Rutgers University Conversation Analysis Lab (RUCAL)

The Rutgers University Conversation Analysis Lab (RUCAL) brings together scholars with an interest in understanding the workings of social interaction across a wide variety of social settings and contexts. RUCAL faculty and students examine everyday communicative activities as they are captured in field recordings of naturally occurring interactions and study talk-in-interaction in both social as well and institutional settings.

Co-Directors

Galina Bolden

Galina Bolden

Professor of Communication

Faculty

Alexa Hepburn

Alexa Hepburn

Professor Emerita

Emeritus Faculty

Jenny Mandelbaum

Jenny Mandelbaum

Professor Emerita of Communication

Emeritus Faculty

Lisa Mikesell

Lisa Mikesell

Associate Professor of Communication

Faculty

Faculty Members

Jonathan Potter

Jonathan Potter

Professor Emeritus

Emeritus Faculty

Sarah Shugars

Sarah Shugars

Assistant Professor of Communication

Faculty