Education

• Ph. D., Linguistics, University of Georgia
• M.A., TESOL, Carson-Newman

Areas of Specialization

• International Teaching Assistants 
• Conversation Analysis
• Classroom Interaction

Recent Courses

• APLNG 410 Teaching American English Pronunciation
• APLNG 597 Introduction to Conversation Analysis

Selected Publications

Articles

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.

Edited Volumes

Looney, S. D., and Bhalla, S. (eds) (in press). A Transdisciplinary Approach to International Teaching Assistants: Perspective from Applied Linguistics. Bristol, U.K.: Multilingual Matters.

Hall, J. K. and Looney, S. D. (eds) (in press). The Embodied Work of Teaching. Bristol, U.K.: Multilingual Matters.

Book Chapters

Looney, S. D. (in press). 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. (in press). 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.