Congratulations Nghia Minh Nguyen (doctoral candidate) and Dr. Chris Montecillo Leider on their presentation at the International Conference on Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (ICLCLE) at Indiana University! Minh explains, “In this project, we discussed racialized experiences in teaching and … Continue reading →

Congratulations Dr. Urbanski and Tina Randall on the paper accepted for publication in Language and Sociocultural Theory journal! The article “Development of a Computerized Dynamic Assessment Program for Second Language Grammar Instruction and Assessment,” by Tina Randall and Dr. Kimberly … Continue reading →

Abdelkrim Mouhib, a Ph.D. candidate in the Applied Linguistics Department, has rich experience in teaching several languages and working with multilingual learners. Abdelkrim always makes his classes enjoyable and fun when people can feel the flavor of Morocco and communicate … Continue reading →

All doctoral students in our department are passionate educators who teach different languages in a variety of multilingual settings. For example, Rachel La Russo, a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics Department, has been teaching English Critical Analysis, Critical Reading and … Continue reading →

At the 28th annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference in Catania, Sicily, Julia Donnelly Spiegelman presented a slice of her dissertation: results from an online survey of non-binary high school students in the U.S., focused on the varied and creative strategies students used … Continue reading →

Dr. Urbanski and Tina Randall, a doctoral student in Applied Linguistics, presented at the IV International Conference on Sociocultural Theory and L2 Learning, which was held in Pamplona, Spain, in June of this year. The title of their presentation was … Continue reading →

Jesse Rubio, doctoral candidate in Applied Linguistics, has been analyzing language policy in Massachusetts. Stay tuned for her dissertation research on the LOOK Act. And recently, Jesse has published her article Educational Language Policy in Massachusetts: Discourses of the LOOK … Continue reading →

Julia Donnelly Spiegelman was honored to have a book chapter included in a volume published by Palgrave this spring, entitled Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies: New Approaches to Teaching. Julia’s chapter demonstrated the subtle ways in which racism is encoded … Continue reading →

Academic Writing: Experiences, Issues, and Strategies Date: Wednesday, November 16 We are glad to invite you to the Colloquium in November: Academic Writing: Experiences, Issues, and Strategies. It will be held on Wednesday, November 16, and we are all meeting … Continue reading →