Stephen D. Looney
Teaching Professor of Applied Linguistics
Director, ITA Program
227A Sparks BuildingBiography:
Education
- Ph. D., Linguistics, University of Georgia
- M.A., TESOL, Carson-Newman University
Areas of Specialization
- Conversation Analysis
- Classroom Interaction
- International Teaching Assistants
Recent Courses
- APLNG 410 Teaching American English Pronunciation
- APLNG 597 Introduction to Conversation Analysis
- APLNG 586 Analyzing Classroom Discourse
- APLNG 83 First Year Seminar in Applied Linguistics
- APLNG 491 Theory: Second Language Acquisition
Selected Publications
Articles
Looney, S. D. (in press). Classroom Teasing: Institutional Contingencies and Embodied Action. Discourse Studies.
Looney, S. D. and He, Y. (in press). Laughter and Smiling: Sequential Resources for Managing Delayed and Disaligning Responses. Classroom Discourse.
Hall, J. K. and Looney, S. D. (2021). The role of self-talk in downgrading an L2 teacher's certainty about grammar matters. TESOL Quarterly 55(1), 185-218.
Looney, S. D. and Kim, J. (2018). Humor, Uncertainty, and Affiliation: Cooperative and Co-Operative Action in the University Science Lab. Linguistics and Education 46, 56-69.
Looney, S. D., Jia, D. and Kimura, D. (2017). Self-Directed Okay in Mathematics Lectures. Journal of Pragmatics, 107, 46-59.
Books
Looney, S. D., and Bhalla, S. (eds) (2019). A Transdisciplinary Approach to International Teaching Assistants: Perspectives from Applied Linguistics. Bristol, U.K.: Multilingual Matters.
Hall, J. K. and Looney, S. D. (eds) (2019). The Embodied Work of Teaching. Bristol, U.K.: Multilingual Matters.
Book Chapters
Looney, S. D. (2019). Co-operative Action: Addressing Misunderstanding and Displaying Uncertainty in the Undergraduate Physics Lab. In A Translingual Approach to International Teaching Assistants. Eds., Looney, S. D., and Bhalla, S. Bristol, U.K.: Multilingual Matters.
Looney, S. D. and Kim, J. (2019). Managing Disaligning Responses: Sequence and Embodiment in Third Turn Teases. In J. K. Hall and S. D. Looney (eds), The Embodied Work of Teaching. Bristol, U.K.: Multilingual Matters.
Looney, S. D. (2015). Interaction and discourse markers in the ITA-led Physics Laboratory. In G. Gorsuch (Ed.), Talking matters: Research on Talk and Communication of International Teaching Assistants. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.