The program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP) is a graduate certificate program at the University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...

 offering a curriculum in various areas of sociocultural linguistics

Sociocultural linguistics

Sociocultural linguistics is a term used to encompass a broad range of theories and methods for the study of language in its sociocultural context. Its growing use is a response to the increasingly narrow association of the term sociolinguistics with specific types of research involving the...

. The program is led by sociocultural linguist Kira Hall

Kira Hall

Kira Hall is associate professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, as well as director for the Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice , at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Hall received her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1995 from the University of California at Berkeley, and has held...

, and sponsors the bi-annual Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice. The CLASP Conference is similar in structure to other grad-run conferences, such as the Symposium About Language and Society at the University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

 and CLIC/LISO at the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

 and University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Barbara

The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

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External links

• Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice