc.columbia.edu/lansi/conferen…

pre-register now and see you in 🍁in the Big Apple 🍎 tc.columbia.edu/lansi/conferen… @iscaupdates.bsky.social @teacherscollege.bsky.social @linguistlist.bsky.social @ica-lsi.bsky.social

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Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations Dr Hee Chung Chun for brilliantly defending her dissertation on how teachers scaffold talk for adult novice learners in Korean language classes! A careful, insightful CA study. With co-chair @galinabolden.bsky.social & committee @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social & Hansun Waring🥂 #emca

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LANSI @lansi2024.bsky.social · Sep 1

new paper on because-prefaced utterances (BPUs) in child interaction: utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3... @teacherscollege.bsky.social @iscaupdates.bsky.social #lansibunch #emca

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Gene Lerner @glerner.bsky.social · Sep 4

This olde exchange concerning the place of ‘social-structural’ considerations in descriptions of the organizations of talk-in-interaction was recently brought to mind. (Perhaps the ‘obscurity’ involved was there to shield the suggestion from promiscuous application!) #EMCA

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David Cochrane @dlgcochrane.bsky.social · Aug 21

Identifying, communicating, and de-escalating risk in high-stakes settings: How conversation analysis research can underpin communication training
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Identifying, communicating, and de-escalating risk in high-stakes settings: How conversation analysis research can underpin communication training

Communicating risk in high-stakes settings can prevent avoidable deaths. Communicating, assessing and managing risk is a critical part of many healthc…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Elliott Hoey @elliotthoey.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 new #emca paper klaxon 🚨

on-duty police regularly have to deal with recording bystanders. if they decide to open interaction, how do they do so? Uwe and I investigate 🕵🏻 in Language in Society

🔓 OA: www.cambridge.org/core/service...

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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · Aug 26

A reminder from @marinanc.bsky.social that there is an #EMCA group on LinkedIn as well that would be nice to reactivate: www.linkedin.com/groups/2276942

LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com

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Galina Bolden @galinabolden.bsky.social · Aug 19

Very excited to announce this faculty search at Rutgers! Looking for a wonderful new colleague to join us in Communication #EMCA #LSI @ica-lsi.bsky.social @lansi2024.bsky.social
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258...

Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Language, Interaction, and Interpersonal Communication (Open Rank)

jobs.rutgers.edu

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Mark Dingemanse @dingemansemark.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reminder! Less than a week left to apply for PhD and postdoc positions in Futures of Language — 🔁 for folks interested in the intersection of language, social interaction, and technology

Vacancies: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
FAQ: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...

#emca #linguistics #sts

View of Radboud Campus in Nijmegen, brutalist Erasmus building hosting the Faculty of Arts & the Futures of Language project in the foreground

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Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Aug 5

The delicate dance of revealing more or less of who we are for one another, as it happens at the café counter. Co-authored with Sylvaine Tuncer. #EMCA #geosky

Acknowledging, recognising and responding to one another: ordinary hospitality in the café. Authors: Eric Laurier & Sylvaine Tuncer. Geoforum, Vol 165

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Mark Dingemanse @dingemansemark.bsky.social · Jul 9

Whether you are pondering applying for one of the above positions or just looking for some good reads, I think you will enjoy these summer reads markdingemanse.net/futures/news...

#SummerReads #linguistics #emca #sts #hci #FuturesOfLanguage

Covers of 4 books:
Bridle, James. 2022. Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Franklin, Ursula M. 1999. The Real World of Technology. Revised edition. CBC Massey Lectures. Toronto: Anansi.
Illich, Ivan. 1973. Tools for Conviviality. Open Forum. London: Calder and Boyars.
Le Guin, Ursula K. 2019. The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction. London: Ignota.

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Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · Jul 14

Here you go: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mlc4k...

www.dropbox.com

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YorCCA @yorcca.bsky.social · Jul 1

🎯 What’s on at the main conference on 18 July?

✔️ PhD Presentations in CA
✔️ Talks from:
🔬 Paul – Applications of CA to Medical Interactions
🧩 Lorenza – Multimodal Conversation Analysis
✔️ Peer Networking

🌍 Join us: store.york.ac.uk/product-cata...

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Laura Jenkins @laalaajenkins.bsky.social · Jul 4

📢 Lboro CA Day 2025

A fantastic day of #EMCA presentations & networking.

📍 Lboro/hybrid
📅 15 Dec

Register now!
Call for abstracts open!

darg.lboro.ac.uk/event/ca-day...

@darg-sessions.bsky.social @saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social @emma-richardson.bsky.social @lborocrcc.bsky.social

CA Day 2025, Monday 15th December (hybrid) – DARG

darg.lboro.ac.uk

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · Jun 25

A snippet from the new rolsi.net blog by
@profsalwiggins.bsky.social
on the initial meeting of the EatSiN network of #EMCA food & interaction researchers.

rolsi.net

An image taken from the ROLSi.net blog about research done on eating in interaction

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Kobin Kendrick @kobinkendrick.bsky.social · Jun 25

Registration is now open for the York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA).

The conference is on Fri 18 July (in-person or online) with Paul Drew and Lorenza Mondada as invited speakers.

Workshops by Paul and Lorenza for PhD students (in-person) on Sat 19 July.

YorCCA @yorcca.bsky.social · Jun 25

💡 York Conference on Conversation Analysis — Registration is OPEN!

18 July — Main Conference (PhD presentations + invited speakers Paul & Lorenza)
19 July — CA Workshop with Paul & Lorenza

£20 conference | £35 conf + workshop | £10 online

⏳ Register: store.york.ac.uk/product-cata...

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · Feb 11

Can #AI understand 'human distress'? And where might a conversation analytic answer to this question start?

#LSE is publishing a new series of video shorts on the impact of AI technology and it's great to have #EMCA in it!

youtu.be/rwBgZxmeCDM?...

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@lsepbs.bsky.social

Can AI understand distress? The hidden signals in emergency calls I LSE Research

YouTube video by LSE

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Adam Brandt @adambrandt.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚨Save the date!🚨
🗣️Spread the word! 🗣️

The next ICOP-L2 conference will be held at Newcastle University on 🗓️24-26 August 2026🗓️
icopl2.org

More details on plenary speakers, workshops, the call for abstracts, and more, coming soon!

#EMCA #L2interaction

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · Jun 5

We're pleased that the Special Section on "The Ethics of Collecting, Curating and Sharing Data in Conversation Analysis" is attracting interest.

Topics include: "legacy" data; ethics boards; curated repositories; open science; cultural norms...

Online here:

www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/5...

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Special Section: The Ethics of Collecting, Curating and Sharing Data in Conversation Analysis. Volume 58, Issue 2 of Research on Language and Social Interaction

www.tandfonline.com

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Marco Pino @marcopino.bsky.social · Jun 2

We are advertising an Online Workshop in Conversation Analysis and Healthcare Interactions (Loughborough University). Details: darg.lboro.ac.uk/news/new-wor...

New workshop advertised – DARG

darg.lboro.ac.uk

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · May 30

Can you use AI in teaching Conversation Analysis?

@bogdanahuma.bsky.social reports using a remarkably real-sounding AI-generated podcast, ostensibly discussing a CA paper. Will students spot its mistakes, trivial and profound?

The new ROLSI.net blog here:
rolsi.net/2025/05/30/g...

An image generated by ChatGPT to the prompt "Produce a realistic image of a male and female podcast duo, discussing a topic in conversation analysis"

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