Chair-elect/Program Chair (1 year term)
Zhongfeng Tian
parliamentarian (3 year term)
María Cioè-Peña Assistant Professor of Educational Linguistics University of Pennsylvania cioepena@upenn.edu year term ends: 2024 secretary/treasurer (2 year term) Maria Teresa (Maite) Sánchez Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education at Hunter College ms1850@hunter.cuny.edu year term ends: 2024
Past Chair/Elections Coordinator (1 year term)
year term ends: 2024
Communications chair (3 year term)
This newly restarted working group will explore the various forms of advocacy of researchers, teachers, community members, families, and students in relation to multilingual learners, educational programs, instructional practices, and policies. The group is very important in today's "post-truth" era. We believe in the power of working together and would like to help our members share their advocacy efforts, as well as expand our reach by providing information on other possible advocacy routes at the local, state and federal levels.
Chairs:
Lina Martin Corredor, Assistant Professor of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education, Metropolitan State University of Denver lmartinc@msudenver.edu
Christina P. DeNicolo, Associate Professor of Bilingual /Bicultural Education, Wayne State University
Christina.denicolo@wayne.edu
Members:
Dan Heiman, Assistant Professor of Bilingual/Biliteracy Education, University of Texas at El Paso
Ryan W. Pontier, Assistant Professor, Florida International University
Kristen L. Pratt, Assistant Professor, ESOL & Bilingual Education, Western Oregon University
Jorge Solis, Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio
The Mentoring Working Group of the BER aims to support doctoral candidates and junior scholars by facilitating connections with more experienced and knowledgeable senior scholars, unveiling hidden discourses within the academy, and creating constructive discursive spaces for all to come together to continue to move the research in our field forward.
Chair:
Zhongfeng Tian, The University of Texas at San Antonio, zhongfeng.tian@utsa.edu
Suzanne García-Mateus (member), California State University, Monterey Bay, sgmateus@csumb.edu
Clara Amador-Lankster (member), National University, camadorl@nu.edu
The BER Newsletter Working Group aims to identify and share timely information to the members of the BER SIG at the local, national, and international levels. The newsletter reflects the linguistic and cultural diversity of the BER members and broader society, and works in collaboration with other SIG groups to build communication, collegiality, and collaborations across members.
Garrett DeLavan, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, gdelavan@gsu.edu
Rebecca Linares, Historian, Rowan Univeresity, linares@rowan.edu
The Social Media Working Group of the BER works to using social media outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter, to serve the community of the BER. Specifically, our aims are to raise awareness of the good work members of the BER are doing and to increase communication, collegiality and collaborations across the BER community. We use social media to post news and information, as well as highlight policy and advocacy events that are of interest to our members.
Chair: Ana Solano Campos, Communication Chair, Georgia State University,
asolanocampos@gsu.edu
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