Dr. Montiegel is a qualitative researcher whose interests center on language and interaction in social institutions and how social actions, relationships and identities are constructed, invoked, and negotiated to accomplish certain goals in a variety of settings. She has applied these interests to two main areas, instructional settings and political contexts. She is currently launching a new research program that aims to understand how social equity/inequity and equality/inequality in the larger special education system might be reflected in interactions on the ground level, particularly in the context of Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings.
COMM 2400 - Discourse, Culture and Identities
Primary Instructor
-
Fall 2024
Considers how communication is central to constructing who people are and examines social controversies related to talk and identities. Students learn to analyze and understand discourse, defined as everyday talk and conversation, through the practice of discourse analysis.
