UMass Applied Linguistics is going to AERA 2024 to present a range of cutting-edge and justice-oriented research on working with immigrant multilingual learners, pedagogy of storytelling literacy, subtractive language policies, and multilingual education policy. Please, find our mini program for AERA 2024 … Continue reading →

On March 1, 2024, Vannessa Quintana Sarria and Iuliia Fakhrutdinova, who are doctoral doctorates in the Applied Linguistics Department, presented their JLAP project at the 37th National Convention of Alpha Mu Gamma. The event, titled Creating Connections Through Languages in … Continue reading →

Iuliia Fakhrutdinova, a doctoral candidate in the Applied Linguistics Department, recently published an article, Towards Critical Dialogue with Refugee-Background Students, in the latest volume of MATSOL Currents. Utilizing Critical Pedagogy and Critical Race Theory as the primary theoretical foundation in … Continue reading →

UMass Applied Linguistics is proudly represented at AAAL 2024 by sixteen emergent and senior scholars with over 20 presentations on a wide range of issues across several strands. Attached please find our mini program for AAAL 2024. We will also be hosting … Continue reading →

Jacqueline S. Campo, a second-year Ph.D. student in Applied Linguistics, presented her topic at the Indigenous Learning Forum hosted by the American Philosophical Society on February 15. The presentation was titled “From the Andes to Lima: Narratives of Indigenous Quechua … Continue reading →

Dr. Jennifer Sclafani has received a College of Liberal Arts Pedagogical Innovation Award for the new course she is offering this spring, APLING 697: Sociolinguistic Research Methods. The course provides students with practical experience in data collection and analytic techniques … Continue reading →

Dr. Jennifer Sclafani presented her research at the Linguistic Society of America’s Annual Meeting in New York City in January. Her poster presentation, “The Sociolinguistic Enregisterment of Local Belonging in Boston’s Mayoral Campaigns”, provides an overview of her examination of … Continue reading →

On September 6, 2023, Dr. Christian Chun delivered a presentation at the 14th Linguistic Landscape Workshop (LL14) in Madrid. The conference, which featured a hybrid format, showcased his exploration of critiques of capitalism within the subversive linguistic landscapes of graffiti … Continue reading →

Recently, Boston Mayor Michele Wu announced a groundbreaking partnership between Boston Public Schools and UMass Boston, aimed at transforming the McCormack School on Columbia Point into the city’s first university-assisted community school. This initiative marks a first for Boston, establishing … Continue reading →

With the rise of individual/organization media creation and broadcasting, the esteemed academic journal, the Journal of Sociolinguistics, appears to have ventured into the podcast realm with their own series titled JSLX Conversations. In the fourth episode, titled “Luisa Martín Rojo … Continue reading →