This 2-hour symposium examines the use and implementation of discourse across disciplinary and methodological boundaries. How does our understanding of ‘discourse’ influence our work and research? How might these differences help us to reach certain commonalities across disciplines? The symposium brings together OSU scholars to working in different disciplines (Conversation Analysis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics and Folklore) to examine both how they understand the meaning of the ‘discourse’ as well as how they use ‘discourse’ in their own work. The featured speakers are Dr. Amy Shuman (English), Dr. Leslie C. Moore (Teaching and Learning), Dr. Scott Schwenter (Spanish and Portuguese), Dr. Lauren Squires (English), Dr. Pat Enciso (Teaching and Learning), Dr. David Bloome (Teaching and Learning), and Dr. Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm (Germanic Languages and Literatures). Monday, March 17th, 10 am to 12 pm in the Barbie Tootle Room, Ohio Union. For more information, contact Michael Furman furman.25@osu.edu