2019 GRADNASFLA Symposium: Systemic Functional Linguistics Across Contexts

The German Department at Georgetown University hosted the 2019 GRADNASFLA Symposium: Systemic Functional Linguistics Across Contexts on February 22-24. Over the three days, the symposium featured four keynote speakers, including Mary Schleppegrell (University of Michigan), Zak Lancaster (Wake Forest University), Nigel Caplan (University of Delaware), and Heidi Byrnes (Georgetown University). Conference attendees also participated in a workshop led by Ruth Harman and Nicole Siffrinn (University of Georgia) on “An Embodied Teaching/Learning Cycle: Culturally Sustaining SFL Praxis.” 

This symposium was organized by Dr. Marianna Ryshina-Pankova, with the help of Sandra Digruber and Justin Quam, German Department PhD candidates. The Graduate Student North America Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (GRADNASFLA) is a student-led organization acting with the support of the North American Systemic Functional Linguistics Association.