LISO Data Sessions (Winter 2026)

Time: 10 am - 12 pm (Pacific) / 1 - 3 pm (Eastern) / 6 - 8 pm (GMT)

Venue: SSMS 3410; or join via Zoom

Coordinator: Marat Zheng (Sociology)   |   FAQs for first-time presenters/attendees

 
January 9, 2026
~Unmotivated observations on a fragment of English conversation
 
January 16, 2026
~Unmotivated observations on a fragment of English conversation (cont.)
 
January 23, 2026
Marat Zheng (Sociology, UCSB)
~A telephone call between a Chinese official and a foreign person during Shanghai's 2022 covid lockdown
 
January 30, 2026
Sam Olds (Sociology, UCSB)
~Data TBD
 
February 6, 2026
Anastasia Stavridou (Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester)
~Data TBD
 
February 13, 2026
Evelyn Vera-Flández  (Education, UCSB)
~Data TBD
 
February 20, 2026
Jeffrey Aguinaldo (Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University)
~Data TBD
 
February 27, 2026
NO SESSION PLANNED
 
March 6, 2026
Munira Kairat (Education, UCSB)
~Data TBD
 
March 13, 2026
Jean-Marie Nau (Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg)
~Doing Bahá’í Consultation

LISO Proseminars (Winter 2026)

Time: 1:30 - 3:30 pm (Pacific) / 4:30 - 6:30 pm (Eastern) / 9:30 - 11:30 pm (GMT)

Venue: Education 1205; or join via Zoom

Coordinator: Kevin Whitehead (Sociology)

 
February 6
John Heritage (Department of Sociology, UCLA) and Jeffrey Robinson (Department of Communication, Portland State University) 
“On the Perimeter of Preference: Low-Stakes Polar Questions”

February 13
Hanna Asmaeil (Department of Education, UCSB)
“‘Teacher, are those words how you spell in Arabic?’: Socializing Linguistic and Cultural Awareness through Metalinguistic Conversations in Preschool”

February 20
Alvin Chu (Department of Sociology, UCLA) 
Title TBC

March 6 (TBC)
Possible event to be determined – please save the date just in case!

March 13
Emilie Daugherty (Department of Sociology, UCSB)
“Intervening in Disputes Involving Language Discrimination”