Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion aren't just relevant to a certain kind of critical research; they should be guiding principles for ALL research. Great to work on this with a group of scholars working across applied linguistics: www.aaal.org/feature-arti...

Now available: Free, data-driven, community-centered resources for honoring people of all genders in Arabic, created by @maryahc.bsky.social, Lucie Knight, & Vess-Tessa as part of the Gender Just Language Education Project that I cooridinated & edited. Please share. www.krisknisely.com/arabic

Earn TESL Ontario certification at the same time as an MEd in Language and Literacies Education at @oiseuoft.bsky.social! TESL ON certification is both locally and internationally recognized! More info: www.oise.utoronto.ca/ctl/masters-...

New pub with Ava Becker: Whole-language approaches like translanguaging pedagogies are vital, but what happens if linguistic resources are entangled with trauma? 50 free copies www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SKYGM...

Protest works: dailyfreepress.com/04/06/16/219...

Love to see this 😍

This makes no sense. If, as the President says, Boston University has "unequivocal support for our LGBTQIA plus community," flags like this don't speak for the university, but would simply be reflecting its commitments. www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

Language textbooks are loaded with troubling ideologies. This is Page 30 from the Spanish textbook Nos Vemos Hoy 1. The activity instructions: "These are some of the most valued professions in Spain. Write each one below the corresponding image."

Many of us are torn about going to the US for #AAAL2026. Here's a list 7 things we can do in Chicago to support affected communities, including a list of neighbourhoods that would appreciate those per diem $$$: littlevillagechamber.org/chicagos-imm...

The kidnappings of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian US citizens are not an accident. They are the leading edge of a wide-scale ethnic cleansing campaign with centuries-old roots that is intentionally targeting not just non-citizens but all people of color. All. People. Of. Color.

All righty y'all! The Journal of Black Language and Culture @jblacjournal.bsky.social is now open for submissions! See our website for information on how to submit and reach out if you have questions or ideas as we learn and grow! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Just before the end of the year 🎉 Who participates in research, and why? I argue that if we want to attract more diverse participants, we'll need to radically rethink what and how we research. Open access in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm giving a talk on linguistic dissociation aimed at educators this Thursday, 3:30-4:30 ET. Open to everyone and hybrid. You can register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just saw internal policy from a US-university that, because of the government's new fees for H-1B visas, sponsoring H-1B visas for international hires will likely not be feasible. In today's US, I would never have been able to get my first faculty position.

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...