UConn Language Fest 2020 -- Call for Poster Sumissions!
Dear UConn Language Research Community,
We are pleased to announce that the 11th annual University of Connecticut Language Fest will be held on Saturday, May 2, from 9AM--4PM in Oak Hall at the Storrs Campus. Language Fest is a University-wide research conference that brings together the full community of language researchers at UConn, including undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty, for a day of sharing results, ideas, methodologies and fostering future interdisciplinary collaborations.
This year's Keynote speaker is Dr. Alfonso Caramazza, the Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His research interests include the nature and organization of language processing and conceptual representations in the brain. He studies the neural organization of language processing (e.g., grammatical category, action content) in healthy individuals and neurological injuries with a variety of research techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and behavioral techniques.
Registration: If you plan to attend LangFest, we ask that you please register using this Link (it is the same as the call for posters below). Registration is free; we would just like to get an accurate headcount for ordering. (There are also options for reporting dietary restrictions.)
Call for Posters: We invite poster presentations from the UConn and affiliated communities on the subject of language and language-related research. This is a great opportunity for undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to share their research with the language community. You can use a poster from a recent or upcoming conference, or design one for the fest. Completed work, published work, and works-in-progress are all welcome. Undergraduate Honors Projects, or SHARE or SURF-sponsored research are also welcome. Please keep in mind that you will have a diverse audience at the fest, and you should be prepared to explain the 'big picture' motivating your work for people from different disciplines. If you would like to present a poster, all you have to do is send us your poster title and author names and affiliations by Monday, April 3 using this link. When you register, you will have the opportunity to indicate your interest in being part of the LangFest data-blitz, which will showcase student research in a bite-sized format.
We look forward to seeing you at the Fest!
UConn LangFest Organizing Committee
Jennifer Mozeiko
Erika Skoe
Umay Suanda
Cynthia Boo
Elizabeth Collins
Crystal Mastrangelo
Ashley Parker
Yanina Prystauka
Amanda Wadams
Noelle Wig
Kara Vlahcevic
For more information, contact: Kara Vlahcevic at uconnlangfest@gmail.com