Amanda McArthur

Amanda McArthur

Email: ammcarth@ucla.edu

Curriculum Vitae


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Degrees

  • C.Phil. Sociology – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – 2018
  • M.A. Sociology – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – 2016
  • M.A. Linguistics – California State University, Northridge (CSUN) – 2014
  • B.A. English & Philosophy – Drexel University – 2009

Fields of Study

Sociology of Medicine, Talk & Interaction in Medicine, Sociology of Diagnosis, Conversation Analysis, Mixed Methods

Publications

Awards & Grants

  • UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship – 2019-2020
  • Academy of Communication in Healthcare (ACH) Humanities & Social Sciences Scholarship – 2019
  • UCLA Sociology Departmental Fellowship – 2018-2019
  • ASA Graduate Student Paper Award, Conversation Analysis & Ethnomethodology – 2018
  • UCLA Department of Sociology Excellence in Teaching Award – 2018
  • UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship – 2017
  • UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship – 2016
  • Constantine and Perina Panunizo Fellowship – 2015
  • UCLA Sociology Departmental Fellowship – 2014-2015
  • Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholarship – 2013-2014
  • CSUN Graduate Fellowship for Research & Creative Activity – 2013
  • James Russell Simpson Student Scholarship – 2012
  • Fulbright English Teaching Assistanship – 2009-2010
  • Drexel College of Arts & Sciences Research Fellowship – 2008

Conference Presentations

  • International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH). ‘Are we sure that’s what I have?’: Diagnosis resistance in US primary care. San Diego, CA; October 30, 2019.
  • 5th International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA). Diagnostic indeterminacy about musculoskeletal pain in acute primary care visits. Loughborough, England; July 12, 2018.
  • 15th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA). Displaying pain in response to a doctor’s touch: One resource for delivering unsolicited pain information in primary care physical exams. Panel: Emotion as an action-oriented resource in interaction. Belfast, Northern Ireland; July 20, 2017.
  • 6th International Meeting on Conversation Analysis and Clinical Encounters (CACE). Preliminary diagnosis in acute primary care encounters. Bristol, England; July 13, 2017.
  • National Communication Association (NCA) 102nd Annual Convention. Locating pain as an interactional achievement: Coordinating touch and talk in medical examinations. Philadelphia, PA; November 10, 2016.
  • American Sociological Association (ASA) 111th Annual Meeting. Negotiating the pain search in primary care physical exams. Seattle, WA; August 21, 2016.
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)’s Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) “Language and the Body Day.” Locating pain as an interactional achievement: Coordinating touch and talk in medical examinations. Santa Barbara, CA; March 11, 2016.
  • 4th International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA). “I don’t like your face!” A sequential analysis of enactments of dementia behavior among long-term caregivers. Los Angeles, CA; June 27, 2014.

Advisors

  • John Heritage (Chair)
  • Tanya Stivers
  • Stefan Timmermans
  • Chloe Bird (RAND Health)