In 2014, the SDLVC Reading group contributed to the organization of the 43rd annual New Ways of Analyzing Variation sociolinguistics conference, held in Chicago, IL on October 23-26, 2014. Participating professors and graduate students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Chicago regularly gathered during reading group times to plan a memorable NWAV experience.

Visit the conference website.
Take a look at the conference program.

Organizing committee:
Richard Cameron (Linguistics, UIC)
Zsuzsanna Fagyal (French and Italian, UIUC)
Anna Maria Escobar (Spanish and Portuguese, UIUC)
Kim Potowski (Spanish and Portuguese, UIC)
Joseph Roy (SLCL, UIUC)

Plenary speakers:
Professor Robert Bayley (University of California, Davis)
Professor Gregory Guy (New York University)
Professor Ruth King (York University)

Best Student Paper Awards:
Award #1 – Fisher & Prichard & Sneller – University of Pennsylvania
Award #2 – Lyons & Rodriguez – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NWAV43 PosterHonorable mention:
D’Onofrio – Stanford University
Driscoll & Lape – Dartmouth College
Gardiner – University of Toronto
Newmark & Walker – Dartmouth College & Sitting Bull College

Best Student Poster Award:
Award – Vergara – University of Illinois at Chicago

Honorable mention:
Brown – University of Toronto
Davidson – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Havenhill – Georgetown University
Nguyen – New York University
Reed – University of South Carolina