Joshua Raclaw           Department of Linguistics             Ph.D. Student           University of Colorado at Boulder          raclaw at colorado dot edu

Education Ph.D. student - Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO     Certificate Program in Women and Gender Studies M.A. - Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2008.     Certificate Program in Culture, Language, & Social Practice B.A. - Literature, Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ, 2003.     Minors in writing and Jewish studies Research Interests Conversation analysis; discourse markers and particles; prosody in interaction; sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology; identity and membership categories; language, gender, and sexuality; computer-mediated discourse Teaching Positions Affiliate Instructor, Anthropology, Metropolitan State College - Cross-Cultural Communication, ANT 2330       Taught in: Fall 2011 Lead Graduate Instructor, Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. - Department of Linguistics, Fall 2008 - Spring 2009 Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. - Language in U.S. Society, LING 1000       Taught in: Summer 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007 - Language and Gender, LING 2400       Taught in: Spring 2010, Summer 2008 - World Language Policy, LING 3545       Taught in: Spring 2012 - Gender and Contemporary Culture, WMST 2050       Taught in: Spring 2008 Head Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. - Language in U.S. Society, LING 1000       Taught: Fall 2010 (for Kira Hall) Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. - Language in U.S. Society, LING 1000       Taught: Spring 2009 (for Barbara Fox), Fall 2006 (for Adam Hodges), Fall 2005 (for Kira Hall) - Language and Gender, LING 2400       Taught: Spring 2007 (for Kira Hall) Teaching Assistant, Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ. - Expository Writing, EOF Program       Taught: Summer 2002 (for Pam Cross) - Introduction to Literature, LITT 1100       Taught: Fall 2001 (for Lisa Honaker) Writing Tutor, Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ. - Writing Skills center, Fall 2000 - Spring 2003 Research Positions Editorial Assistant to Kira Hall, ed. 2008. Studies in Inequality and Social Justice: Festschrift for Ved Prakash Vatuk. Meerut, India: Archana Publications. Editorial Assisstant to Kira Hall, ed. 2007. Studies in Indian Folk Traditions: Collected Writings of Ved Prakash Vatuk. Meerut, India: Archana Publications. Research Assistant to Kira Hall, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Fall 2005 - Spring 2008 -Internet research on topics related to language and society; editing and formatting of video clips, manuscripts, websites Publications 2008. "Two Patterns for Conversational Closings in Instant Message Discourse." Colorado Research in Linguistics, 21(1). 2006. "Punctuation as social action: The ellipsis as a discourse marker in computer-mediated communication." Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 32. 2006. Book Review of "Talk and Social Theory," Frederick Erickson. Discourse and Society 17(3): 418-19 Conference Presentations "Member knowledge and ethnographic insight: The relevance of analyst knowledge in doing conversation analysis," CLIC Conference, UCLA: May 8, 2010. "Swingers often amuse the hell out of me": Boundary policing and polyamorous identity," SSSS Western Regional Conference, San Diego, CA: April 11, 2008. "Voicing poly: Constructing self and other in a polyamorous community of practice," 106th Annual meeting of the AAA, Washington, DC: November 29, 2007. "The automated speaker: Two patterns for conversational closings in instant message discourse," Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice, Boulder, CO: October 7, 2007. "Queering the family: The discursive construction of homonormativity," 105th Annual meeting of the AAA, San Jose, CA: November 19, 2006 "Standards of type: Punctuation as a sociolinguistic variable in CMD," NWAV 35, Ohio State University: November 9-12, 2006 (with Lauren Squires) "Punctuation as social action: The ellipsis as a discourse marker in computer-mediated communication," 32nd Annual meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, UC Berkeley: February 12, 2006 "Constructing identity through performative queerspeak," Annual meeting of the Georgetown Linguistics Society, Georgetown University: February 19, 2005 Grants and Awards Graduate School Travel Grant, University of Colorado, 2007 United Government of Graduate Students Travel Grant, University of Colorado, 2007 University Fellowship, University of Colorado, 2006 Graduate School Travel Grant, University of Colorado, 2006 Graduate Student Grant, University of Colorado, 2005 University Fellowship, University of Colorado, 2004 Fellowship for Distinguished Students, Richard Stockton College, 2002 Academic Service - Peer Review Editorial Board member, Colorado Research in Linguistics working papers journal, 2007-present. Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2008-present. Abstract reviewer, CLASP Conference: 2007, 2009, 2011. Abstract reviewer, Association of Internet Researchers annual conference, 2006-2008. Abstract Reviewer, 2007: Conference for the International Gender and Language Association. Academic Service - Conference Organization Conference co-organizer, CLASP Conference II, University of Colorado: Oct 2-4, 2009. Conference coordinator and co-organizer, CLASP Conference, University of Colorado: Oct 5-7, 2007. Panel co-organizer and co-chair, "Queer excursions: Moving beyond the binary in language, gender, and sexuality research," Panel for the 106th Annual Meeting of the AAA, Society for Linguistic Anthropology, December 2007. Panel organizer and co-chair, "Normativity and identity: Discursive constructions of queerness and normalcy," Panel for the 105th Annual Meeting of the AAA, Society for Linguistic Anthropology, November 19, 2006. Academic Service - Service to the Department Fee advisory committee member, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, 2010< Guest Lectures "Language, Gender, and Categories," Guest Lecture for LING 1000: Language in U.S. Society, University of Colorado, April 19, 2010. "Introduction to Conversation Analysis," Guest lecture for LING 4800: Language and Culture, University of Colorado, May 29, 2009. "Computer-mediated discourse," Guest lecture for LING 1000: Language in U.S. Society, University of Colorado, March 16, 2009. "Gender and kinship across cultures," Guest lecture for WRTG 3020: Feminism and Motherhood, University of Colorado, July 24, 2008. "Computer-mediated discourse," Guest lecture for LING 1000: Language in U.S. Society, University of Colorado, May 29, 2008. "American Indian Englishes," Guest lecture for LING 1000: Language in U.S. Society, University of Colorado, November 26, 2007. "Language crossing: Ethnicity and identity," Guest lecture for LING 1000: Language in U.S. Society, University of Colorado, November 5, 2007. "Dialects, styles and registers," Guest lecture for LING 2000: Introduction to Linguistics course, University of Colorado, November 1, 2006. "Language and sexuality," Guest lecture for LING 1000: Language in U.S. Society, University of Colorado, October 25, 2006. Colloquium Presentations "Queering the family: The discursive construction of homonormativity," Ling Circle colloquium series, University of Colorado, November 8, 2006. "Constructing identity through performative queerspeak," Ling Circle colloquium series, University of Colorado, February 16, 2005. Media and Press Interviewed for "Now you're talking: Leet speak moves from the domain of hackers into the mainstream," Daily Camera, June 11, 2006 Professional Membership Linguistic Society of America American Anthropological Association American Sociological Association International Gender and Language Association Languages Spoken English, Native speaker French, Reading ability Swedish, Beginner's knowledge Lakhota, Structural knowledge