Language Fest – 4/22/17 from 9am-4pm, Oak Hall
We are pleased to announce that the eighth annual University of Connecticut Language Fest will be held on Saturday, April 22nd, from 9AM–4PM in Oak Hall at the Storrs Campus, jointly funded by the Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, the Cognitive Science Program, and the Departments of Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychological Sciences, and Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.
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 Fest features talks from two speakers known for their research on language: Ellen Lau (University of Maryland) who studies the neurobiology of language using MEG and fMRI, and Casey Lew-Williams (Princeton University) who studies language development in mono- and bilingual infants. In addition to these talks, two poster sessions will showcase language-related research from the UConn community.
Registration: If you plan to attend LangFest, we ask that you please register using this google form (it is the same as the call for posters below). Registration is free. We would just like to get an accurate head count for ordering lunch (there are also options for reporting dietary restrictions).
Call for Posters: We invite poster presentations from the UConn community 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 UConn 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 March 27 using this google form.
If you are interested in doing a video presentation or demoing a piece of software/equipment, please contact Ashley Parker (ashley.parker@uconn.edu).
We are excited to announce a new addition to this year’s Language Fest. We will be awarding at least four Best Poster Awards to undergraduate students. To qualify, the student must (i) be the lead investigator on the project, (ii) be the presenting/first author on the poster, and (iii) submit a finalized version of the poster (in PDF format) to ashley.parker@uconn.edu by April 15.
For questions relating to Language Fest, please contact Ashley Parker (ashley.parker@uconn.edu).
We look forward to seeing you at the Fest!
UConn LangFest Organizing Committee
Erika Skoe, Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Jon Sprouse, Linguistics
Emma Bjorngard, Philosophy
Ashley Parker, Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Yanina Prystauka, Psychological Sciences
Elizabeth Simmons, Psychological Sciences