“Regime (of Language) Change in Washington: Discursive Tactics of Resistance and the Shift away from the ‘War on Terror’ Narrative.”  Presented at the Culture, Language and Social Practice Conference.  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, October 2-4, 2009. (abstract)

“The Dialogic Emergence of ‘Truth’ in Politics: Reproduction and Subversion of the 'War on Terror' Discourse.”  Presented at the Culture, Language and Social Practice Conference.  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, October 5-7, 2007. (abstract)

“‘Truth’ in Political Discourse: A Theoretical Critique Against the Backdrop of the 'War on Terror' Era.”  Presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting as part of the panel “Critiques of 'Truth'.”  San Jose, CA, November 15-19, 2006. (abstract)

“The Political Economy of Truth in the War on Terror Discourse.”  Presented at the Language and Global Communication Conference.  Cardiff University, Wales, UK, July 7-9 2005. (abstract)

Discourse, War and Terrorism
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“‘The Battle of Iraq’: The Adequation of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in the Bush War on Terror Narrative.”  Presented virtually at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting as part of the panel “Discourse, War and Terrorism.”  Atlanta, December 15-19, 2004.

“‘The Battle of Iraq’: The Adequation of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in the Bush War on Terror Narrative.”  Presented at the Society for Linguistic Anthropology forum as part of the panel “Discourse, War and Terrorism.”  UC-Berkeley, November 19, 2004. (abstract)

“Framing Terror: The Ideological Struggle Underlying the Characterization of Terrorism.  Presented at the Crossroads in Cultural Studies Fifth International Conference as part of the panel “Framing Terror.”  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 25-28, 2004. (abstract| program)

Conference Panels Organized

“Critiques of ‘Truth.’”  Presented at the American Anthropology Association annual meeting, San Jose, CA, November 15-19, 2006.  Panel participants:  David Samuels, Kenneth Ehrensal, Michele Koven, Graham Jones, Adam Hodges. (abstract)

“Discourse, War and Terrorism.”  Presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Atlanta, December 15-19, 2004.  Co-organized with Chad Nilep.  Panel participants:  Paul Chilton, Monica Heller, Michelle Lazar, Annita Lazar, Katherine Lemons, Maija Stenvall, Marcel Burger, Becky Schulthies, Adam Hodges. (abstract)

Colloquia and Public Presentations

“The Dialogic Emergence of Meaning in Political Discourse.”  Presented at SLing: The Stanford Undergraduate Linguistics Club, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, February 17, 2010.

“Discourse, Intertextuality and the ‘War on Terror’ Narrative.”  Presented at Socio Rap, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 8, 2009.

“The Dialogic Emergence of ‘Truth’ in Politics.”  Presented at the Department of Linguistics’ Ling Circle.  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, November 1, 2006. (abstract)

“‘The Battle of Iraq’: The Adequation of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in the Bush War on Terror Narrative.”  Presented at the Department of Linguistics’ Ling Circle.  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, November 10, 2004.

“Framing Terror: The Ideological Struggle Underlying the Characterization of Terrorism.  Presented as part of the panel “Enemies, Elites, and Ideologies” sponsored by the interdisciplinary program in Culture, Language and Social Practice at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, April 22, 2004.