Talk in Institutions: A LANSI Volume

Catherine Box is a doctoral student in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University. She holds a Master of Education degree in Applied Linguistics and a Master of Arts degree in English. Her research interests include classroom discourse analysis and teacher education, particularly in second and foreign language settings.

Hansun Zhang Waring is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her work has appeared in journals such as Research on Language and Social Interaction, Discourse Processes, Applied Linguistics, and TESOL Quarterly. She is the author (with Jean Wong) of Conversation Analysis and Second Language Pedagogy: A Guide for ESL/EFL Teachers.