Jenny Mandelbaum ... Scholarship ... Selected Publications

Articles and Book Chapters

Mandelbaum, J. (2010).  The management and import of concurrent and intervening actions during storytelling in family ceremonial dinners.   In A. De Fina and D. Schiffrin (Eds.), Telling stories: Building bridges among language, narrative, identity, interaction, society and culture (pp. 161-172). Georgetown University Press.

Glenn, P. J. and Mandelbaum, J. (2010). Language and social interaction at the University of Texas at Austin.  In W. Leeds-Hurwitz (Ed.), The social history of language and social interaction research: people, places, ideas (pp. 385-398).   Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
           
Mandelbaum, J. (2008).  Conversation analysis theory: A descriptive approach to interpersonal communication.  In L.Baxter & D. Braithwaite, (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication (pp. 175-188).  Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Mandelbaum, J. (2007).  Managing the transition between department chairs.  Effective practices for academic leaders – a stylus briefing, 2, 1-15.

Beach, W. A. and Mandelbaum, J. (2005). “My mom had a stroke”: Understanding how patients raise and providers respond to psychosocial concerns.” In L. Harter, P. Japp, & C. Beck (Eds.), Constructing our health: The implications for enacting illness and wellness (pp. 343-364). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Pomerantz, A. and Mandelbaum, J., (2005) A Conversation Analytic Approach to Relationships: Their Relevance for Interactional Conduct In Handbook of Language and Social Interaction. Kristine Fitch & Robert Sanders (Eds.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Mandelbaum, J. (2003). How to “do things” with narrative: A communication perspective on narrative skill. J. O. Greene & B. Burleson (Eds.) Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills pp. 595-633.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 Glenn, P., LeBaron, C. & Mandelbaum, J.* (Eds.) (2003). Studies in language and social interaction: In honor or Robert Hopper. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
*co-editors are listed in alphabetical order to reflect equal input. Volume consists of 38 refereed articles. 625 pp.

Mandelbaum, J. (2003). Interactive Methods for Constructing Relationships. In Glenn, P., LeBaron, C. & Mandelbaum, J. (Eds.). Studies in language and social interaction.  In honor or Robert Hopper (pp. 207-220). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
 
Mandelbaum, J. (2003).  Robert Hopper: An Intellectal History.  In Glenn, P., LeBaron, C. & Mandelbaum, J. (Eds). Studies in language and social interaction.  In honor or Robert Hopper (pp. 543-562). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Lebaron, C., Mandelbaum, J., & Glenn, P. (2003).  Excavating the taken-for-granted: An introduction. In Glenn, P., LeBaron, C. & Mandelbaum, J. (Eds). Excavating the taken for granted: Studies in language and social interaction: In honor or Robert Hopper (pp. 1-40). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Mandelbaum, J. (2002).  "Interpersonal Communication," In J.R. Schement, (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. New York: MacMillan Library Reference.  3000 words.

Mandelbaum, J. (2002). "Interpersonal Communication, Conversation and." In J.R. Schement, (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. New York: MacMillan Library Reference. 3000 words.

Mandelbaum, J. (2002). "Language and Communication." In J.R. Schement, (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. New York: MacMillan Library Reference.  4000 words.

Mandelbaum, J. (2002). "Language Structure." In J.R. Schement, (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. New York: MacMillan Library Reference.  3000 words. 

Waskielewicz, I. & Mandelbaum, J. (2000). The Enactment and Management of Conflict in Casual and Professional Settings: Two Case Studies. The Rutgers Scholar, an Electronic Bulletin of Undergraduate Research. http://rutgersscholar.rutgers.edu

Mandelbaum, J. (1996). Constructing social identity in the workplace: Interaction in bibliographic database searches. Information and Behavior, Volume 6: Interaction and Identity, H.B. Mokros (Ed.). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press.

Mandelbaum, J. (1995, January). Review of "Talking data: Transcription and coding in discourse research" (J.A. Edwards & M.L. Lampert, 1993, Lawrence Erlbaum). Discourse and Society, 6(1).

Mandelbaum, J. (1993). Assigning responsibility in conversational storytelling: The interactional construction of reality. Text, 13, 247-266.

Mandelbaum, J. (1991). Conversational non-co-operation: An exploration of disattended complaints. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 25, 97-138.

Mandelbaum, J. (1991). Beyond mundane reason: Conversation analysis and context. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 24, 333-350.

Mandelbaum, J. & Pomerantz, A. (1991). What drives social action? In K. Tracy (Ed.). Understanding face-to-face interaction: Issues linking goals and discourse (pp. 151-167). Hillsdale, NJ.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Mandelbaum, J. (1990). Communication phenomena as solutions to interactional problems. In J.A. Anderson (Ed.). Communication Yearbook 13 (pp. 255-268). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Mandelbaum, J. (1989, Spring). Interpersonal activities in conversational storytelling. Western Journal of Speech Communication, 114-126.

Mandelbaum, J. (1987, Spring). Couples sharing stories. Communication Quarterly, 144-171.

Hopper, R., Koch, S., & Mandelbaum, J. (1986). Conversation analysis methods. In D.G. Ellis & W. Donahue (Eds.). Contemporary issues in language and discourse (pp. 169-187). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Convention Papers and Invited Lectures

Mandelbaum, J. How the number of participants matters for the telling of stories in conversation. To be presented at the International Pragmatics Association Conference, Manchester, England, July 2011.

Mandelbaum, J., Bolden, G., Hepburn, A. & Lerner, G. Recalibrating formulations for the task at hand. To be presented at the National Communication Association Annual conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2010.

Bolden, G., Mandelbaum, J. & Wilkinson, S. Pursuing a response. To be presented at the National Communication Association Annual conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2010.

Mandelbaum, J., Bolden, G., Hepburn, A. & Lerner, G. Granularity recalibrations in the organization of formulation repair. Presented at the International Conference on Conversation Analysis, Mannheim, Germany, July 2010.

Bolden, G., Mandelbaum, J. & Wilkinson, S. Repair of indexical references as an interactional resource. Presented at the International Conference on Conversation Analysis, Mannheim, Germany, July 2010.

Mandelbaum, J. Food complaints at the ‘ceremonial’ dinner table . Presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, IL, November, 2009.

Mandelbaum, J. Keynote address, ‘It's disgusting': practices for criticizing food and family at the dinner table' at the Everyday Interaction Across Cultures conference, University of Portsmouth, England, September, 23-24 2009.

Mandelbaum, J. Two practices for criticizing food and family at the ceremonial dinner table. Presented at the International Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, IL, May, 2009.

Mandelbaum, J. "'I can't get this thing mashed': Food complaints and their implications for relationships. Presented at Rutgers Libraries’ “Eating the Potato: Culture, Communication and Camaraderie”, May 5, 2009.

Kitzinger, C. & Mandelbaum, J. Word selection and social identity in talk-in-interaction. Department of Communication, Haifa University, Israel, January, 2009.

Mandelbaum, J. Repair and the preservation of self and relationships. Department of Communication, Haifa University, Israel, January, 2009.

Kitzinger, C. & Mandelbaum, J. Word selection and social identities in talk. Presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November, 2008.

Mandelbaum, J. Continuing to excavate the taken-for-granted: Language and Social Interaction and the intellectual legacy of Robert Hopper ten years on. Presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA, November, 2008.

Mandelbaum, J. Managing the transition between chairs. Presented to the Academic Leadership Program, Rutgers University, November 18, 2008.

Mandelbaum, J. Why that now? Communication foundations of the Civil Society. “Last Lecture” keynote address presented at Summit 2008, Biennial conference of Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, Washington, DC, March 25, 2008.

Mandelbaum, J. The management and import of concurrent and intervening actions during storytelling in family ceremonial dinners. Presented at the Georgetown University Linguistics Round Table, March, 2008.

Mandelbaum, J. Engaging in criticism at the family dinner table. Presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 15, 2007.

Kitzinger, C. & Mandelbaum, J. ‘You know’ repair initiations in same-turn self-initiated repair in the domain of word selection. Presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 15, 2007.

Mandelbaum, J. Teaching to Research. Workshop presented for the Vice President for Undergraduate Affairs and the Aresty Center, Rutgers University, November 8, 2007.

Mandelbaum, J. Motivating students. Workshop presented for the Teaching Assistant Project, Rutgers University, October 17, 2007

Kitzinger, C. & Mandelbaum, J. Word selection and social identities in talk. Presented at the American Sociological Association, New York, August, 2007.

Kitzinger, C. & Mandelbaum, J. Words and worlds: ‘Specialist terms’ and word selection in talk-in-interaction. Presented at the International Pragmatics Association, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 10, 2007.

Mandelbaum, J. & Hamer, J. Digs as a clandestine method for inviting critique. To be presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, San Antonio, TX, November, 2006. [Not presented due to family illness]

Mandelbaum, J. Pass the parcel: Teaching the large introductory class. Keynote presentation, Conference on Undergraduate Teaching, Rutgers University, September 22, 2006.

Mandelbaum, J. Communicating relationships and identities: An interactional approach. Keynote address, conference on Communicating. Haifa University, Israel, January 1, 2006.

Mandelbaum, J. Relationships in interaction: "Digs" as a clandestine method for inviting critique. Presented to the Department of Journalism and Communication, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, December 27, 2005.

Kitzinger, C. & Mandelbaum, J. ‘Specialist terms’ and preference organization in word selection in talk-in-interaction. Presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, Boston, MA, November, 2005.

Mandelbaum, J. Delicate matters: Embedded self-correction as a method for removing possibly available unwanted hearings. Presented at the International Pragmatics Association Conference, Riva del Garda, Italy, July, 2005.

De Vries, C. & Mandelbaum, J. “They’ll cut you up like a buffalo, those organ-thieving vultures”: Family communication regarding organ donation. Presented at the International Communication Association annual convention, New York, May, 2005.

Mandelbaum, J. & Hamer, J. Digs as a clandestine method for inviting critique. Presented at the Western States Communication Association annual conference, San Francisco, CA, February, 2005, and at the New Jersey Communication Association Conference, Trenton, NJ, April, 2005.

Pomerantz, A., and Mandelbaum, J. Conversation analytic approaches to the relevance
and uses of relationship categories in interaction. Presented at the National
Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, IL, November, 2004.

Mandelbaum, J. Dealing delicately with delicate maters: Embedded self-correction as a method for removing possibly available unwanted hearings. Presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, IL, November, 2004.

Mandelbaum, J. and Kitzinger, C. Different words, different worlds. Sociology Department and Linguistics Department Colloquium, June 3, 2004, York University, England.

Mandelbaum, J. “Recipient subversion of storytelling in conversation.”  To be presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, Miami, FL, November, 2003.

Mandelbaum, J. “Delicate matters:  Embedded self correction as a method for removing available unwanted possible hearings.”  Presented at the International Communication Association annual convention, San Diego, CA, May, 2003.

Mandelbaum, J. “Beyond narrative: Presented to the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, March 19, 2003.

Mandelbaum, J.  "Family violence? Disattending a co-family member’s clear action embodied in a storytelling."  Presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA, November, 2002.

Mandelbaum, J. “How to un-do things with words:  Relationships and disaffiliation” Department of Communication, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, October 22, 2002.

Mandelbaum, J. “Embedded disambiguation.”  Conversation Analysis Advanced Study Institute.  University of California, Los Angeles, August 6, 2002.

Mandelbaum, J. “Paradigms, models, and theories of communication.”  Summer Transition Program, Rutgers University, June, 2002.

Mandelbaum, J. “New communication technologies, new interactional problems?  The case of “where are you questions” in cellular telephone conversations.”  International Conference on Conversation Analysis, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2002.

Mandelbaum, J. “‘Undoing’ relationships: Nonalignment and disaffiliation in conversational storytelling.” International Conference on Conversation Analysis, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2002.

Mandelbaum, J. Data analysis workshops for graduate students and faculty, York University, England, January, 2002.

Mandelbaum, J. “The Interactional Construction of Stories and Relationships: Storytelling in Relationships from a Conversation Analytic Perspective.” National Communication Association annual convention, Atlanta, GA, November, 2001.

Mandelbaum, J.  “Renegotiating changing roles?  The action-relevance of role designations, and the role-relevance of actions.”  National Communication Association annual convention, Atlanta, GA, October, 2001.

Pomerantz, A. & Mandelbaum, J. Conversation analytic approaches to relationships and roles.  National Communication Association annual convention, Atlanta, GA, November, 2001.

Mandelbaum, J. "New communication technologies, new interactional contingencies?  The case of "where are you?" questions."  National Communication Association annual convention, Seattle, WA, November, 2000.

LeBaron, C., Mandelbaum, J. & Glenn, P.  "Seven propositions for language and social interaction." National Communication Association annual convention, Seattle, WA, November, 2000.

Mandelbaum, J. "Storytelling structure and interpersonal relationships." Data presentation, Language and Social Interaction Summer Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, June, 2000.

Waszkielewicz, I. & Mandelbaum, J. "Stress and Competition in Casual and Professional Settings." International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico, June, 2000.

Mandelbaum, J. "Communicating prejudice." Guest lecture, "Day Without Hate," Rutgers University, April, 2000.

Mandelbaum, J. "It's all small stuff: Communicating in relationships with people and G-d." Guest lecture, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Rutgers University, February 10, 2000.

Mandelbaum, J. "Cell phones and communication in the late twentieth century." Response paper, Conference on Perpetual Contact, Rutgers University, December 13, 1999.

Mandelbaum, J. "Excavating the taken-for-granted: Studies in language and social interacation. A Festschrift in honor of Robert Hopper." (with Phillip J. Glenn & Curtis D. LeBaron). Language and Social Interaction Division, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November, 1999.

Mandelbaum, J. "Relationships and ravioli." Data session. Dept. of Communication Studies, The University of Texas at Austin. October 6, 1999.

Mandelbaum, J. "Classroom-based Web Innovations in the large class: Helping the Large Class Feel Smaller." Annual Teaching Conference, Rutgers University, September 22, 1999.

Mandelbaum, J., Glenn, P., & Lebaron, C. "Talk at Play: Mutual Influence between Communication and Language and Social Interaction." Language and Social Interaction Division, International Communication Association annual convention, San Francisco, CA, May 28, 1999.

Pre-conference organizer: "A Conversation Analysis Master Class." Language and Social Interaction Division, National Communication Association annual convention, November 20,1998, New York.

Mandelbaum, J. "A conversation analytic approach to personal narrative." Presented at National Communication Association annual convention, New York City, November, 23,1998.

Mandelbaum, J. Co-leader of data presentation, Dept. of Communication, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, October 19, 1998.

Mandelbaum, J. "Interactive methods for constructing relationships." Presented at annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Jerusalem, Israel, July 1998.

Mandelbaum, J. "The discourse of democracy: Interpersonal construction of the "pure relationship." Presented at annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November, 1997.

Mandelbaum, J. "The taken-for-granted and other new perspectives. An appreciation of the work of Robert Hopper." Presented at annual meeting of International Communication Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1996.

Mandelbaum, J. "Storytelling as a resource in the construction of self in interaction." Presented to the Massachussetts Interdisciplinary Discourse Analysis Seminar, Center for Cultural and Literary Studies, Harvard University, February 28, 1995.

Mandelbaum, J. "Studying relationships using conversation analysis." Presented to the Department of Rhetoric and Communication, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1994.

Mandelbaum, J. "The Search for Self In Interaction." Presented at annual meeting of Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 1994.

Mandelbaum, J. "Rejecting Suggestions and Constructing "Self" and "Other" in the Library Setting." Presented at annual meeting of Speech Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, November, 1993. (Top-ranked panel in Language and Social Interaction).

Mandelbaum, J. "The Narrative Construction of Self in Interaction." Presented at the University of New Hampshire/Kellogg Conference on Social Constructionism, Durham, NH, June, 1993.

Mandelbaum, J. "Unilateral and Collaborative Methods for Proposing Next Steps: A Conversation Analytic Approach to Bibliographic Database Searches." Presented at the International Communication Association annual meeting, Washington D.C., May, 1993.

Mandelbaum, J. "The Search for Self in Interaction." Presented at 14th Annual Temple University Discourse Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1993.

Mandelbaum, J. "Social Construction of the Self: A Conversation Analytic Approach to Impression Management." Presentation to Ph.D. Colloquium, School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, February, 1993.

Mandelbaum, J. "Suggestions: Proposing Next Actions in Work and Casual Settings." Presented at Speech Communication Association annual conference, Chicago, November, 1992. (Top-ranked panel in Language and Social Interaction).

Mandelbaum, J. "The Preservation of Self in Everyday Life: Constructions of the Self in Storytellings in Censure Episodes." Speech Communication annual convention, Atlanta, November, 1991.

Mandelbaum, J. "Unilateral and Collaborative Participation: A Conversation Analytic Perspective on the Library Setting." Presentation to Ph.D. Colloquium, School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October, 1991.

Mandelbaum, J. "A Conversation Analytic Approach to the Pre-Online Database Search Interview." American Society for Information Science annual meeting, Washington, DC, October, 1991.

Mandelbaum, J. "The Preservation of Self in Everyday Life: Constructions of the Self in Storytellings in Censure Episodes." Center for Historical Analysis, Rutgers University, March 5, 1991.

Mandelbaum, J. "The Preservation of Self in Everyday Life: Constructions of the Self in Conversational Storytelling." National Endowment for the Humanities/Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry Summer Conference on Narrative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, July 1990.

Mandelbaum, J. "What Drives Social Action? Conversation Analysis and Goals." Invited lecture, Department of Speech Communication, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, May 1990.

Mandelbaum, J. "The Social Construction of History." Presentation to Ph.D. Colloquium, School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May, 1990.

Workshop and lectures on conversation analysis. Humphrey's Symposium in Speech Communication, Albion College, MI, March 1990. Invited speaker.

Mandelbaum, J. & Pomerantz, A. "What Drives Social Action?" Speech Communication Association, Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, November, 1989.

Mandelbaum, J. "How We Do Things With Storytelling." Speech Communication Association, Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, November, 1989.

Chair, Panel on Discourse Analyses and Health Care Encounters, International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, May, 1989.

Respondent, Panel on Conversational Activities, Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 1988.

Mandelbaum, J. "The Local Construction of Interpersonal Goals." Discourse Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1988.

Mandelbaum, J. "Showing "special understanding" of teller in a conversational storytelling." Paper presented to the annual convention of the Western Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, February, 1988.

Workshop Co-Leader, Temple University Mini-Conference on Teaching Discourse Analysis. Temple University, Philadelphia, December, 1987.

Mandelbaum, J. "The "Audience" as "Co-Author": Recipient "Driving" of Conversational Storytelling." Speech Communication Association, Boston, November, 1987.

Invited chair, panel on Studies of Everyday Practices, Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1986.

Administrative Assistant and participant, Seminar on Describing Talk, Speech Communication Association, Denver, 1985.

Mandelbaum, J. "`Well you know what he did?' `Doing' Couples While Sharing Stories." Speech Communication Association, Denver, November, 1985.

Workshop Leader, Discourse Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, March 1985.

Mandelbaum, J. "Conversational Analysis of Couples' Communication Patterns." Seminar on Analyzing Interpersonal Communication Strategies and Patterns, Speech Communication Association, Chicago, 1984.

Mandelbaum, J., Hopper, R. & Ragan, S. "Speaking of Love: Courtship Conversations in Fiction" Speech Communication Association, Chicago, 1984.