The registration fees for AILA are outrageous 🤯 the very cheapest option (AILA student member) is still US$370. The most expensive? Onsite non-members: US$945. This doesn't even include lunches, special events, etc. and participants will still have to find accommodation in Vancouver ($$$$$). WTAF!?

@theguardian.com just published an editorial in which they describe Dr Arday's death as "a tragedy that demands reflection," but absolve themselves from any wrongdoing or reponsibility. If you have a Guardian subscription, today is a great day to cancel it and let them know exactly why.

it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout

Plagiarists are a common problem in academia. Fantasists can be found in all walks of life. They are almost never subject to the level of scrutiny and retribution that we're seeing unfold. Why?

Familiar with overperforming for institutions whose existence require my superexploitation, I told Warda not to cast her pearls before swine Our exchanges are threads in a tapestry of triumph fueled by community, history & authenticity DM for copies!📿📿📿 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CBMWQ...

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-...

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‘It’s broken English’: MP’s attempt to speak Jamaican in parliament sparks language row

Parliamentary rule that only English is allowed has reignited debate about language, legitimacy and postcolonial identity

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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...

BREAKING: BU temporarily halts enforcement of outward-facing signage policy

Boston University President Melissa Gilliam announced in an email Monday that she is “temporarily pausing” a University policy enforcing the removal of outward-facing signs. The decision comes weeks a...

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Ashley R Moore@ashleyrmoore.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Love to see this 😍

Love to see this 😍

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Boston University’s student paper, The Daily Free Press, reports about the multiplication of pride flags on campus following the administration’s attempted crackdown on free speech.

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...

Following outcry, BU president defends removing pride flags

Gilliam’s remarks come days after several faculty members sent her a letter decrying the removal of pride flags from several windows, including one at the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies departmen...

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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...

Chicago’s Immigrants Are Being Targeted By ICE. Here’s What You Can Do To Help - Little Village Chamber of Commerce

Chicago’s Immigrants Are Being Targeted By ICE. Here’s What You Can Do To Help From sharing information and shopping immigrant-owned businesses to donating to nonprofits, here are seven ways Chicagoan...

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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.

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White System, Black Therapist: Racism, Resistance and Reimagining Speech and Language Therapy

In this book, Warda Farah brings a fresh perspective to the field of Speech and Language Therapy, challenging traditional approaches and opening crucial conversations about race, culture, and neurodiv...

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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...

Who participates in research, and why? A response to K. M. Kim & E. Chen’s “Toward research inclusivity in applied linguistics: A reflection and methodological guideline for inclusive online experimen...

As Kim and Chen have shown, online outreach and experimentation have been somewhat effective strategies for reaching out to and recruiting populations…

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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...

Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests

Exclusive: GMB union’s report also finds pay disparity for women and disabled, trans, non-binary and gay staffers working for MPs and peers

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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.

Nelson Flores@nelsonlflores.bsky.social · last yr.

Universities are rushing to eliminate the terms diversity, equity and inclusion from all programming while forcing students to sit through pro-Israel propaganda and are still being attacked by the Trump administration. No concession will ever be enough.

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?...

Coco Gauff is giving Aryna Sabalenka "the benefit of the doubt" | GMA

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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!