FLRT leadership has organized a Job Search & Career panel of recent graduates and advanced doctoral students. Attendees will also have the opportunity to workshop their CV or resume. The event is Thursday, October 26, 2:20 to 3:30, in Arps 274 and Zoom. See the flyer to register.
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FLRT picnic 2023
FLRT, aka the Graduate Student Working Group for Foreign Language Research and Teaching, held the annual start of the academic year picnic this past Sunday at Goodale Park. Much food and fun were had by all!
LingComm 2023 starts today!
The second International Conference on Linguistics Communication, LingComm23, is taking place online this week, February 6-9. LingComm brings together lingcommers from a variety of backgrounds, including linguists communicating with public audiences and communicators with a “beat” related to language. I will be on a panel ‘LingComm in the Academy’ with the fabulous Sharon Unsworth and Kirby Conrod.
6th FLRT Symposium
FLRT held its 6th Graduate Student Symposium for Foreign Language Research and Teaching January 20th. In addition to 13 great papers by students, keynote speaker Professor Ester de Jong (University of Colorado Denver) gave a talk on multilingualism and language teacher preparation.
Editorial Board Member for Perspectives of the ASHA
In January, I will join the Editorial Board of Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, SIG 1 Language Learning and Education.Language Pod in Ohio State News
The Language Pod is featured in Ohio State News! Check out the video and short article, which focus on students who work in the Pod as researchers and language science educators.
Language Pod 10th anniversary!
This Stroop Effect cookie comes from our after-hours reception in COSI’s Life exhibit to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ohio State’s Language Sciences Research Lab at the Columbus Center of Science and Industry (COSI). Guests had opportunities to experience what it’s like to be in a research study about language, ask our computer “Avatar” questions about the pod, and chat with our student researchers. Language Pod Director Laura Wagner spoke about the past decade and on what we hope to accomplish in the future!
FLRT leadership for 2022-2023
Congratulations to the newly elected FLRT leadership! Onur Ozkaynak will serve as President, Sheila Ameri as Vice President, Lanoke Paradita as Treasurer, and Chia-Hsin Yin as Secretary. Many thanks to the outgoing leaders, Emre Basok, Yuseva Iswandari, Juyeon Yoo, and Susan Atai.
Advancing Ohio’s English Learners
The Ohio Department of Education has funded Advancing Ohio’s English Learners (AOEL), a project for which I am a co-PI. The purpose of AOEL is to create a comprehensive system of supports for English learners and their families whose school learning and engagement have been negatively impacted during the coronavirus pandemic. Belinda Gimbert (Education Studies) and Melissa Ross (Center on Training and Education) lead the four-part project. Peter Sayer and I will lead Activity 3, the development and dissemination of digital resources for K12 educators who work with English learners.
Panel on ethics of research with immigrant populations
I just participated in a virtual panel ‘The Ethics of Research with Immigrant Populations’, organized by the Center for Ethics and Human Values’ CARE program, funded by the Office of Research with support from the OSUMC Center for Bioethics and the College of Public Health. My co-panelists were Dr. Arati Maleku (College of Social Work) and Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp (Sonoma State University).