Joshua Raclaw

Joshua Raclaw
  • Associate Professor
  • Department: English
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: JRaclaw@wcupa.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
  • M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder
  • B.A., Stockton University

Research Interests

linguisticslinguistic anthropologysociolinguisticsconversation analysislanguage, gender, and sexualityqueer and trans linguisticslanguage and gesture

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: Yes

If you are interested in working with me as a mentor for the university's Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI), email me at JRaclaw@wcupa.edu

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: Yes

I am always interested in involving students in my research. Feel free to email me with any interest in independent study work or research projects you may be interested in: JRaclaw@wcupa.edu

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

I am a linguist who studies the intersection of language, culture, and society, with a focus on English speaking communities in the United States. My current research looks at the use of singular 'they' and other non-binary pronouns in English, especially among trans and non-binary speakers. More recently I have also looked at different uses of gesture and the body (including eye gaze and laughter) in social interaction; language in digital/online spaces; issues of language and sexual consent; and discourse markers in English.

List of Publications

  • Robles, J. S., DiDomenico, S. M., Raclaw, J., & Joyce, J. B. (2023). Reporting mobile device-mediated text to manage action and agency in co-present conversation. Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 6(1).
  • Raclaw, J., Durante, L., & Marquardt, O. (2021). “I saw you like this now I wanna know”: Noticing recipiency and responding to likes on Twitter. Colorado Research in Linguistics, 25.
  • Raclaw, J., Barchas-Lichtenstein, J., & Bajuniemi, A. (2020). Online surveys as discourse context: Response practices and recipient design. Discourse, Context & Media, 38, 100441.
  • Gronert, N. M. & Raclaw, J. (2019). Contesting the terms of consent: How university students (dis)align with institutional policy on sexual consent. Gender and Language, 13(3), 291–313.
  • Pier, E. L., Raclaw, J., Carnes, M., Ford, C. E., & Kaatz, A. (2019). Laughter and the chair: Social pressures influencing scoring during grant peer review meetings. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(4), 513–514. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4751-9

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