A concrete example of how intersectional oppression is not simply a case of addition: This report into salary gaps between UK parliamentary officers indicates women being paid £1,000 less than men, POC £2,000 less, but Black women £6,000 less. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Excited to share my latest work on linguistic dissociation at Penn State University on Friday!

📚 NEW: Associate Professor Cassie J. Brownell (brownellcassie.bsky.social) has been named winner of the 2025 Media Literacy Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)! Congrats, Professor! #OISECelebrates Learn more: ncte.org/awards/ncte-...

The gradual inclusion of truth about the experience of slavery in American museums has been one of the most deeply researched and considered and consequential developments in public history over the last half century. Enraging we have to defend it in this way.

Arabic and its various dialects are often positioned as somehow being intrinsically anti-queer but the truth is that queer language exists wherever there are queer people, which is EVERYWHERE. Just got my copy of @marwankaabour.bsky.social's beautiful Queer Arab Glossary. Can't wait to dig in!

"No concession will ever be enough." A very slow lesson for so many institutions and orgs.

The supreme grace Coco Gauff is extending to Sabalenka is an example of the emotional labour people of colour, especially Black women, often do when responding to White mental gymnastics that ignore facts to dismiss their achievements. youtu.be/7K3Ha2VanWE?...

If you want a sneak preview of my book, Workable Accents, please click this link to read a decent chunk of the introductory chapter: shorturl.at/MfGLQ Please remember to ask your university or local library to order a copy and share this post widely! Thanks in advance!

My very first book is available for pre-order! Workable Accents explores how international teaching assistants conceptualize accent in relation to academic labor. Please ask your (university) library to order a copy: shorturl.at/KUC4R @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyling.bsky.social

Hot off the press in time for the long weekend 🔥🔥🔥, my article showing the importance of generating multiscalar temporal account of linguistic dissociation (and other phenomena shaping the linguistic repertoire) is open access in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics! doi.org/10.1016/j.rm...

it's always a little satisfying when something that is a *moral* disaster is *also* a political disaster, because it's not always the case!

Great news! For some reason the headline here is different from the one I saw: "Gulf students ask to be taught Gangalidda instead of Japanese" I wish more educational contexts would rethink or diversify the language options available in schools amp.abc.net.au/article/1052...

Very exciting, hybrid conference on language and literacies education! Submission deadline is June 30!

Ughhh. Check out my 2024 paper and learn why this is nonsense!

Excited to announce that ✨ A Show of Hands: Kalika and the Goddess of Learning is a #1 New Release in Children’s Holidays Around the World & Eastern Religions! #2 in Children’s Hinduism & #13 in Holidays & Celebrations📚 Out now: a.co/d/0mSNYVq #RettSyndrome #AAC #InclusiveLit #disability

This article defends three main actors in the new HP series because they've previously taken LGBTQ+ roles. WTAF? If non-LGBTQ+ actors earn money and acclaim from LGBTQ+ roles, then they should stand in solidarity with those communities when they're persecuted. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...

On my way to #AERA and the US border agent told me to tell everyone the 3 things education should focus on: 1) financial literacy, 2) bodily literacy and wellbeing, 3) spiritual wellbeing, or how one might live a good life. Honestly, I'm onboard 🥰

Never forget that many of the institutions and companies that dismantled DEI-related initiatives did so not out of anticipatory obedience but because they never really wanted diversity, equity, and inclusion in the first place. They are showing us what they have always been.

CW: Assisted dying. I was moved in all sorts of ways by Martin Roemers on photographing his parents shortly after they chose to die together. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

so proud of this collaborative work! here's @melissabaralt.bsky.social @clemonsaris.bsky.social & my study on TBLT Spanish instruction with young learners. the possibilities for WL teaching are endless when Black cultural value is assumed❤️🖤💚 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... [dm us for copies]

Today is a great day for everyone at #UBC who's doesn't know what "unceded" means in the context of land acknowledgments to learn more. Also a good day to remember that academic freedom depends on enacting the practices that uphold scholarly integrity, like reading and, um, thinking. 👀

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. 🚩

Do you know someone who is raising public awareness of language-related social issues? The AAAL Distinguished Public Service Award ($1,000!) recognises the often unsung and underfunded work of community leaders, educators, activists, writers, organisations, etc. www.aaal.org/distinguishe...

Today in my Language Awareness class we'll analyse the recent executive order making English the official language of the US, reading it alongside statements from prominent language-related associations. Will also turn our attention to Canadian language policy, too. Curious to see how this goes.

ISO Language teachers for gender justice Are you a language teacher who wants to learn more about gender justice & collaboratively make free resources to support the teaching and learning of nonbinary ways of doing languages other than English? Interest form: bit.ly/GenderJustPL... Please share!

AAAL has released a statement opposing the EO designating English as the official language of the US. Statements from other orgs like LSA, ACTFL, and TESOL are also linked, and are all worth reading: www.aaal.org/aaal-ec-stat...

Can someone write a book like Swan and Smith's Learner English: A Teacher's Guide to Interference and Other Problems but from a non-deficit perspective? Thanks!

I'll be doing what I can as an individual scholar and teacher. I'm also looking forward to public advocacy/responses from the associations in our field 👀 We must speak/act up.

Canada’s cuts to newcomer English language programs puts communities’ well-being at risk theconversation.com/canadas-cuts...

It's a weird time to be doing very trans research, but I'm grateful to be in community with so many great scholars working on trans linguistics -- some gathered in the latest issue of Gender and Language: utppublishing.com/toc/gl/18/3

Just finished this book by Lara Hope Schwartz. Ostensibly written for US students starting college, I recommend it for anyone interested in the idea of civic dialogue. Full of useful tools and important questions!

I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

Today my job was to re-read some tough-but-fair reviews and I did it. Please clap.

Friends, am I right in remembering that Jon Henner made a video introducing Crip Linguistics? I feel like I definitely watched that. Does anyone have the link?

It's often assumed that we cannot do good research with people we know--that any prior knowledge of one another will taint the data. But this is founded in the fallacy of positivist objectivism. This assumption hasn't been proven (I think), but it has somehow become established fact.

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

First day of school. Eek!

Journal review processes can take a LOOOOONG time. JQTSIE is different, with an avg 45 days from submission to decision w/ doubly-anonymized peer review. @jqtsie.bsky.social is a fee-free open-access journal. www.jqtsie.com @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social

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!

NYU T&L has a new job search for Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning  Bilingual Education/TESOL & Childhood Education. apply.interfolio.com/160357

I'm going too long here but the point is folks being silenced, harassed, etc in spaces claiming to be part of the public sphere is not new; folks leaving to create their own alternative spaces for deliberation is not new; this is the reality of public struggles over communication, power & difference

📣 I am excited to co-edit a book w/ Fabrice Jaumont on embracing the imperfection of language learning. Do you have a story, a case study, a biography that challenges the paralyzing "gold standard" of achieving native-like fluency in an L2? For submission guidelines, visit calec.org/2024/11/28/b...

#AcademicSky, if you review both the first draft and then a revision of the same journal submission, do you list these as one or two reviews on your CV, merit reports, etc.?

An American colleague asked me (a Brit) to help them understand what "pudding" is. It was hard, but eventually I came up with "something of sufficient stodginess that it could get stuck somewhere" and it's holding true so far.

3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Learning an Indigenous Language as a Non-Native #indigenity #raciolx http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/07/learn-indigenous-language/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare

#OpenAcess article 🚨 Co-written with grad student Lia Noerkhasanah, we show how #PublicScholarship can both empower teacher learners to take critical action and be a great alternative to traditional essays. It includes a rubric you can use to improve your public scholarship! doi.org/10.1002/tesj...

#BostonPublicLibrary is such an exciting space! Whenever I'm here, I am reminded of Zadie Smith's observation that public libraries are one of the last few places on the high street where one can spend time for free. These spaces provide so many vital public goods 😍

And also (thinking about the Globe and Mail op-ed), the assumption that without being barraged with right-wing views on social media, we'll somehow miss out just doesn't hold true for many of us who get plenty of that in IRL through our families, group chats, etc.

I love my trans friends, colleagues, and learners! I love your joy and loathe attitudes and behaviour that messes with that. On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, this tip sheet from GLAAD for everyone else is helpful. 🏳️‍⚧️ glaad.org/transgender/...