LAURA E. WEST CV

Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University Poulton Hall 240, 1437 37th St. NW, Washington, DC 20057-1051

west.e.laura@gmail.com; (202) 430-1462

EDUCATION

2015 Georgetown University, Ph.D. Linguistics (Expected graduation: October 2015) Dissertation title: Facebook 2.0: A sociolinguistic analysis of audience norms on and off the site Dissertation Committee: Heidi Hamilton (chair), Deborah Tannen, Anna Marie Trester

2010 Georgetown University, M.S., Sociolinguistics Thesis title: Facework on Facebook: How it legitimizes community membership and enables linguistic

socialization through intertextuality Advisor: Natalie Schilling 2006 University of Virginia, B.A., Linguistics

CURRENT POSITION

Editor, Career Linguist (www.careerlinguist.com)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Language and social media; discourse analysis; ethnography; intertextuality; institutional discourse (business and healthcare-related); narrative; creaky voice quality

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2010-14. Recipient of Doctoral Student Fellowship, Georgetown University 2005. Semifinalist of the Elie Wiesel Ethics Essay Contest 2001-2003. Recipient of Tuition-Exemption Scholarship, Louisiana State University

PUBLICATIONS

Article in review 2015. West, L. (2015). "Click if you accept Jesus": Sociolinguistic influences on Like-use and its

interpretation. Submitted to Journal of Computer-mediated Communication (September 2015) Book Chapter 2013. West, L., & Trester, A. (2013). Facework on Facebook Conversations on Social Media. In D. Tannen & A. Trester (Eds.), Discourse 2.0: Language & New Media. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. Article 2013. West, L. (2013). Facebook sharing: A sociolinguistic analysis of computer-mediated storytelling. Discourse, Context & Media, 2, 1-13. Book Note 2010. West, L. (2010). Review of Just a phrase I’m going through: My life in language, by David Crystal. Language in Society, 39, 703-4.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2013. Digital discourse in context: The evolution of "like" on Facebook. National Communication Association Conference, Washington, DC., Panel Paper.

2012. Negotiating Identities: An exploration of the communicative practices of executives in the classroom. American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, Panel Paper.

2012. Facework on Facebook: Analyzing conversations on social media. Intercultural Management Institute conference, Washington, DC, Workshop. 2011. The Face of Facebook: Language use in an online social space. Georgetown University Linguistic Landscapes Symposium, Washington DC, Paper. 2011. Writing on the wall: How new members of Facebook are creating new meaning intertextually. American Culture Association Popular Culture, San Antonio, Paper. 2011. Facework on Facebook: Intertextuality and Politeness Moves in an OSN Community. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, Workshop.

INVITED TALKS

2013. Researching narrative on Facebook. Storytelling class (NYU) 2012. Talking the talk: An ethnography of communication in the EML program. (McDonough School

of Business, GU). 2012. Talking Business, Talking School: Cross-Cultural Communication in the Executive Business Classroom. (Cross-Cultural Communication, GU). 2012. Facework on Facebook: Uncovering interactional norms. (Cross-Cultural Communication, GU). 2012. Establishing Authority in the EML classroom. (Presentation to the EML faculty, GU). 2012. Audience on Facebook: Exploring the participation framework. (Language & Social Media, GU).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2012. Instructor, Introduction to Language (undergraduate, GU) 2011. Teaching Assistant, Narrative (graduate, GU) 2011. Field Methods (graduate, GU) 2009-11. Teacher, ESL (Beginner adult, Neighbors Consejos Non-Profit) 2008-09. Completed Teaching Practicum course (GU) 2005. Teaching Assistant, ESL (graduate, UVA) 2004. Bilingual Substitute teacher (Spring Branch Independent School District, Houston)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2011-13. Senior researcher, Talking Business Project (MSB, Georgetown University) 2013. Research assistant, SLA corpus research project (Dr. Lourdes Ortega, GU) 2012. Research assistant, Language & Social Media (Dr. Deborah Tannen, GU) 2011. Research assistant, Computer-Mediated Communication (Dr. Anna Trester, GU) 2010. Program assistant, MA in Language and Communication (Dr. Anna Trester, GU) 2008. Lab assistant, Aphasia research, Georgetown University Neuroscience Department 2005-06. Lab assistant, Sign-language research, University of Virginia Psychology Department

WORK EXPERIENCE

Fall 2013. Tara Mohr, Linguistics Consultant Smr 2013. Georgetown University, Alison Mackey, Research Consultant 2011-13. Verilogue Inc., Discourse Analyst Consultant 2012. Koepp Research Corporation, Copyediting Consultant. 2011-12. The Center for Language Education & Development, EFL Test Scorer 2008-11. Non-Profit Community Development Corporation of DC, Project coordinator 2007-08. Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Victim-Witness Advocate 2006-07. Bistro, Inc., Manager

INVITED PEER REVIEWS

2013. Reviewer for Facebook-themed article submission, Discourse, Context & Media 2013. Reviewer for intertextuality article submission, International Journal of English and Literature

LANGUAGES & TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

Languages: Advanced Spanish, Beginner Portuguese Completed coursework in Japanese & Ancient Greek

Research-related Travel: 2011. South Africa, data collection, Talking Business Project 2005. Central Australia, data collection, anthropology project on aboriginal culture 2002-03. Spain, international student, University of Salamanca Personal Travel: Nicaragua, Germany, France, Ireland, England, Belgium