CLIC-Affiliated Graduate Students

Michael Belov (Communication)

mihael [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Conversation Analysis, Political Communication

Research Focus
Multimodality, social media, post-soviet politics, east european politics, professional vision

Constance Bainbridge (Communication)

cbainbridge [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Communication and Cognition

Research Focus
Intrapersonal communication, self-talk, emotional communication

Website
http://constancebainbridge.com/

Ada Campagna (Sociology)

ahc29 [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Sociology of medicine; conversation analysis

Research Focus
Recommendations, decision making, doctor-patient interaction and death and dying

Andrew Chalfoun (Sociology)

achalfoun [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Conversation Analysis, Political Sociology, Organizations, Sociology of Religion, Social Theory

Research Focus
Religious language in faith based non-profits

Lillian Cheeks (Sociology)

lcheeks [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Sociology

Research Focus
Race, Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis, Medical Sociology, Congressional Hearings, Black History

Keith Cox (Sociology)

kgcox [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Medical Sociology, Conversation Analysis, Ethnomethodology

Research Focus
Doctor-Patient Interaction, Medical Uncertainty, and Contingency Planning

Lilit Ghazaryan (Anthropology)

ghazaryanl [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Linguistic Anthropology, Language Socialization, Multilingualism

Research Focus 
Language policies and practices, Post-Soviet preschool education, Address forms in post-soviet educational contexts, Purist ideologies, Armenia

Dani Heffernan (Anthropology)

daniheffernan [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Linguistic Anthropology, Gender Studies

Research Focus 
Language Ideologies, Voice, Gender and Language, Interaction in Vocal Pedagogy

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MJ Hill (Sociology)

amjhill [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Conversation Analysis, Sociology, Gender Studies

Research Focus 
Social Categorization and Inequality, Gender, Race

Dayoung Jeong (Asian Languages and Cultures)

dayoungjeong [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Chinese Linguistics, Conversation Analysis, Applied Linguistics

Research Focus
Classroom Interaction, Multimodality, Second Language Learning and Teaching

Hanbeom Jung (Asian Languages and Cultures)

hanbeomjung [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Functional linguistics, Multimodality, Interactional Linguistics, Endangered Languages

Research Focus
Pragmatic functions, Multimodal analysis, Prosody and gesture

Rebecca Kaufman (Sociology)

rkaufmanr [at] g.ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Medical Sociology, Mental Illness, Suicide, Ethnography

Research Focus
Doctor-Patient Interaction

Yingsheng Liu (Asian Languages and Cultures)

yingshengliu [at] g.ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Interactional Linguistics, Conversation Analysis

Research Focus
Multimodal packaging in interaction, creative language use, typological features of Chinese

Jeffrey Mai (Communication)

maijiahao [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Communication and Development

Research Focus
Language development, learning strategies

Lor Martin (Sociology)

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lor [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Conversation Analysis

Research Focus
Food talk, Assessment, Taste

Brianna McKenna

Brianna McKenna (Sociology)

brmckenna [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Sociology of health, medicine, and disability; conversation analysis

Research Focus
Chronic illness, diagnosis and diagnostic uncertainty, doctor-patient interaction

Qiyuan (Grace) Miao (Communication)

q.miao [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Communication

Research Focus
Educational communication, multimodal communication, computational communication, attention, perception, cognition

Carolyn Park (Anthropology)

carolynpark [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Linguistic Anthropology, Conversation Analysis

Research Focus
Ethnic economies, multimodality, metapragmatics, transnationalism

Matt Schneider (Anthropology)

mschneider1 [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Sociocultural and linguistic anthropology; science and technology studies

Research Focus
Finance and economics; climate change and decarbonization; semiotics; affect

Yi Ren (Asian Languages and Cultures)

yiren [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Interactional Linguistics, Functional Linguistics, East Asian Linguistics, Multimodal Analysis

Research Focus
Assessment, laughter, (dis)alignment and (dis)affiliation

Cheer Wu (Asian Languages and Cultures)

cheerwu1 [at] ucla.edu

Fields of Study
Family interaction; Classroom interaction; Interactional Linguistics; Conversation Analysis, Multimodal Analysis

Research Focus
Laughter and identity; Heritage language and identity