Advice to grad students: “I would say make sure to go to many
conferences and participate in data
sessions and academic discussions so that you learn by doing and not just reading.”-Brian Due, U of Copenhagen #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @iscaupdates.bsky.social @linguistlist.bsky.social

“I always get so excited at LANSI hearing about how people are using language and social interaction research in so many different contexts. It's ‘omni-relevant’!” Kelly Frantz @BrynMawrCollege #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 #emca #lansibunch @iscaupdates.bsky.social @ica-lsi.bsky.social #altesolalum

“I also started acting as an expert witness in ‘hate speech’ cases against neo-fascist groups. I had to analyze their messages to show hatred and contempt towards various marginalized groups.” #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @lingsocam.bsky.social @linguistlist.bsky.social @ica-lsi.bsky.social

“but philosophy didn’t have the methodology to understand that, and then I learned about CA…” -Yuka Matsutani, @upenn #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025

LANSI draws scholars from all around the world to New York City every year in October. LANSI also hosts monthly data sessions. Everyone is welcome to join! Learn more here: www.tc.columbia.edu/lansi/
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @iscaupdates @aaalgrads photo by @kedim2233

Scholars from around the world gathered @TeachersCollege for the 2025 Language and Social Interaction (LANSI) Conference, and we asked Galina Bolden from @rutgersu about her research.
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @iscaupdates @teacherscollege @aaalgrads (Photo by @rovinglinguist)

“…not because
I was interested in repair specifically, but because it
turned out to be a great window into a lot of interesting interactional work that would be difficult to study otherwise." -Galina Bolden
Rutgers University #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @iscaupdates.bsky.social

“…So one place to
look is these very initial meetings when students come into college, and these are really short interactions but have important consequences.”
-Elena Crosley, University of Michigan
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025

« …the “Swedish” way --very different from traditional overseas Chinese language schools. … they engage children at a very young age. »
-Zejia (Luna) Xu, Uppsala University, Sweden
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @iscaupdates.bsky.social photo by @rovinglinguist.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1461...

"Go to conferences and listen to as many presenters as you can. Once you find that thing that interests you, research feels less like work, and we find
the joy in it." - Kristella Montiegel
U of Colorado Boulder
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @iscaupdates.bsky.social

« Growing up, I always picked apart what people
said. I was so excited when I found discourse
analytic tools that give evidential backing to how
talk works and what it means. »-Natasha Shrikant, U of Colorado Boulder #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 photo by @rovinglinguist.bsky.social

« I’m really interested in using CA to show these students are autonomous and are actually really proficient communicators – and how our interactional moves can support and hinder those communications. » -Caroline Braun,
Boston College #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @iscaupdates.bsky.social

“I am interested in how people display, negotiate, and
share their emotions in interaction not just by talking, but also by using embodied action and
materials from their environment."
Jing Xue, Georgetown University
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025

« I took a class with Nadja [Tadic] about
discourse and interaction and I loved
learning about membership categorization
analysis. »
-Abby Killam, Georgetown University
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025

Dr. Wagner brought me to LANSI hahaha! …It's a precious experience to come to Columbia and learn alongside everyone [Deng]. …seeing the connection between papers I read and my own research is really exciting [Shou]. Songwang Deng & Junde Shou, U Penn
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025

« I really loved the keynotes …it's just so lovely to be with a group of interaction
nerds …I had the
best day. I was just so happy all day, and I haven't felt like that in a while. »-Lauren Vogelstein, Teachers College, Columbia University
#HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025

« … and LANSI was perfect for that because it's such a great chance to workshop the data and see what people think » -Mark Visonà,
Hofstra University #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"The CAN-Asia group in Japan is very pro-LANSI, so I had to make the pilgrimage." - Joseph Tomasine, Hokkaido Bunkyo University, Japan #HumansOfLANSI
#lansi2025 @iscaupdates.bsky.social