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Chase Wesley Raymond is an Associate Professor in the Department聽of Linguistics, as well as a聽core faculty member in the interdepartmental . He聽also holds a secondary appointment in the , at the . Prior to coming to CU-Boulder, he聽was a Visiting Scientist at the in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Formally trained in both Hispanic Linguistics (PhD, UCLA, 2014) and Sociology (PhD, UCLA, 2016), Prof. Raymond is an interdisciplinary scholar of language and social life.聽In his research and teaching, he聽brings together theories and methods from Conversation Analysis, Interactional Linguistics, Pragmatics, and Sociolinguistics to investigate language use in both mundane and institutional contexts, exploring how interactants 鈥榤ake sense鈥� with one another on a moment-by-moment basis as they move through interaction. He is聽particularly interested in situations of contact -- that is, when divergent languages, dialects, cultures, etc. come together in interaction -- with a primary focus on various aspects of the Latinx and Spanish-speaking experience in the United States.聽His work has appeared in a disciplinarily聽diverse set of聽journals which range from聽Linguistics聽(e.g.,聽Language, Language in Society, Journal of Sociolinguistics), to Communication Studies (e.g.,聽Research on Language and Social Interaction, Discourse & Communication), to聽Healthcare (e.g.,聽Patient Education and Counseling).听