Curriculum Vitae

Lori Donath

Linguistics Program
University of South Carolina
406 Welsh Humanities Building
Columbia, SC 29208
donathl-web@carcosa.net

Degrees

M.A. 2002 (Linguistics)
University of South Carolina
Thesis: "Social Worlds in Discourse: Human Agency and
Semantic Frameworks in the Confederate Flag Debate"

B.A. 1995 (Philosophy), cum laude,
Wake Forest University

Professional Experience

• Fall 2003—present. University of South Carolina. Graduate Researcher, Research Communications Studio, Columbia, South Carolina.

• May 2003—present. University of South Carolina. Communications Consultant, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia, South Carolina.

• Fall 2001—Spring 2003. University of South Carolina. Instructor, Department of English, Columbia, South Carolina.

• Fall 1999—Summer 2001. University of South Carolina. Computer Lab Assistant, English Programs for Internationals, Columbia, South Carolina.

• September 1996—August 1999. Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. English as a second language teacher, Immigration and Refugee Services (Versailles Vietnamese village), New Orleans, Louisiana.

• September 1995—August 1996. AmeriCorps. English as a second language teacher, St. Charles Literacy Project (area non-profit agencies), New Orleans, Louisiana.

Courses Taught

• English Composition (USC Engl 101; Fall 02, Spr 02, Fall 01)

• Literature and Composition (USC Engl 102; Spr 03)

• Introduction to Language Sciences (USC Ling 300/Anth 373/Psych 470; Fall 02)

Research Interests

Emergence of social norms and identities in discourse, language variation, language ideology, second language acquisition.

Publications

• 2004. "Linguistic Evidence of Distributed Cognition." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Proceedings. Salt Lake City, UT. June. (with Roxanne Spray, Elisabeth Alford, Theresa McGarry, and Nancy Thompson)

• 2001. "Unravelling the Confederate Flag: Discourse Frameworks as Ideological Constraints." Texas Linguistic Forum. (Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on Language and Society). Austin: The University of Texas. August.

Unpublished Documents

• 2002. "Social Worlds in Discourse: Human Agency and Semantic Frameworks in the Confederate Flag Debate." Unpublished M.A. Thesis.

• "Characterizing Interaction Among Undergraduate Researchers in a Small-Group, Inquiry-Based Learning Environment." Unpublished ms.

• "Attitudes Toward South Carolina Varieties." Unpublished ms.

• "Negotiation of Meaning (and Form) in NNS Pair Work: Four Student-Centered Adult ESL Classroom Interactions." Unpublished ms.

• "Investigating the African Influence on the Evolution of Cuban Spanish and the Possibility of its Creole Origin." Unpublished ms.

• "Discursive Identity and Interactional Power: Embedded Voices and Discursive Stances in a Coffee Shop Conversation." Unpublished ms.

• "Stigma and Solidarity? Speaker Perceptions of Deleted Final -s in Miami Cuban Spanish." Unpublished ms.

• "Meta-implicatures in Televangelists' Talk: Style-switching as Discourse Structure." Unpublished ms.

Presentations

• 2004. "Linguistic Evidence of Distributed Cognition." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Salt Lake City, UT. June. (with Roxanne Spray)

• 2004. "Southern Stereotypology? Language Attitudes Towards South Carolina Varieties." Graduate Student Day, USC. Columbia, SC. April.

• 2002. "Final-s Deletion in Cuban Spanish." Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL). Memphis, TN. April.

• 2001. "What is the EPP, and does Spanish have it?" Presented at the Subtropical Summer Syntax Workshop. Athens, GA. July.

• 2001. "Unravelling the Confederate Flag: Discourse Frameworks as Ideological Constraints." Symposium on Language and Society (SALSA). Austin, TX. April.

• 2001. "Styleswitching in Televangelists' Talk: Interactional Power and Discourse Cohesion." Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL). Knoxville, TN. April.

• 2001. "Terms of Agreement: The Absence of African American Experience in Confederate Flag Discourse." Graduate Student Day, USC. Columbia, SC. April.

• 2000. "Beyond CD Roms: Using Computers to Facilitate Student Interaction in Second Language Learning." Presentation for faculty at English Programs for Internationals, University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC. September.

• 2000. "Communicative CALL: Integrating Computers into the ESL classroom." Southeast Regional TESOL. Miami, FL. October.

• 1999. "Using Crossroads Café as a Supplemental Multimedia Resource." Louisiana TESOL. Baton Rouge, LA. April.

Awards and Honors

• 2004—present. University of South Carolina, graduate assistantship in the School of Engineering and full tuition supplement.

• 2001—2003. University of South Carolina, graduate assistantship in the English Department and tuition supplement.

• April 2001. University of South Carolina, Graduate Student Day Competition. Third Place ($100) awarded for the presentation: "Terms of Agreement: The Absence of African-American Experience in Confederate Flag Discourse."

• 1999—2001. University of South Carolina, graduate assistantship at English Programs for Internationals and tuition supplement.

Professional Service

USC Graduate Students in Linguistics (GSLING):

• 2003—present. Professional Development Workshops Coordinator.

• 2001—2002. President/Coordinator.

• 2000—2001. Language and Culture Reading Group Co-organizer.

• 1999—2000. Second Language Acquisition Reading Group Organizer.

Community Service

• 2002—present. Carolina Peace Resource Center

• 2003—present. Food Not Bombs.

• 2003. Women in Black.

Memberships

Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

References

Available on request.

Last modified October 25, 2004.