ST&D 2018: 28TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR TEXT & DISCOURSE
ST&D 2018 - Program Introduction

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28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse Online Program

July 17th - July 19, 2018
Brighton, United Kingdom
 
held in conjunction with the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, July 18 - July 21, 2018.
SSSR 2018 Information and Program: https://www.triplesr.org/twenty-fifth-annual-meeting

Brighton, UK

Online Program: http://easychair.org/smart-program/STD2018/ 
Website: http://www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/ 
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Welcome to Brighton!
 

We are honoured to host the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse in the vibrant seaside city of Brighton.  This year’s meeting takes place at the historic Hilton Metropole Hotel on Brighton seafront and has drawn significant interest: we received over 180 proposals for symposia, papers, and poster presentations representing a diverse range of research topics from institutions all around the world. We would like to thank the reviewers for their hard work and attention to detail, and for you – the contributors – for making this such a varied and exciting program. 

This year’s program is packed full of interesting talks.  Murray Singer will be receiving the 2018 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.  Murray will be talking about his research on the processes of text validation: The reader's ongoing assessment of the consistency, coherence, and congruence of text.  Sidney D’Mello will be receiving the 2018 Tom Trabasso Young Investigator Award, and Catherine (Kate) Bohn Gettler, recipient of the 2017 Tom Trabasso Young Investigator Award, will be presenting her work on how reader emotions influence text comprehension.  We are also happy to have Evelyn Ferstl deliver the keynote address for this year’s meeting.  Evelyn will be addressing the issue of whether cognitive neuroscience has changed our conceptions of language processing.

This year we are also delighted to have coordinated conferences with the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading and the programme includes an overlap day of papers and symposia which we hope will be of interest to members of both societies, and includes a joint invited symposium at which the contributors will present and discuss different theoretical perspectives on text comprehension across the age range. There are also a range of theme based sessions on a range of topics: Communication and Miscommunication, Understanding and Improving Adult Text Comprehension, Early Years Reading Comprehension, Multiple Text Comprehension, Neuroimaging Studies of Text Comprehension and the Impact of Reader and Text Characteristics on Text Comprehension.  We will be hosting three poster sessions (two of which are joint with SSSR) that allow for more detailed interaction with innovative researchers in our community.  We are fortunate to have two pre-conference workshop sessions: one will cover introduction to linear models in R and the other is an introduction to corpus analysis.

We hope you will also take time to enjoy the city.  Brighton started as a fishing village (some of the oldest houses can be found in the Lanes area), but gained in popularity in the late 1700s and early1800s when the supposed health-giving properties of sea-side air and sea water brought the rich to the seaside, and the then Prince of Wales (later George IV) visited, and liked the town so much, that he decided to build his summer palace (the Royal Pavilion) in Brighton between 1787 and 1823, thus reinforcing its appeal as a popular resort.  The beautiful regency villas and sea-front squares and terraces were also built during this period.  Brighton's popularity with the rich, famous, and royal continued, and saw the building of a number of imposing seafront hotels, including the Grand Hotel of 1864, and the Metropole Hotel of 1890. 

Brighton is known and loved for its cosmopolitan atmosphere, tolerance, and general wackiness.  Be sure to visit not only the Lanes, but also North Laine, which is full of independent small shops and cafes.  A visit to the Royal Pavilion is a must, and the nearby Brighton Museum and Art Gallery is also worth a visit.  If you have time to go further afield, East Sussex’s county town, Lewes, is well worth a trip.  The atmosphere is very different to Brighton and you can visit the castle, Anne of Cleves house, and perhaps Harvey’s Brewery.  Or you might just like to wander around and enjoy the ambience. Lewes is only about 15 minutes by train from Brighton’s main railway station. 

Finally, we would like to thank our Organising Committee, who helped us to make this happen.  Special thanks to Mike Mensink, Kate Bohn-Gettler, Jason Braasch, and Danielle McNamara, and all of the Program Review Committee (see below) for their help. 

We hope you enjoy the conference and your stay in Brighton. 

Jane Oakhill and Kate Cain
Programme Chairs
28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, 2018

   

The Society for Text & Discourse thanks the sponsors of the 28th annual meeting for their support:

Taylor & Francis

Memphis Institute for Intelligent Systems

Memphis University Department of Psychology

SR Research - Eyelink


 

Discourse Processes Call for Papers: Special 2018 ST&D Themed Issue

Discourse Processes publishes an annual special issue focused on presentations (both spoken and poster) at the annual Society for Text & Discourse conference.  We are very pleased to present the 2018 issue, which represents the excellent work presented at the 2017 annual conference. We are also very happy to continue this tradition and announce that a 2019 special issue will be published representing our finest work at this 2018 Society for Text & Discourse meeting in Brighton.  Papers submitted for consideration to the special issue will go through the regular review process, with the goal of accelerating that process given the intended publication timeline.  This is an excellent opportunity to publish your cutting-edge research in a timely fashion!

Submissions should be prepared according to the guidelines found here: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=hdsp20&page=instructions#.VYNJx2BHDC4

All manuscripts should be submitted through the Discourse Processes submission portal as per those guidelines.  In any such submission, indicate in your cover letter that the manuscript is being offered for consideration in the “ST&D 2018 Special issue.”  The firm deadline for submissions is September 24, 2018.

Please consider submitting your exciting conference presentations to Discourse Processes.  Remember: Discourse Processes is the official journal of the Society for Text & Discourse.  If you have any questions about the suitability of a conference presentation for the issue, e-mail the special issue editors Kate Cain (k.cain@lancaster.ac.uk) and Jane Oakhill (j.oakhill@sussex.ac.uk) We look forward to your submissions!


28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse 

2018 Conference Chairs

Jane Oakhill and Kate Cain

2018 Organising Committee

Mike Mensink Kate Bohn-Gettler, Jason Braasch, and Danielle McNamara

2018 Program Review Committee

Laura Allen Esther Lindström
Nick Benesh Alexandra List
Stephen Briner Joe Magliano
Reese Butterfuss Kathryn McCarthy
Srikanth Dandotkar Matt McCrudden
Amy de Bruïne Tobias Richter
Irene-Anna Diakidoy Vasile Rus
Peter Dixon Gaston Saux
Amalia Donovan Andreas Schramm
Andrew Elfenbein Emily Smith
Scott Hinze Jesse Sparks
Maj-Britt Isberner Marc Stadtler
Allison Jaeger Eduardo Vidal-Abarca
Andy Jarosz Jennifer Wiley
Panayiota Kendeou Michael Wolfe
Blair Lehman Steve Yussen
Haiying Li Marloes van Moort

Officers of the Society for Text & Discourse 

Chair

Danielle S. McNamara, Arizona State University 2013-2019

 

Governing Board

Tobias Richter, University of Würzburg 2012-2018
Catherine Bohn-Gettler, College of Saint Benedict-Saint John’s University 2013-2019
Johanna K. Kaakinen, University of Turku 2013-2019
David N. Rapp, Northwestern University 2013-2019
Joseph P. Magliano, Northern Illinois University 2014-2020
Jennifer Wiley, University of Illinois at Chicago 2014-2020
Keith Millis, Northern Illinois University 2015-2021
Paul van den Broek, Leiden University 2015-2021
Jason L. G. Braasch, U. of Memphis 2016-2022
Chantel Prat, University of Washington 2016-2022
Jane Oakhill, University of Sussex 2017-2023
Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California 2017-2023
M. Anne Britt, Northern Illinois University 2018-2024
Panayiota Kendeou, University of Minnesota 2018-2024

Ex Officio

Catherine (Kate) Bohn-Gettler, College of Saint Benedict-Saint John’s University Treasurer
Michael (Mike) C. Mensink, University of Wisconsin-Stout Secretary
David N. Rapp, Northwestern University Editor-in-Chief, Discourse Processes

Fellows of the Society for Text & Discourse 

New Fellows

Ivar Bråten, University of Oslo Bonnie J.F. Meyer, Pennsylvania State University 

 

Current Fellows

Patricia A. Alexander, University of Maryland Keith Millis, Northern Illinois University
Richard C. Anderson, University of Illinois
Jerome L. Myers, University of Massachusetts
Susan E. Brennan, State University of New York 
at Stony Brook
Leo G. M. Noordman, Tilburg University
M. Anne Britt, Northern Illinois University Jane V. Oakhill, University of Sussex
Kate Cain, Lancaster University Edward J. O’Brien, University of New Hampshire
Herbert H. Clark, Stanford University Herre van Oostendorp, University of Utrecht
Manuel de Vega, Universidad de La Laguna Charles A. Perfetti, University of Pittsburgh
Paul Drew, University of York David N. Rapp, Northwestern University
Alan Garnham, University of Sussex Jean-François Rouet, Université de Poitiers
Simon Garrod, University of Glasgow Ted J.M. Sanders, University of Utrecht
Morton A. Gernsbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison Anthony J. Sanford, University of Glasgow
Richard J. Gerrig, State University of New York at Stony Brook Emanuel Schegloff, University of California, Los Angeles
Arthur M. Glenberg, Arizona State University Michael F. Schober, New School for Social Research
Susan R. Goldman, University of Illinois at Chicago Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California
Charles Goodwin, University of California, Los Angeles Murray Singer, University of Manitoba
Arthur C. Graesser, University of Memphis Tanya Stivers, University of California, Los Angeles
Jeffrey T. Hancock, Stanford University Isabelle Tapiero, Université Lyon 2
Walter Kintsch, University of Colorado Paul van den Broek, Leiden University
R. Brooke Lea, Macalester College Teun A. van Dijk, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
José Antonio León, Autónoma University of Madrid Eduardo Vidal-Abarca, Universitat de Valencia
Debra L. Long, University of California-Davis Wietske Vonk, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics-Nijmegen
Robert Jr. Lorch, University of Kentucky James F. Voss, University of Pittsburgh
Joseph P. Magliano, Northern Illinois University Jennifer Wiley, University of Illinois at Chicago
Gail McKoon, Ohio State University Rolf A. Zwaan, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Danielle S. McNamara, Arizona State University  
 

Join us for the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse!

July 9th - July 11th, 2019

The New School, New York, USA

NYC
Chairs: Michael Schober & Adrian Bangerter

Website: http://www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/conferences/