Welcome! In this issue of the AAALGrads Newsletter, you will find: 

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• Letters: 

  • Letter From the Co-Editors

  • Letter From the GSC Co-Chairs

  • Welcome to Our 3rd Co-Editor 

 

• Feature articles: 

  • “White Ignorance and the Struggle for an Anti-Racist Applied Linguistics” by Nicholas Subtirelu (Georgetown University)

  • “Grading Contracts as a Pedagogical Tool to Minimize Racist Language Ideologies” by Sarah Wilhoit (University of Arizona)

  • “We Need True Allies: Working Beyond Performative Allyship Towards Collective Liberation” by Doricka Menefee (The Ohio State University) 

  • "Addressing Injustices in and Through Research as a Methodological Rich Point” by Adrian Lundberg (Malmö University)

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• “Creative Corner”:

  • “Frames” by Bri Alexander (City University of New York, Graduate Center)

 

• Resource reviews:

  • “Seeing Language as a Transformational Tool to Address Social Inequities: Reflection on the Book Language and Social Justice in Practice.” by Xinxin Liu (Middlebury Institute of International Studies) 

 

• “Professional Development Corner”:

  • “Time-Management Strategy as a Parent and Ph.D. Student” by Yoko Mori (University of Otago) 

  • “How to Write a Diversity Statement” by Ahmad Alharthi (University of Washington)

 

• Resources: 

  • Follow-Up to Our September GSC Webinar

  • Follow-Up to AAAL’s Summer Webinar Series

  • AAAL Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA) Initiatives

  • Crowdsourced Resources on Race, Diversity, and Equity

  • Awards, Grants, and Funding Opportunities 

  • Interviews with Awardees of AAAL's Indigenous Language Scholar Support Fund

 

• Interactive items:

  • Diversity Climate Survey

  • Letter to the Editor

  • Call for Proposals for the Spring 2021 Issue of the AAALGrads Newsletter

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• Also check out our past issues:

  • Summer 2020​

  • Spring 2020 or earlier

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We welcome your feedback and input. You can leave comments in our surveys, or reach us through email at grad@aaal.org OR aaalgrads@gmail.com.

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