Creider, Sarah C. (scc2120)

Sarah Chepkirui Creider is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Applied Linguistics & TESOL program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a conversation analyst, and specializes in institutional interactions, applied conversation analysis, teacher-student interactions; and teacher reflection. Her work has been published in Linguistics & Education; the Journal of Contemporary Foreign Language Studies; Learning, Culture & Social Interaction; Discourse Studies; Language and Information Society; and the Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice. Recent book chapters focus on applied conversation analysis in both community and classroom settings. Her book (co-authored with Hansun Waring), Micro-reflection on Classroom Communication: A FAB framework, was published by Equinox in 2021.

B.A. in Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College
Ed.M., Ed.D. in Applied Linguistics, Teachers College, Columbia University

Much of my work, as both an academic researcher and facilitator, is focused on what I call a “micro-revolution” — the possibility for change inherent in each moment of everyday interaction. I look at student participation and agency in multilingual classrooms; teacher agency and teacher reflection; and community conversations about and across difference. Current projects include bringing the FAB framework into a teacher preparation program; teacher participatory action research on teacher agency and well-being; and LANSI-T, a student research group focusing on teacher-student interaction.

• Waring, H.Z., Creider, S.C. (2021). Micro-Reflection on Classroom Communication: A FAB Framework. Reflective practice in language education. Sheffield, UK: Equinox.
• Davidesco, I., Liu, Y., Chaloner, K., Laurent, E., Ali, G. A., Creider, S.C, Yu, D., Hughes, S., Salas, V., Noejovich, L., Valk, H., Bevilacqua, D., Poeppel, D., Dikker, S. (2026, under review). The Dynamics of Student Engagement in Cooperative Science Learning: A Multimodal Approach. (Under review at NPJ Science of Learning.)
• Creider, S. C., & Emerson, A. (2025). Conversation analytic mindsets and skillsets in a high school classroom. In Conversation Analysis and Language Teacher Education: Intervention Studies (O. Sert & H. Waring, eds). Springer Nature Switzerland.
• Creider, S. (2023) Residents and activists: Membership Categorization Analysis as a critical tool. heiEducation Journal, 10. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.heied.2023.10.24838.
• Creider, S. (2022). Have a conversation with me: Talking about racism. In Critical Conversation Analysis (H.Z. Waring and N. Tadic, eds). Multilingual Matters.