​Dr. K.K. Luke is President’s Chair Professor of Linguistics at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research is on talk and social interaction using Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis. He has done work with data collected from China and Hong Kong, mostly of interactions in informal settings of family and friends. His more recent work focuses on doctor-patient interaction in a number of clinics in Singapore, where issues of empathy, multi-party interaction, and patient-centred care are explored.