Educational Background
PhD (2006), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Research Areas
- Japanese conversation analysis, multimodality interactional sociolinguistics, classroom discourse, multilingual interaction
- language socialization, interpersonal touch
- talk and food, literacy
Selected Bibliography
Edited Volumes
Burdelski, M. & Greer, T. (eds.) (in press). The Routledge handbook of conversation analysis. Routledge.
Burdelski, M. & Howard, K. M. (eds.) (2020). Language socialization in classrooms: Culture, interaction, and language development. Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles / Chapters:
Burdelski, M. (2025). Interactional and cultural shaping of appetite: Children’s talk about food taste during meal and snack time in Japanese preschool. Appetite, 211, Article 107930.
Burdelski, M. (2024). Pragmatic socialization. In C. A. Chapelle, N. Taguchi, & D. Kadar (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, second edition: Pragmatics. Wiley-Blackwell.
Burdelski, M. (2023). Interpersonal touch in guided walking with preschool children. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 41, Article: 100732.