Ahearn, L. M. (1999). Agency. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 9(1–2), 12–15. doi.org/10.1525/jlin...

I’m delighted to share that my new article is out in Applied Linguistics! In this piece, I introduce the idea of (trans)bordering — a semiotic process in which we create and negotiate borders that define acceptable practices and norms. 
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Xiao, G. (2025). Rethinking translanguaging: (Trans)bordering, spatiality, and academic discourse socialization in a graduate TESOL classroom. Applied Linguistics, amaf062. doi.org/10.1093/appl...

Duff, P. A., & Yamamoto, M. (in press). Language socialization approaches to second language acquisition in changing multilingual contexts. In D. Atkinson & E. Taylor (Eds.), Alternative approaches to second language acquisition (2nd ed.). www.academia.edu/115889742/Du...

John, V. M. (2024). Studying a case in context. In P. Rule & V. M. John (Eds.), Handbook of case study research in the social sciences (pp. 51–66). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi.org/10.4337/9781...

Burnout happens not because workers failed to practice enough self-care. Burnout happens because the working conditions that cause burnout were never addressed.

I am begging folks to stop citing Braun & Clarke (2006) as their only ref for #ThematicAnalysis. It's 20 years old. They and others have pushed the methodological sophistication of TA much further. 🚩

Aoyama, R. (2025). Engaging in antiracist discourse in the Japanese EFL classroom. ELT Journal. doi.org/10.1093/elt/... Here's a piece of work by my colleague who delivered a stellar presentation at #AAAL2025. Antiracist engagement in a Japanese secondary classroom.

#AAAL2025 presentation done! Many thanks to all my friends and like-minded colleagues who see-saw some value in my work and came to support me 😊 If you are interested in this, let me know! Very happy to do a private presentation!

Looking forward to sharing my newest work at #AAAL2025 on the sociorelationality of study-abroad socialization. Fresh new out of my dissertation project 🙂 🕰️ Monday, March 24 3:00–3:30 PM 📌 Spruce

“Rosa and @nelsonlflores.bsky.social (2017) note that the intertwined nature of language and race creates a linguistic hierarchy in which the languages and linguistic repertoires of non-White speakers are considered deficient. The imposition of this kind of linguistic hierarchy can only be divisive

The Linguistic Society of America published a statement against the designation English as the Official Language of the United States. LSA Statement Against Designating English as the Official Language www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...

TESOL Statement on the Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of the United States (TESOL International Association) www.tesol.org/news/tesol-s... #TESOL #AppliedLinguistics #Bilingualism #Multilingualism

Why AI software ‘softening’ accents is problematic theconversation.com/why-ai-softw...

Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start theconversation.com/why-should-h...

On Wednesdays, we listen to #SpeakingOfLanguage. 🎙 Kris Knisely expands on his recent talk about gender justice in language education. Listen in & like us! https://lrc.cornell.edu/podcast #pamplemousse @krisknisely.bsky.social

Recording of my interview on Radio New Zealand’s Saturday Morning show today. Thank you for the invitation! www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Kris Knisely - Doing It (Gender) Justice: Reimagining Language Education... youtu.be/TbC6Awun4fM?... On my to-watch list. Thank you for this incredibly important work, and I look forward to learning. @krisknisely.bsky.social

Darvin, R. (2025). The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing. Journal of Second Language Writing, 67(101186), 101186. doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

On how emojis sustain, enact, and normalize violence on digital platforms:

8. Prepare for what smart people think could happen next (e.g., If you can get something now that might be hard for others to get later, maybe do that).

5. Vote with your wallet: Redirect spending to places that aren't actively working against civil rights. 6. Do mutual aid. Find someone who needs something you have/know how to do and help them. (Pay for documents/legal fees/supplies/etc.? Volunteer your skills?). 7. Don't comply in advance.

Overwhelmed? Me too. I'm trying to focus & not freeze up. A few ideas I've latched onto: 1. Every time you're not ok: 2 deep breaths, extra long exhale 2. Get vaccines (community care) 3. Wear a mask maskbloc.org 4. Take daily (focused, collective) action. 5calls.org www.transformationsproject.org

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

time to bring back my favorite screenshot

Analyzing Research Interviews as Social Practice (www.youtube.com/watch?v=43UD...) Now watching

Nonbinary people who language in Japanese and English, check out this flyer from Yuka Takao! Maybe their study can be a lil distraction from the hellscape? 💜

Today in an email to parents, teachers and students, the leaders of Maryland’s largest school district vowed to “use all legal means necessary” to resist President Trump’s executive orders seeking to end diversity initiatives and transgender inclusion in public education.

This! Trump wants and compels us—through the manipulation of his language and public/media discourses—to be actively complicit in his agenda. I believe the same point was very well made in Claire Kramsch’s “Language as symbolic power.”

Trump’s plan has always been to announce legally questionable executive orders that pressure people to acquiesce in the hopes that they will be left alone. It is disheartening to see how many universities are falling into this trap instead of fighting to save higher education from a fascist takeover

Kubota, R. (2024). Toward justice-affirming language teaching. The Language Teacher, 48(5), 8–10. doi.org/10.37546/jal... PDF ver available here: jalt-publications.org/sites/defaul...

Talmy, S. (2025). CA and MCA to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI): A case for motivated looking. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics doi.org/10.1016/j.rm...

Educators—Today we must recommit to education as a labor of human dignity and a practice of justice-directed social change. And we must do so:

I am currently in Canada, but all that come in make me feel sick. What my friends and all intersectional minorities are undergoing is just unimaginable. I stand with them, in solidarity.

I’ve been thinking and writing a lot about abolition, liberation, and curricular justice in the field of world language education. I’m honored and excited to share and reflect on this topic during my plenary at the upcoming AAAL conference. I hope you’ll join me! www.aaal.org/events/aaal-...

This is premised on so many flawed assumptions including that: 1.) sign languages are wild human gesticulations as opposed to fully developed languages 2.) sign languages and close captions are mutually intelligible 3.) there couldn’t possibly be Deaf individuals at the actual press conference

The very best mix of emotions as I wrap up my time here @buwheelock.bsky.social. I've been so lucky to call this community home for the last few years and I'm incredibly sad to be leaving. At the same time, unbelievably excited to be taking up my new position @oiseuoft.bsky.social!

Language policies are always about social hierarchy. This argument is that ASL should not exist. It’s not only wildly discriminatory and linguistically misinformed, it’s also a call for the eradication of every language and variety except for whatever this guy thinks is “good English”.

This was a great 30-miniute weekend listen #FlyLesbianSeagull: www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

This is because DEI is often used by elite institutions as a cover to do nothing while mobilizing staff with marginalized identities and very little institutional power to claim they are doing as much as they can. And now even that has been deemed as too much by these institutions.

My article “Colonialingualism in Education and Policy” is now published in the Encyclopedia of Diversity. Read ⬇️ link.springer.com/referencewor...

SLA folks and language educators talk about linguistic accuracy, complexity, and fluency, but rarely do they talk about precision, which is central to our communication mediated by the target language(s)—and even in one's L1(s).

Why is Bluesky so monolingually English dominant (at least at present) and why nobody talks about that? *I’m complicit in this.

Devlin, A. M., Magliacane, A., & Paradowski, M. B. (2024). Social aspects in language learning: New perspectives from study‐abroad research. Language Learning. doi.org/10.1111/lang...

Kubota, R. (2025). From multiculturalism to social justice: Implications for language education in the United States and Canada. In C. Fäcke, X. (andy) Gao, & P. Garrett-Rucks (Eds.), The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning (pp. 29–42). Wiley. doi.org/10.1002/9781...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge Day 1