Co-principals UMass Boston Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics Avary Carhill-Poza  and Professor of Applied Linguistics Panayota Gounari along with Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics Chris Leider presented their project Centering Relationships, Equity, and Access for Teachers of English Learners (CREATE) at The U.S. Department … Continue reading →

This year the Department of Applied Linguistics of Umass Boston had at least 17 presentations at AAAL 2023 in Portland! Professors and doctoral students participated in individual presentations, colloquia, round tables, and posters. The topics presented diverse and critical stance … Continue reading →

Doctoral candidate Rosiane Barcelos de Oliveira, Visiting Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics Jennifer Sclafani at Umass Boston, and Alexander Nikolaou from Hellenic American University presented their critical reflections on qualitative research methods at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) … Continue reading →

Doctoral candidate Nghia Minh Nguyen and Kimberly Urbanski, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, led a colloquium titled The Impact of Pedagogy on Teacher Mediation and Gesture for Multilinguals at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 (Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy (PED) … Continue reading →

A second-year doctoral student Aram Ahmed and Chris Montecillo Leider, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts led a Roundtable titled An Investigation of ESL and EFL Administrators Hiring Practices: Does first language status matter?  at the American … Continue reading →

Visiting Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts, Jennifer Sclafani presented her research Mothe(r) Mayo(r): Framing identity and local belonging in Boston’s mayoral campaigns at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Conference in Sociolinguistics (SOC)and Analysis … Continue reading →

Juan David Gutierrez and Nasiba Norova, Ph.D. candidates of Applied Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts presented the research titled Navigating Transnational Student/Junior Scholar/Language Educator identities in the USA: Duoethnography of Becoming at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Conference as Teacher … Continue reading →

Jesse Rubio, Ph.D. candidate of Applied Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts presented the research titled Transformative policies and implementational barriers in DLBE: Educators’ perceptions and enactment of multilingual educational policy at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Conference … Continue reading →

Iuliia Fakhrutdinova,  Nasiba Norova, and Vannessa Quintana Sarria, Ph.D. candidates of Applied Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts presented the research titled Re-envisioning academic competition: sharing leadership in co-authorship, co-publication, and building collective wisdom at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Conference as … Continue reading →