Plenary & Keynote Presentations
How the Village School Got a New Roof: Leveraging English and Language Ideologies in Education in Mexico
VI International Qualitative Research Conference on Applied Linguistics in English Language Teaching
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. June 2018
The Hidden Curriculum of Work in the Primary English Program in Mexico: Neoliberalism and L2 Pedagogy
VI Seminario de Lingüística Aplicada y III Foro de Resistencia Lingüística, Universidad de Guanajuato
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. September 2017
Linguistic Funds of Knowledge: Building on Bilingual Students’ Home Language Resources
5th Annual Literacy Research Conference, Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. January 2017
The Development of Intercultural Awareness in Young Learners
Featured Speaker at the 43rd MEXTESOL International Convention
Monterrey, Nuevo, León, Mexico. October 2016
Ethnographic Language Learning Projects
Plenary Address at the 3rd English Language Studies Research Forum
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. April 2016
Becoming a Critical Language Educator: Engaging Social Issues through Pedagogy
Plenary Address
ASOCOPI 2015 (Asociación Colombiana de Profesores de Inglés)
Medellin, Colombia. October 2015
Ethnographic Language Learning Projects
Best of Affiliates Session
TESOL 2015 (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. March 2015
Does English Really Open Doors? A Critical Look at Language Education and Social Class in Mexico
Keynote Speaker at the 2nd International Research Colloquium in Educational Linguistics & Language Education
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. October 2014
Reconceptualizing Authenticity in ELT
Keynote address 40th MEXTESOL International Convention
Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico. November 2013
A Two-eyed Approach to Critical Language Education
Plenary talk at the 3rd International Symposium on Language Teaching
Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. March 2013
Colloquia, Panels & Conferences Organized
Social Class/Socioeconomic Status and Young Learners of English as a Global Language
Co-organizer: Yuko Butler Discussant: Becky Huang
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2017
Portland, Oregon. March 2017
Texas Language Education Research Conference (TexLER) 2017
Faculty advisor/organizer
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas. February 2017
Texas Foreign Language Education Conference (TexFLEC) 2015
Faculty advisor/organizer
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas. February 2015
Early Foreign Language Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Co-organizer: Becky Huang Discussant: David Birdsong
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2014
Portland, Oregon. March 2014
Binational Research Colloquium on Educational Linguistics and Language Education in the 21st Century
Conference organizer
San Antonio, Texas. March 2013