Annual Graduate Student Symposium: May 7, 2026 (Reading Day)

The 2026 SLATE Research Symposium  will be held on May 7, 2025 (Reading Day), College of Education, Room 22 

The Symposium will run from 10am to 2pm, including a poster session for student research (11:30-1:00) and boxed lunches for all attendees.

POSTER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION -- NOW OPEN! 

DEADLINE: APRIL 10, 2026

Submission Process:

1. Email <kiel@illinois.edu> with your poster abstract: 500-word limit
   1. Include: Name & Email, Department, & Advisor Name 
2. Indicate whether your poster will be a traditional printed poster or computer-poster
   1. If Traditional, we will print your poster for you!
3. Professor Christianson will inform you whether or not your abstract is suitable for the symposium.
4. Deadline for emailing Professor Christianson the final poster for printing: 5pm, April 30, 2026
5. ALL PRESENTERS must REGISTER for the Symposium. (Registration form will be emailed to all SLATE Student listserv members in April.)

Schedule:

10:00 -- Welcome

10:15 -- Dr. Giuli Dussias's talk

11:15 -- set-up for poster session (posters will be hung up already)/lunch

11:30 -- Lunch/Poster Session

1:00 -- Dr. Xun Yan's Talk

2:00 -- Closing Remarks

Speakers:

Our invited speaker this year is Dr. Paola (Giuli) Dussias, Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Linguistics, and Psychology, Pennsylvania State University 

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Our Illinois speaker this year will be Dr. Xun Yan,  Professor of Linguistics

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