Metropolitan State University of Denver

Joshua Raclaw

Personal Biography Statement

I recently completed my Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and currently teach courses in both linguistic anthropology and linguistics here at MSU Denver. My research and teaching interests are primarily focused on two areas - the examination of language use and social interaction using the framework of conversation analysis, and sociolinguistic analyses of language, identity, and ideology within the United States. I'm particularly interested in the functions of turn-initial particles and discourse markers in English, the use of prosody and gesture in interaction, the relationship between language, gender, and sexuality, and the sociolinguistics of computer-mediated discourse.

I teach three courses in the Sociology & Anthropology department on a rotating basis: Cross-Cultural Communication (ANT 2330), Anthropology of Language (ANT 2500), and Language, Gender, and Sexuality (ANT/WMS 390J).

Educational Biography

Ph.D. Linguistics, 2013, University of Colorado at Boulder

M.A. Linguistics, 2008, University of Colorado at Boulder 
  (Certificate in Culture, Language, & Social Practice)

B.A. Literature, 2003, Richard Stockton College
  (Minors in Writing and Jewish studies)

Selected Projects

A current copy of my CV can be viewed here.

Courses Taught

ANT-2330,ANT-2500,ANT-390J,ENG-2010,WMS-390J

Current Semester Schedule