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September 26, 2023
by Iuliia R Fakhrutdinova
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Disrupting the Model Minority Myth

Chris Montecillo Leider, Professor in the Applied Linguistics Department led professional development on working with multilingual learners in her hometown school district (Ketchikan, Alaska) this summer. Continuing her critical work, Dr. Leider also did a virtual talk for the University … Continue reading

September 21, 2023
by Wonguk Cho
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Jasen Awarded an Artistic Grant

Doctoral student Jasen was awarded an artistic grant from the City of Boston in June to produce photos for several housing development buildings in East Boston and the Orient Heights neighborhood. This project was not solely focused on urban photography; … Continue reading

September 20, 2023
by Iuliia R Fakhrutdinova
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Dr. Sclafani on Political Leadership in Boston

UMass Boston Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics Jennifer Sclafani participated in a panel of sociolinguists and anthropologists at the International Pragmatics Association Conference in Brussels, Belgium in July 2023. The panel, entitled “Stance-taking, differentiation and (a)typicality in discourse: Ideologies of language, personhood, … Continue reading

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