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Jeffrey T. Hancock
Associate Professor
My research program at Cornell has focused on examining social interactions mediated by information and communication technology, with a particular emphasis on how people produce and understand language in these contexts. In general, my theoretical approach draws on collaborative action-oriented... Read Jeffrey T. Hancock's full profile