My hot take on why schools in the United States treat bilingualism like a liability and not an asset in the very first few days of kindergarten. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-sc...

Sister: so how much are you getting paid for that book you wrote? Me: let’s not talk about it… #academia #iykyk

Book proposal submitted! I'm very excited about this one.

Signed up for a community choir!

Student misses class and doesn't let me know. After a follow up email, student states they were sick. Student also happened to post on social media that they were jogging along Santa Monica beach a couple hours before said class. Come ON. Ready for summer semester to be over.

Jay Chou performed in Hong Kong and all my secondary school friends went to watch him. Missing home 🇭🇰

My first book is out! 💙 "Generative AI & Language Teaching" w/ @universitypress.cambridge.org is FREE until 7/11. We wrote this for teachers: to support, not overwhelm as they navigate the world of AI in education. 📘: www.cambridge.org/core/element... #EdTech #GenAI #LanguageTeaching #AIinEducation

ChatGPT just helped me process some hard parenting x meltdown at bedtime stuff and I never thought I’d be here but here we are. Parenting in the age of AI. It helps.

Sunset in Hawaii 🫶🏽

A beloved principal, unjustly removed. A community refusing to stay silent. 🎥 Watch this powerful mini-documentary on why we’re fighting for Principal Garmon’s reinstatement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegO... #LAUSD @lausdsup.bsky.social @laschoolswest.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social

There are now 7 articles published (linked below) about the injustice of removing our beloved principal due to @laschoolswest.bsky.social negligence/mishandling. Sign our petition here: change.org/broadwayunited @lausdsup.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social @ktla.com @nbcla.com @abc7.bsky.social

There’s more than one way to be bilingual. If you’ve ever understood your family’s language but struggled to speak it back—you’re not alone. This video challenges narrow definitions of fluency and makes space for the kind of bilingualism that often goes unrecognized. www.youtube.com/shorts/Qk8yV...

Making soy sauce eggs and, let me tell you, when I measured each liquid, I was crouching down to make sure it hit the bottom of the meniscus. Who said AP chemistry wasn’t relevant?

My children who have learned how to control Alexa are playing Christmas tunes… and I’m not upset about it. 🎄

Just learned I have an IMDb profile because of work I did with PBS. And now I REALLY feel like I’m from LA. 🌴 www.imdb.com/name/nm16236...

Chaperoned a kindergarten field trip to Huntington Library/Gardens and am reminded that teaching first grade is the hardest thing I ever did (though it was so rewarding).

Dealing with trolls is SUCH an interesting experience. Thankfully, I'm confident in these lived and researched truths about bilingualism and can use the trolls to further elaborate/justify for audience members that take the bait. And again, engagement is engagement! www.youtube.com/shorts/OEgQo...

We don’t talk enough about what it feels like to lose a language you once knew by heart. Not because you wanted to. But because school, work, and survival in a dominant-language society slowly pushed it into the background. www.youtube.com/shorts/v-tD8...

Currently sitting on four peer reviews for journals (among all the other things to juggle in academia). Beginning an experiment now where I say no to everything for the next month. May 9 to June 9. Will document below.

It's tied with that feeling when students say they're going to miss class and to "let them know if there's anything important they'll miss." Right.

That disarming feeling when you tell someone you’re only teaching two classes this semester and they ask what else you do with your time. How do you answer?

Working on an R&R. Writing does not get easier.

What is Raciolinguistics? youtube.com/shorts/IfhSI...

In this video, I unpack how seemingly “neutral” attitudes about language actually push kids to hide parts of themselves. From classrooms to homes, monolingual bias shows up in quiet ways, shaming accents, discouraging heritage languages & erasing generational connection. youtube.com/shorts/luMsX...

Awww I have my first YouTube troll! Ironically, that seems like an indication that my channel is gaining good traction, and the troll engagement is still engagement! New video out titled “What is an accent?” youtube.com/shorts/cCxjw...

For anyone wanting a final feast in Denver, support the local Asian American community and GO TO MAKFAM. Delicious food, great music. #AERA2025

Too often, we think of bilingualism as simple translation — swapping one word for another across languages. But bilingual minds are doing so much more: building meaning, making connections, adapting across cultures. youtube.com/shorts/secYK...

My hot takes for #AERA2026: 1) Chair & Discussant roles need to be collapsed 2) Stagger Division & SIG mtgs throughout the day 3) Program Chairs need to email all presenting authors on guidelines for timing to respect everyone’s time 4) Maximum three appearances on the program per person #AERA2025

Had a meeting with someone who does work in transnational parent knowledge and I can’t stop thinking about it. Grateful for opportunities at #AERA25 to have out-of-the-box conversations.

🚨 The AERA Second Language Research SIG is launching the Critical Language Education Seed Grant! 🎓✍️ $500–$1,000 awards for critical research on language and inequality. Deadline: Oct 15, 2025. Details + apply 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1... #LanguageEd #ResearchFunding #EducationEquity

#AERA2025 friends, when you’re at the SIG/Div meetings, make it a point to connect w/ 1 new person, perhaps a grad student. We all remember how uncomfortable we felt when we first joined these business meetings. Invite them to drinks. Connect them w/ someone. We all really need each other right now.

What if struggling isn’t a flaw in the bilingual learning process, but the very thing that shapes us? Because being bilingual isn't about perfection. It’s about persistence and building resilience through every misunderstood word, every moment of doubt. youtube.com/shorts/ipfq6...

I found two of my girls’ hair ties in my coat pocket and I’m deliberately bringing them with me everywhere this #AERA2025. Being away from the kids is hard.

Still pinching myself — I co-authored A BOOK(!) with Dr. Benjamin Luke Moorhouse! 🎉 "Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching" is coming July 2025 via Cambridge University Press. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

So excited that my newest article is out now with the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy! 💖📚 If you’re interested in the impact of book bans/challenges & how teachers can teach those books for critical literacy, please give it a read! #literacies ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Part of the socialization process into professor-hood is to sit with your laptop on a carpeted conference floor, fervently responding to an email, overthinking your upcoming presentation, or jumping onto a meeting that you just couldn’t reschedule. #AERA2025 #guiltyascharged

Folks going to #AERA2025 in Denver! PLEASE stop by the Reclaiming Denver's Chinatown exhibit on the mezzanine level of concourse C (on your way in or out). It is not one to miss and the local advocacy group (CAPU) has done some phenomenal revitalization work in this space.

Just scheduled the final defenses for TWO of my PhD students who I've had the pleasure of walking alongside the past few years 🥲 During our time, one got married and had a baby, and the other was recently engaged. Such a privilege to be part of people's journeys. #proudprof #finalstretch

What does race have to do with language? A lot more than most people realize. www.youtube.com/shorts/L84aH...

Perfect Bilingualism? Doesn’t Exist. Too many people think if you’re not fluent in both #languages, you’re not “really” #bilingual. #Bilingualism isn’t about flawless grammar or accent-free speech. It’s about connection, culture & showing up as you are. 👇🏽Like & subscribe! youtube.com/shorts/qzF6l...

Today, I had the deep honor of giving the keynote at the California Association for Asian Pacific American Education (CAAPAE) conference: "Valued but Invisible: Reclaiming Humanity with Asian Pacific American Language Educators." An unforgettable space of reflection, challenge, and possibility. 1/

“Wait, you don’t speak your heritage language?” For many receptive bilinguals, that question hits hard. The shame. The silence. The sense of failure for not being “fluent enough.” But heritage language isn’t a test. (Please like and subscribe!) www.youtube.com/shorts/8maMY...

🎥 Trying something new! As I think about how to share key ideas about bilingualism beyond the classroom & journal pages, I’ve started experimenting w/ short-form video. This first video is called: Stop Telling Bilingual Kids to Stay in One Lane. Pls like & subscribe! m.youtube.com/shorts/IIyfu...

Bánh xèo 😋

Anyone at AERA this year? See you there!

I had six things on my very ambitious to-do list today -- a day filled with meetings. Now that it's 20 minutes til 5pm, I am, indeed, still at six items. #maybetomorrow

Yep, I felt that.

What do we miss about someone when we only know them in one language? If you’ve never heard someone in the language that holds their memories, humor, and sense of home—you may not have met all of them yet. www.kevin-m-wong.com/blog/2025/4/...

Drank the AI koolaid. I present to you action figure Professor of Teacher Education, girl dad edition. Never seen without AirPods, coffee, and a pocketful of hair ties.

Too many competing tasks swirling in my mind. Feeling paralyzed. Need to revisit the task list.