Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share a CFP for an upcoming MLA panel sponsored by the Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Global English. This forum has a guaranteed panel for the next MLA Convention, which will be January 4–7, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 250-word abstracts are due by March 15 and we will respond before April 1. <…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

It’s that time of year, when MLA forums collect nominations (including self-nominations) for future Executive Committee members. If you would be interested in being on the LSL Global English forum’s Executive Committee from January 2024-January 2029, or if you know someone who could be a good fit, please email me with any…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2021, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2021. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

I am happy to have been nominated to be on the executive committee for the LSL Global English forum. In this post I’ll introduce myself and what I would to do if given this opportunity.

I am currently an assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and most of my work focuses on language policy and w…[Read more]

Please join us at the 2020 MLA Annual Convention:

297 – Exploring the Reaches of Translingual Approaches to Writing Studies

Friday, 10 January 2020 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM WSCC – Skagit 1  

When Translingual Theory Meets Language Policy

Katherine S. Flowers, Mississippi State University

Research on translingual writing and on language policy both…[Read more]

Dear LSL Global English members,

My name is Stefan Vogel. I am a PhD student in the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program at the University of Arizona, and I would like to invite you to participate in my dissertation research. In my dissertation project, I focus on the professional development of L2 writing instructors in higher…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

I am honored to be nominated for the LSL Global English Executive Committee. I am an Assistant Professor of English at Queensborough Community College where I teach College Writing courses and Contemporary Literature. My vision for contributing to the Executive Committee and its endeavors is to seek to broaden the conversation on…[Read more]

I hope you can join us at the two sessions sponsored by the RCWS Literacy Studies Forum at MLA 17:

491. Situated Literacy Practices
Saturday, January 7
10:15–11:30 a.m
Room 303, Philadelphia Marriott
Presiding:
Peggy D. Otto, Western Kentucky University
Panelists:
Steven Alvarez, University of Kentucky
“Taco Literacies: Translingual F…[Read more]