Wonguk, a third-year Ph.D. student in the Applied Linguistics Department, recently presented at AAAL 2025 in Denver, CO. In his individual paper, “The Policy-Practice Divide: Misalignment Between State-Level Language Policies and Classroom Practice in MA,” he shared findings from his … Continue reading →

We’re proud to highlight the recent presentation of one of our brilliant PhD candidates, Tina Randall, at the 2025 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference in Denver! Her talk, titled “Tu situación es diferente a la mía”: Relational Accountability in Heritage Language … Continue reading →

The 8th International Meeting of Sociodiscursive Interactionism (SDI) was held from 22 to 24 of January 20225 under the theme “From the social to the linguistic and back again: texts, language and development” at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of … Continue reading →

The 2024 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention, themed “Heart, Hope, & Humanity,” was held from November 21 to 24 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Among the presenters was UMass Boston APLING doctoral student Nasiba Norova, who contributed … Continue reading →

This week, our Ph.D. director and CREATE co-founder, Dr. Carhill-Poza, was featured in Education Week, where she shared her expert insights on the potential of AI in supporting multilingual learners. Drawing on over a decade of specialized research focused on multilingual learners in K–12 … Continue reading →

We are thrilled to congratulate one of our doctoral students, Michael Jacob, on a remarkable accomplishment—the publication of his chapter in the book Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear (2024). Publishing in an edited collection is a significant achievement, and we … Continue reading →

As we continue to celebrate our department’s contributions to the 60th anniversary of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), we are excited to highlight the symposium titled “Critical Approaches to Language Teacher Education: Developing Critical Praxis” under the Language Teaching, Learning, and Acquisition track. … Continue reading →

This summer, our department participated in the 60th anniversary of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). The main conference was held in vibrant Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and centered around the theme “Linguistic Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Sustainability.” We are proud to … Continue reading →

The Department of Applied Linguistics is pleased to announce the first talk of the semester. This talk will be held on October 17 at 4 pm in the APLING conference room. This event will be a great opportunity to meet, … Continue reading →

Recently, doctoral candidate of Applied Linguistics Vannessa Quintana Sarria had the privilege of attending a conference ISCAR held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 27 – 30 August 2024 centered around the theme of “Inclusiveness as a Future Challenge.” The event … Continue reading →