Second Language Research SIG 108
Second Language Research SIG 108
 
SIG Purpose
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The purpose of the Second Language (L2) Research Special Interest Group (SIG) is "to promote research in second-language learning/acquisition and to facilitate the exchange of ideas among educators involved in second language teaching and language program administration."

 
 
Message from SIG Chair
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April 2023

Welcome to the Second Language Research SIG website!

We also enjoyed a strong presence at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago, from April 13-16 and online from May 4-5 around this year’s annual meeting theme, Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth. In addition to our engaging roundtable, paper, and symposium sessions, we hosted three in-person cornerstone events: a Pre-Conference Mentoring SessionLa Pachanga, (co-sponsored with the Bilingual Education Research, Latina/o/x Research, and Language and Social Processes SIGs) and our Business Meeting during which we celebrated our 2023 SLR SIG awards recipients:


Leadership Through Research Award: Dr. Manka Varghese, University of Washington
Mid-Career Award (co-recipients): Dr. Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, University of Arizona & Dr. Becky Huang, The Ohio State University

Outstanding Dissertation Award: Dr. Caitlin Fine, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Graduate Student Travel Awards: Cameron Smith, Doctorant / Ph.D. Candidate, Faculté d’éducation / Faculty of Education, Université d’Ottawa / University of Ottawa &

Xuan Zhou, Ph.D. Candidate | Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University

Congratulations also to our conference registration sponsees:

Graduate student recipients
Zahra Golneshan, Educational Research, Language and Literacy Program, Werklund School of Education University of Calgary

Jessica McConnell, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, College of Education and Human Development, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Adnan Mohamed, College of Education, Washington State University 

Early-career scholar recipients
Mimi Masson, Ph.D., Professeure adjointe / Assistant Professor, Département de pédagogie, Faculté d'éducation, Université de Sherbrooke


As I close out my term as SLR SIG Chair, I want to thank our 2021-2023 leadership team:

Program Chair/Chair Elect: Dr. David Nieto, Northern Illinois University

Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Chris Chang-Bacon, University of Virginia (2022-2023); Dr. Carrie Symons (2021-2022)

Newsletter Editor: Dr. Zhongfeng Tian, University of Texas San Antonio (2022-2023); Dr. Christina Ponzio (2021-2022)

Membership Chair: Dr. Laura Hamman-Ortiz, University of Rhode Island

Graduate Student Representative: Marisol Massó, Michigan State University

Webmaster: Dr. Hyonsuk Cho, University of North Dakota

Social Media Coordinator: Dr. Angela Nissing, Montgomery College (2022-2023); Dr. Chris Chang-Bacon (2021-2022)


Finally, I am excited to pass the baton to our incoming leadership team for the 2023-2025 term!

Chair: Dr. David Nieto, Northern Illinois University

Program Chair/Chair-ElectDr. Kongji Qin, New York University

Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Kevin Wong, Pepperdine University

Membership Officer: Dr. Melinda Martin-Beltran, University of Maryland, College Park

Newsletter Editor: Dr. Leah Shepard-Carey, Drake University

Student Representative:  Vashti Wai Yu Lee, Michigan State University


Saludos, Liv

Liv T. Dávila (livtd@illinois.edu)
SLR SIG Chair, 2021-2023 

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Who We Are
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SLR SIG Officers (Click on the name to know more about each officer)

SLR SIG Chair: Liv T. Dávila

Program Chair: David Nieto

Secretary/Treasurer: Chris Chang-Bacon (2022-2023), Carrie Symons (2021-2022)

Newsletter editor: Zhongfen Tian (2022-2023), Christina M. Ponzio (2021-2022)

Membership officer: Laura Hamman-Ortiz

Student representative: Marisol Masso

Webmaster: Hyonsuk Cho

Social media coordinator: Angela Nissing (2022-2023), Chris Chang-Bacon (2021-2022)

 
 
Newsletters
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Latest: Spring 2023 Newsletter Interactive version (includes videos) & PDF version

Fall 2022 Newsletter: Interactive version (includes videos) & PDF version

Spring 2022 Newsletter: Interactive version (includes videos) & PDF version

Fall 2021 Newsletter: Interactive version & PDF version

Past newsletters: go to [News & Announcements]

 
 
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Webinars
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Past Webinars

Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging (Sep 2022) YouTube Video-recording
 
Reimagining Catañeda v. Pickard (1981) to Improve Linguistic and Racial Civil Rights (Sep 2021) Session 1 Video-recording & Session 2 Video-recording
 
From Conference Proposal to manuscript (Jun 2021) YouTube Video-recording
 
Reconceptualizing the Role of Critical Dialogue (Jan 2021) YouTube Video-recording
 
Work-Life Harmony (Nov 2020) YouTube Video-recording
 
Amplifying Marginalized Voices (Feb 2020) YouTube Video-recording
 
Escaping the Ivory Tower (Nov 2019) -  Learn about careers outside of academia - YouTube Video-recording
 
Finding My Scholarly Home: How to Navigate AERA 2019 (Mar 2019). YouTube Video-recording
 
From Candidate to Faculty: Entering the Academic Job Market (Jan 2019). YouTube Video-recording
 
From Conference to Manuscript: Demystifying the Publication Process (Oct 2018)  YouTube Video-recording 
 
Demystifying Proposal Writing for AERA 2019 YouTube Video-recording