Clare MacMartin is College Professor Emerita and Associated Graduate Faculty Member in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition (FRAN) at the University of Guelph. She graduated in 2000 with a PhD in Psychology at the University of Guelph. Clare has worked as an Associate Professor and Department Chair in FRAN and as Associate Dean (Academic) in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph. Her research interests include discourse analysis and conversation analysis, especially in the area of clinical communication.