Emma Richardson

Department of Social Sciences 
Loughborough University 
Loughborough 
Leicestershire LE11 3TU 
England

 

Email: e.richardson@lboro.ac.uk

Nationality: British

Start Date: October 2010

Status: Full time

Academic Biography:

BA Sociology (First Class) Sheffield Hallam University 2008

MRes Social Research (Distinction) Loughborough University 2009

Current Research:

My research involves analysing naturally occurring interactions within bars, with a particular interest in the service interaction between customer and the bartender.  I am analysing video recordings using Conversation Analysis and Membership Category Analysis to explore how these interactions are sequentially organised and what ‘category’ work is being done within them.

Research Interests:

Conversation Analysis, Discursive Psychology, Customer Service Interactions, Payment Sequences.

Funding Body: Economic and Social Research Council.

Supervisors: Professor Elizabeth Stokoe.

Involvement in Department:

Liquid Lab Committee

Member of Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG)

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