Plenary Speakers

Dr. Christine M. Jacknick, Associate Professor of Academic Literacy & Linguistics at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, is a conversation analyst who examines institutional interaction, particularly in classrooms. Her research emphasizes the pairing of rigorous, line-by-line discourse analysis with larger social theories, underscoring the relevance of interactional practices to the classroom realities of teachers and students. Her research has been published in Journal of Pragmatics and Classroom Discourse, and her monograph Multimodal Participation and Engagement: Social Interaction in the Classroom will be published by Edinburgh University Press in March 2021.

Dr. Erik Voss is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics & TESOL at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. He has almost 20 years of experience as an English language instructor and currently teaches courses in TESOL and applied linguistics. His research interests include applications of natural language processing in applied linguistics, language assessment and technology, and language assessment validation research. Erik recently co-authored the book, “Flipping Academic English Language Learning: Experiences from an American University,” published by Springer Nature. Erik is an active member of the second language testing community and member-at-large on the International Language Testing Association’s (ILTA) executive board.