My latest article argues how the construct of intelligibility is susceptible to what Marie Thompson calls "white aurality." It explores how treating intelligibility as a decontextualized trait reproduces oppressive ideas about speech: doi.org/10.1080/1542...

No accent is actually an obstacle to career advancement. The real obstacle is the accentism that frames certain accents as professional liabilities. Read more here: doi.org/10.1108/CDI-...

My son's world in gaza is vanishing into darkness. Every second we wait, his light fades a little more. We have one final chance to save his sight, but we can't do it alone. Please, don't let him go blind. Be the miracle he's praying for. Verified by : molly shah chuffed.org/project/1624...

What does professionalism sound like in higher education? How does the vocal professionalism reinforce racial, gender, and linguistic inequalities? Drawing on small stories told by international academic workers, my latest open-access article answers these questions: doi.org/10.1177/1939...

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-...

I had the honour and pleasure of writing a chapter for the Encyclopaedia of Plurilingual Education! My chapter offers a brief overview of linguistic microaggressions in education. The volume is open access, so please check it out and share with your peers: www.peterlang.com/document/158...

Really excited to share this event on May 11 from 5-7pm in TORONTO on sport, Palestine, and imperialism. I will be in conversation with Palestinian national football player Charlotte Phillips, @privaricate.bsky.social, Jess Nachman, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, and @girishdaswani.bsky.social. 🍉⚽️

It’s my birthday and I am once again doing my matching campaign of $340! Somebody already matched $340 for Crips for eSims but you can still donate $3.4, $34, $340, or more! :) Email screenshots to cripsforesimsforgaza[at]gmail[dot]com. chuffed.org/project/crip...

paper out, hope it's useful doi.org/10.1017/S009... #linguistics

It was a pleasure contributing to the 2nd edition of the Routledge Companion to Cross-Cultural Management! My chapter explores how everyday work on or with language reinforces workplace racism. If your institution has online access, you can read it here: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

I'm doing an online talk at the University of Reading on April 22 at 4pm BST. This talk will explore how accent is deemed by international teaching assistants to be an inseparable part of their academic work. Teams Meeting ID: 372 352 517 778 09 Passcode: Dw6S3C3E

Critically decoding popular "soft skills" Communication: adopt white-coded language Teamwork: maintain the status quo Work Ethic: be prepared to be overworked Adaptability: accept unreasonable demands Leadership: be the scapegoat

I'm doing a book talk at my university. If you want to learn about how the academic labour of international TAs is "accented" by such forces as neoliberalism, whiteness, and disciplinary cultures, scan the QR code on the poster or click on this registration link: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thinking about the next #mla? @modernlanguage.bsky.social Send us your abstract! #mla27 #mla2027 We welcome innovative, critical, and interdisciplinary perspectives on language, society, & pedagogy. LSL – Language and Society is now accepting abstracts for MLA 2026 (guaranteed sessions)

It is important to remember that many problems are manufactured such as having the "wrong type" of accent.

Because we're consistently in the red & can't pay people back in a timely manner we've had to completely stop sending new eSims. That's devastating for the people of Gaza living through a genocide committed on our dime. #ConnectingGaza

I'm looking forward to participating in this panel discussion on linguistic inclusivity as it pertains to international students in higher education! Scan the QR code to register.

I Congrés Internacional sobre Discriminació Lingüística 제1회 언어 차별 국제 학술대회 Ier Congrès international sur la discrimination linguistique 1st International Conference on Linguistic Discrimination 🌐 proyectoestigma.es/congreso/ RT🙏

as @divyampersaud.com mentioned earlier, Hamza is starting out with literally nothing beyond the scholarship he received chuffed.org/project/1644...

I am grateful that I published 2 important works this year: 1) a co-edited volume on the complex relationships between language and prejudice: shorturl.at/4l7if 2) a book on how international teaching assistants conceptualize and perform accents for their academic labour: shorturl.at/7aOYN

A standard language is an invention of a standard language ideology. It does not pre-exist on its own.

📣 Call for Papers – The EUROCALL Review 👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance” 📅 Submission deadline: 4 May 2026 📘 Planned publication: Autumn 2026 Please share widely! ❓Reach out if you have any questions!

Experiencing racism does not make you immune from perpetuating racism. Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.

Proud and happy to finally see this chapter come out, and part of such a great collection. Thanks again to the editors, Jane Setter @sdovchin.bsky.social @vijayramjattan.bsky.social academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

Fighting against accentism requires moving away from statements like "Everyone has an accent" to declarations such as "Not all accents are created equal."

I have my copies of The Oxford Handbook of Language and Prejudice! I would like to thank @janesetter.bsky.social and @sdovchin.bsky.social as well as our contributors for rearticulating the relationship between language and prejudice. Ask your library to order a copy: shorturl.at/q87Bz

From a white supremacist perspective: Being professional = quietly accepting racism at work Being unprofessional = calling out this racism

I will be giving a hybrid talk at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Linguistics Department about my recent book, Workable Accents. What does academic labour sound like? Using the case of international teaching assistants, my talk attempts to answer this question!

Pronunciation is not a technical action. Pronunciation is a political act.

"Native" and "nonnative English speaker" are products of racism, colonialism, and nationalism. They are not objective linguistic descriptors.

Do you work in #education? This post is for you. It centres #Gaza at the heart of everything we do and say in education. Living with Wounds in Education www.repair-ed.uk/reparative-p... Read it. Share it. Act on it #GazaMatters

You do not assess the pedagogical competence of an immigrant teacher through their accent. You assess the pedagogical competence of an immigrant teacher through their actual pedagogy.

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/08/24/i... Check out my interview with Moaz Mansour of Gaza Online on the Disability Visibility Project blog! @sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social

I finally have physical copies of my book! If you are interested in how accent acts as a type of work in higher education, then you should read Workable Accents. 30% off if you buy from Bloomsbury: www.bloomsbury.com/ca/workable-... @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social / @bloomsburyling.bsky.social

You should not have to standardize your speech in order to be heard.

Please contribute to help Hammam's family. They are in absolutely desperate circumstances. Anything helps.

“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.” - 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist

Once again, language teaching is inherently political because languages are political inventions in the first place.

White supremacy is the problem, not those who point out this fact.

It takes a certain kind of ignorance and arrogance to believe that if marginalized people change the way they sound, they will automatically get people to listen to them in a more ethical manner.

Ep. 163: Gaza and Global Sport We return from our too-long hiatus to discuss athletic boycott in the context of genocide with former Ireland basketball captain Rebecca O'Keeffe, as well as our views on some of the atrocities over the last seven months. open.spotify.com/episode/3Odh...

"Professionalism" is typically used to police marginalized workers, not uplift them.

Just asked my library to purchase this book! You should do the same! #appliedlinguistics #accent

Thanks very much for Prof. David Gramling for writing an insightful blurb for my book! Just another reminder that Workable Accents is available to order (sadly, there is a delay with print copies, but e-copies are readily available): shorturl.at/MfGLQ

LANGUAGE & POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITY: Stancemaking, Power and Politics in Chile and Venezuela by Miki Makihara and Juan Luis Rodríguez ( @jlrodriguez10.bsky.social) has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/4jTo9UQ #PoliticalAnthropology #Anthropology #EconomicAnthropology

Palestine is already recognised #GazaStarving #GazaGenocide‌ #KeepTellingofGaza