AAAL 2026 PDF Program - Chicago

AAAL acknowledges that Chicago is the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: The Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Tribes like the Miami, Ho-Chunk, and Sac and Fox also called this area home. Located at the intersection of several great waterways, the land naturally became a site of travel and healing for many Tribes. Now Chicago is home to the third-largest Urban American Indian community. Adapted from the land acknowledgment issued by the American Indian Center of Chicago.

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Contents Welcome Message from the President

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Welcome Message from the Conference Chair

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2026 Conference Home Page

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Conference Organizing Team

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Schedule at a Glance

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Conference Sponsors & Exhibitors

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Conference Information

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Session Guidelines

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Wi-Fi Info and Conference App

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2026 Strand Coordinators

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Abstract Reviewers

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Conference Connection Mentors

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Conference Student Volunteers

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Plenary Sessions

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Invited Colloquia

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AAAL 2026 Award Recipients

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AAAL Leadership

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AAAL Past Presidents

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Conference Hotel Maps

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Local Restaurants

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Save the Date

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Welcome Message from the President I extend a warm welcome to the 2026 AAAL Annual Conference in Chicago. The AAAL Conference is a global forum for scholarly exchange and networking to advance knowledge across a wide range of applied linguistics topics. Although AAAL is a professional association based in the United States, nearly 40% of its members are international. In March 2026, AAAL members and conference attendees will gather together from across the world.

Ryuko Kubota AAAL President 2025 - 2026

The AAAL Annual Conference also offers an intellectual and social forum for applied linguists at various career stages. As the largest single membership category, consisting nearly 40%, graduate students and post doc members will find the conference stimulating with opportunities to present and obtain feedback, learn from peers and scholars whose work is closely related to their research interest, participate in the Graduate Research Roundtable and Social Mixer sponsored by Multilingual Matters, a lunchtime session on Sunday, and Conference Connections, a mentorship program that connects a student with a senior scholar individually or in a small group for supporting research and career paths. Faculty members and professionals will also gain from sharing and networking within their strand(s) as well as across our 25 strands. For all participants, the conference will offer special opportunities to meet scholars in person, deepen knowledge, and forge new networks. In addition to regular sessions including plenary presentations, invited colloquia, paper presentations, posters, and roundtables, the conference offers special celebrations and events.

The recipients of awards are recognized during the plenary sessions. I would like to draw special attention to the Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award (DSSA) lecture by Lourdes Ortega on Sunday afternoon. Other special sessions include affinity groups, which are interspersed throughout the conference to enable you to connect with people from shared identities. I also encourage you to visit the publishers’ exhibit to gain current information about books and opportunities to talk with editors for your future projects. AAAL offers two social events, welcoming all participants: the Opening Reception on Saturday evening after the plenary session and the Closing Wine & Cheese Reception on Tuesday afternoon. These are excellent opportunities to reconnect with friends and create new networks with scholars.

The Annual Business Meeting is scheduled on Monday from 12:30 to 1:30, during which the Executive Committee (EC) and other Standing Committee leaders will share updates and initiatives of the association. I strongly encourage you to attend the meeting. One change from the past is that, instead of providing a lunch box, we will offer a $20 voucher for you to use at the hotel market/cafe any time after the meeting. The EC had to make this decision to mitigate the rising costs.

An exciting new initiative starting from this year is a one-day virtual conference one month after the in-person conference.

This year, it is scheduled on Friday, April 24, 2026. This provides you with an opportunity, in addition to the in-person conference, to learn from diverse presenters and interact with each other across the world online. If you have not registered yet, I strongly encourage you to do so.

The AAAL 2026 Annual Conference is made possible by the dedication and tireless work offered by the First Vice President, Mari Haneda at the Pennsylvania State University, and her conference planning team. I would also like to thank Robert Randez, the Conference Team Technical Specialist, for offering his technical expertise for the program planning. I extend my appreciation to the strand coordinators and reviewers who reviewed proposals to ensure the excellence of presentations, and countless other volunteers and leaders who contributed to the conference planning. Special thanks also go to our sponsors, who offered not only financial support but also academic resources. Finally, huge thanks go to our Business Office with amazing management team members—Val Smith, Hannah O’Dell, Alisha Haskell, and Jenny Lehigh.

Their professional expertise behind the scenes sustains the execution of not only our conference but all our activities.

I look forward to seeing all of you in Chicago!

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Welcome Message from the Conference Chair It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to AAAL 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.

Chicago is “the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: The Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Tribes like the Miami, HoChunk, Sac and Fox also called this area home” (American Indian Center of Chicago). For first-time attendees of a AAAL conference, I hope that AAAL will become your new intellectual home. We are thrilled that there are nearly 2,000 domestic and international attendees at AAAL 2026 in Chicago despite an adverse political climate in the United States. The conference theme is reimagining disciplinary practices.

Mari Haneda

AAAL First Vice President 2025 - 2026

To kick off the conference, three pre-conference workshops will be offered on the University of Illinois-Chicago campus on March 20. These workshops will be followed immediately by the Graduate Research Roundtable and a social mixer event at the conference hotel that are sponsored by Multilingual Matters.

From Saturday (3/21) to Tuesday (3/24), in addition to refereed colloquia, roundtable and poster presentations, there are 6 plenary talks, 7 invited colloquia, the DSSA Award address, and a variety of special sessions.

These special sessions include 7 affinity group networking sessions, an invited talk on Indigenous language revitalization, a journal editor session, and many other special interest group events focused on a variety of topics. We welcome everyone to the Opening Reception on Saturday (3/21) from 7-8 pm and the Closing Wine and Cheese Reception on Tuesday (3/24) from 3-4:00 pm.

The conference of this scale would not have been possible without many volunteers who worked tirelessly. We are indebted to strand coordinators and reviewers who dedicated their summer 2025 to review proposals. Their names are recognized in this program pdf. We are also grateful to student volunteers on site here in Chicago. All AAAL committees, councils, and the AAAL Executive Committee worked to make this conference a reality. This includes the Graduate Student Council members, members who served on all the award committees, the JEDI Committee, the PAEC, the Committee on Online Education and Outreach, and the Conference Connections Committee. I thank the leadership team members for their support, too. Also indispensable has been the expert support of staff members at Nardone Consulting Group: Valerie Smith, Jenny Lehigh, Hannah O’Dell, and Alisha Haskell. I would also like to express my deep gratitude to our sponsors for their support.

Last but not least, I am deeply appreciative of the outstanding work performed by the Penn State University Conference Planning Team, including Pedro de Lima Bastos, Grace Kim, Ty Liu, Merve Özcelik, Ian Scheneider, Dr. Nicole Siffrinn, and Ying Xiong. I have been fortunate to work with this amazing group of six doctoral students and one faculty member. I also thank Dr. Robert Randez (the Conference Team Technical Specialist) for his skillful work with scheduling and Dr. Kara Morgan-Short (the Local Conference Coordinator) and her team for providing valuable support for pre-conference workshops.

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!

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2026 AAAL Conference Home Page AAAL 2026

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Conference Organizing Team The Pennsylvania State University - Based Conference Team for AAAL AAAL Conference Chair: Mari Haneda

Indigenous Communities Liaison Team: Ian Thomas Schneider Pedro Augusto de Lima Bastos

AAAL Business Office Liaison Team: Merve Özçelik Nicole Siffrinn

GSC Liaison: Ying Xiong

Affinity Group Facilitation Team: Pedro Augusto de Lima Bastos Ying Xiong

Program Logistics Coordinators: Pedro Augusto de Lima Bastos Ying Xiong

Orientation Video Production Team: Ian Thomas Schneider Pedro Augusto de Lima Bastos

Program Scheduling Team: Ian Thomas Schneider Tianyu "Ty" Liu

Corporate Sponsor Liaison Team: Nicole Siffrinn Tianyu "Ty" Liu

Strand Coordination and Abstract Review Team: Pedro Augusto de Lima Bastos Tianyu "Ty" Liu Merve Özçelik Ian Thomas Schneider Nicole Siffrinn Ying Xiong

Graduate Student Awards Coordinators: Merve Özçelik Nicole Siffrinn

Note-taking Team: Grace Benner Kim Merve Özçelik AAAL 2026

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Conference Organizing Team

Mari Haneda

Grace Benner Kim

Nicole Siffrinn

Pedro Augusto de Lima Bastos

Ian Thomas Schneider

Merve Özçelik

Tianyu "Ty" Liu

Ying Xiong

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Schedule at a Glance

FRIDAY, MARCH 20 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration Desk Open Graduate Research Roundtable and Social Mixer

SATURDAY, MARCH 21 7:00 am - 4:30 pm 8:00 am - 9:40 am 8:00 am - 10:00 am 9:00 am - 4:30 am 9:40 am - 10:10 am 9:40 am - 10:40 am 10:10 am - 11:15 am 11:20 am - 12:25 pm 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm 1:50 pm - 3:50 pm 1:50 pm - 3:30 pm 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 4:00 pm - 5:40 pm 5:55 pm - 7:00 pm 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration Desk Open Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Invited Colloquium Exhibits Coffee Break Poster Sessions Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Plenary - Sible Andringa Lunch Break (On Your Own) Invited Colloquium Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Coffee Break Poster Session Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Plenary - Susan Gal Welcome Reception

SUNDAY, MARCH 22 7:00 am - 4:30 pm 8:00 am - 9:40 am 8:00 am - 10:00 am 9:00 am - 4:30 pm 9:40 am - 10:10 am 9:40 am - 10:40 am 10:10 am - 11:15 am 11:20 am- 12:25 pm 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm 1:45 pm - 3:30 pm 1:50 pm - 3:50 pm 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 4:00 pm - 5:40 pm 5:55 pm - 7:00 pm

Registration Desk Open Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Invited Colloquium Exhibits Coffee Break Poster Session Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Plenary - Becky Huang Lunch Break (On Your Own) Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Invited Colloquium Coffee Break Poster Session Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Plenary - Scott Jarvis

MONDAY, MARCH 23 7:00 am - 4:30 pm 8:00 am - 9:40 am 8:00 am - 10:00 am 8:00 am - 5:00 pm 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 9:40 am - 10:10 am 10:10 am - 11:15 am 11:20 am - 12:25 pm 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm 1:50 pm - 3:50 pm 1:50 pm - 3:30 pm 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm 4:00 pm - 5:55 pm 5:55 pm - 7:00 pm

Registration Desk Open Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Invited Colloquium Roundtables Exhibits Coffee Break Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Plenary - Ruanni Tupas Lunch Break (On Your Own) AAAL Business Meeting Invited Colloquium Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Coffee Break Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Plenary - Viorica Marian

TUESDAY, MARCH 24 7:00 am - 2:00 pm 8:00 am - 9:40am 8:00 am - 10:00 am 8:00 am - 2:50 pm 9:40 am - 10:10 am 10:10 am - 12:25 pm 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm 1:15 pm - 2:55 pm 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Registration Desk Open Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Invited Colloquium Roundtables Coffee Break Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Lunch Break (On Your Own) Concurrent Sessions-Colloquia, Papers Wine and Cheese Reception

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Conference Sponsors Thank You To Our 2026 Conference Sponsors AAAL thanks the following sponsors for their generous support of the 2026 Conference and of the field of applied linguistics. Visit all our Sponsors and Exhibitors at the Exhibit Hall.

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Conference Information Registration Information

Registration desk will be on the Lobby Level - Third Floor on Friday and Ballroom Level Promenade - Fourth Floor from Saturday - Tuesday.

Friday, March 20 Saturday, March 21 Sunday, March 22 Monday, March 23 Tuesday, March 24

3:00 pm - 8:00 pm 7:00 am - 4:30 pm 7:00 am - 4:30 pm 7:00 am - 4:30 pm 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Hours Sponsors and exhibitors will take place in Riverwalk Level - First Floor - Riverwalk B and are open at the following times: Saturday, March 21 Sunday, March 22 Monday, March 23

9:00 am - 4:30 pm; Welcome Reception 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm 9:00 am - 4:30 pm 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Coffee Breaks Coffee breaks will take place in Riverwalk Level - First Floor - Riverwalk B and are open at the following times: Saturday, March 21 Sunday, March 22 Monday, March 23 Tuesday, March 24

9:40 am - 10:10 am | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm 9:40 am - 10:10 am | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm 9:40 am - 10:10 am | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm 9:40 am - 10:10 am

Health and Safety A current copy of the Sheraton Chicago’s Emergency Procedures can be found here.

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Session Guidelines General Guidelines - All presenters must present their work during their scheduled time. Do not start early even if the previous presenter is absent or finished early. Once your scheduled time is over, promptly leave the podium so that the next presenter can set up their equipment and start the next session on time.

Inclusive Presenter Guidelines - Our aim is to foster an environment that is accessible and inclusive to everyone, including people with disabilities and individuals from other equitydeserving communities. Your cooperation as a presenter is critical in achieving this goal. AAAL Inclusive Presenter Guideline can be found here.

Colloquium - Your colloquium must conform to the one-hour or two-hour length for which you were accepted. The colloquium organizer(s) is responsible for deciding and monitoring the time length of each presentation within the colloquium, ensuring that sufficient time is provided for questions and discussion with the audience, and ending the session on time.

Signs for keeping time are provided in each room, reading “5 minutes,” “2 minutes,” “1 minute,” and “STOP”. It is essential that the order of paper presentations is the same as announced in the program. Attendees may plan to attend some papers and not others within a colloquium.

Individual Papers - There will not be designated session chairs. When your presentation time comes, announce your session title, introduce yourself very briefly, and start your presentation. Each presentation is 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes for questions, and 5 minutes for the audience to change rooms. Presenters within a session are responsible for helping each other keep time during the talk and question period. Signs are provided in each room reading “5 minutes,” “2 minutes,” “1 minute,” and “STOP” to use in keeping time.

Roundtable Sessions - There will be 10 concurrent roundtable presentations in the room during your 60-minute session. You will be assigned to a table that seats up to 10 attendees.

A large poster outside of the Chicago 9 - Fourth Floor will tell you which table you are assigned to. Make sure to check your table assignment. Your table will have three presenters, including you. The session will last for 60 minutes. Each presenter will have 10 minutes to present. After the three presentations, invite the attendees for discussion and Q&A for 30 minutes. There will be a timekeeper in the room. You and the rest of concurrent presenters at each table will be stopped after 30 minutes to begin the group discussion.

Poster Sessions - After you have set up your poster, you are not required to be present in Riverwalk B for the whole morning or afternoon. You are responsible for being present at your poster only during your scheduled time. Your scheduled poster slot overlaps with either the morning or the afternoon coffee break. Conference attendees will grab a coffee and visit the poster session. They will use this one-on-one time with poster presenters to learn more, ask questions, and interact with you about the poster. For the rest of the morning or afternoon, you may choose to stay at your poster board at your discretion.

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AAAL 2026 Strand Coordinators Analysis of Discourse and Interaction (DIS) Stephen Looney, Pennsylvania State University Innhwa Park, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Kevin W. H. Tai, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Antiracism, Decolonization, and Intersectionality for Systemic Transformation (ADIST) Gail Prasad, York University Kevin Wong, Pepperdine University Assessment and Evaluation (ASE) Ahmet Dursun, University of Chicago Erik Voss, Teachers College, Columbia University Bilingual, Immersion, Heritage, and Minority Education (BIH) Virak Chan, Purdue University Nicole Siffrinn, Pennsylvania State University Corpus Linguistics (COR) Jesse Egbert, Northern Arizona University Tove Larsson, Northern Arizona University Educational Linguistics (EDU) Sergej Ivanov, Linnaeus University Katherine Yaw, University of South Florida Language and Ideology (LID) Pramod Sah, Simon Fraser University Huseyin Uysal, The Education University of Hong Kong Language and Technology (TEC) J. Elliott Casal, The University of Memphis Ron Darvin, University of British Columbia Mimi Li, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Language Maintenance and Revitalization (LMR) Lyn Wright, University of Memphis Burcu Yaman Ntelioglou, Brandon University Language Planning and Policy (LPP) Katherine Flowers, University of Massachusetts Lowell Magdalena Madany-Saa, University of Oslo Language, Culture, and Socialization (LCS) Jaran Shin, Kyung Hee University Yi Wang, Stony Brook University Language, Gender, and Sexuality (LGS) Rodrigo Borba, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Mie Hiramoto, National University of Singapore Phonology/Phonetics and Oral Communication (POC) Jimin Kahng, University of Mississippi Ines Aileen Martin, U.S. Naval Academy Pragmatics (PRG) Remi Van Compernolle, Carnegie Mellon University Reading, Writing, and Literacy (RWL) Laura Mahalingappa, University of Maryland Yaqi Shen, University at Albany, SUNY Research Methodology (REM) Shaofeng Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ashley Moore, University of Toronto Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy (PED) Fan Fang, The Education University of Hong Kong Rowland Imperial, Trinity College, Dublin Matthew Poehner, The Pennsylvania State University Francis Troyan, The Ohio State University

Language and the Law (LAL) Scott Jarvis, Northern Arizona University Language Cognition and Brain Research (COG) Bimali Indrarathne, Kotelawala Defence University

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AAAL 2026 Strand Coordinators Second Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition, and Attrition (SLA) Ali Al-Hoorie, Saudi TESOL, Saudi Arabia Meagan Driver, Michigan State University Sanghee Kang, Carnegie Mellon University Sociolinguistics (SOC) Daisuke Kimura, Waseda University Sheng-Hsun Lee, University of Queensland Teacher Education, Beliefs, and Identities (TED) Michel Riquelme Sanderson, Universidad Arturo Prat Juyoung Song, Murray State University Amber Warren, Vanderbilt University Bedrettin Yazan, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Text Analysis (Written Discourse) (TXT) Youngjoo Yi, The Ohio State University Translation, Interpretation and Language Access (TRI) Claudia Angelelli, Heriot-Watt University - Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies in Scotland Eriko Sato, Stony Brook University Vocabulary and Lexical Studies (VOC) Yingzhao Chen, National University of Singapore Xuehong He, Swansea University, UK Kohei Miki, Kindai University

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Abstract Reviewers Analysis of Discourse and Interaction (DIS) Michele Back, University of Connecticut Rodrigo Borba, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Merve Bozbiyik, Mälardalen University Adam Brandt, Newcastle University, UK Emma Brooks, University College London Matthew Burdelski, University of Hawaii at Manoa M. Sidury Christiansen, The University of Texas at San Antonio Carlo Cinaglia, Florida State University Sarah Creider, Teachers College, Columbia University Anna De Fina, Georgetown University Ryan Deschambault, University of British Columbia Curtis Green-Eneix, University of Nottingham Ningbo Spencer Hazel, Newcastle University Yingliang Elvin He, UCLA John Hellermann, Portland State University Mian Hu, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong Akiko Imamura, University of Michigan Hale Isik Guler, Middle East Technical University Ying Jin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Stephanie Kim, California State University Northridge Brian King, University of Hong Kong Zhen Li, Education University of Hong Kong Carol Lo, New York University Daron Loo, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Stephen Looney, Pennsylvania State University Anna Mendoza, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Stephen Moody, Brigham Young University Junko Mori, University of Wisconsin-Madison Hanh Nguyen, Hawaii Pacific University David Palfreyman, United Arab Emirates University Innhwa Park, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Josh Prada, University of Groningen Matthew Prior, Arizona State University Kongji Qin, New York University Elizabeth Reddington, Kean University Eunseok Ro, Pusan National University Olcay Sert, Malardalen University Jaspal Singh, The Open University Nadja Tadic, Georgetown University Kevin W. H. Tai, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Hugo Wing-Yu Tam, The Education University of Hong Kong Alfred Tsang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Santoi Wagner, University of Pennsylvania Anchalee Wannaruk, Suranaree University of Technology Amber Warren, Vanderbilt University Csilla Weninger, Nanyang Technological University Meike Wernicke, University of British Columbia Nick Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Junichi Yagi, Waseda University Birgul Yilmaz, University of Exeter Miaomiao Zuo, Huizhou University

Antiracism, Decolonization, and Intersectionality for Systemic Transformation (ADIST) Angelica Amezcua, University of Washington Uju Anya, Carnegie Mellon University Theresa Austin, University of Massachusetts Amherst Martha Bigelow, University of Minnesota Rodrigo Borba, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Sherrie Carroll, University of Maryland Sin-Yi Chang, National Taiwan University Christian Chun, University of Massachusetts Boston Jenna Cushing-Leubner, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Mark Emerick, Vassar College Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania Xiangying Huo, University of Toronto, Canada Jennifer Johnson, Stanford University Robert Kohls, San Francisco State University Sandra Kouritzin, University of Manitoba Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia Tonda Liggett, Linfield University Laxmi Ojha, Michigan State University Gabriel Opare, University of Maryland,College Park Gail Prasad, York University Vijay Ramjattan, University of Toronto Cristina Sanchez-Martin, University of Washington Cristine Severo, Federal University of Santa Catarina Monica Shank Lauwo, McGill University Hyunjung Shin, University of Saskatchewan Julia Spiegelman, The University of British Columbia Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Georgia State Univ Ann Tran, California State University, Long Beach Aurora Tsai, University of Tokyo Stephanie Vandrick, University of San Francisco Kara Viesca, UNL Thomas Walker, University of Michigan Doris Warriner, Northwestern University Kevin Wong, Pepperdine University Bedrettin Yazan, The University of Texas at San Antonio Kuo Zhang, Siena College Nicole Ziegler, University of Hawaii at Manoa Meike Wernicke, University of British Columbia

Assessment and Evaluation (ASE)

Angel Arias, Carleton University Catherine Baumann, University of Chicago John Burton, Geogia State University Heesun Chang, Texas A&M University Mark Chapman, WIDA, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lixia Cheng, Purdue University, Purdue Language and Cultural Exchange (PLaCE) Matt Coss, University of Alabama Troy Cox, Brigham Young University Sara Cushing, Georgia State University Mohammadreza Dalman, Winona State University

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Abstract Reviewers Nazlinur Gokturk, Republic of Turkiye Ministry of National Education Maria Nelly Gutierrez Arvizu, Universidad de Sonora Luke Harding, Lancaster University Shanshan He, University of Western Ontario Xuehong He, Swansea University, UK Chan Hum, Graduate School, National University of Battambang Daniel Isbell, University of Hawaii at Manoa Noriko Iwashita, The University of Queensland Annelie Johansson, Linnaeus University Okim Kang, Northern Arizona University Alicia Kim, WIDA, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Rie Koizumi, University of Tsukuba Benjamin Kremmel, University of Innsbruck Marika Kunnas, AAAL 2026 Dissertation Award Winner, University of British Columbia Zhi Li, University of Saskatchewan WENYUE MA, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Megan Montee, Georgetown University Jennifer Morris, Lancaster University Reza Neiriz, MetaMetrics Heike Neumann, Concordia University Phuong Nguyen, The University of Chicago Office of Language Assessment Camilla Nilvius, Linnéuniversitetet Hitoshi Nishizawa, Reitaku University Saerhim Oh, ETS Ji-young Shin, University of Toronto Mississauga Rurik Tywoniw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Paula Winke, Michigan State University Mikyung Kim Wolf, ETS Jing Xu, Cambridge University Press & Assessment Xun Yan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bilingual, Immersion, Heritage, and Language Minority Education (BIH)

Bakheet Almatrafi, The University of Memphis and Umm Al-Qura University Raisa Ankeny, Stetson University Ava Becker, University of Alberta Jim Yee Him Chan, Newcastle University Vikrant Chap, Purdue University John Chi, University of Maryland Woongsik Choi, Illinois State University Shartriya Collier, Nevada State University Alejandra Donoso, Linneaus University Alejandra Favela, Lewis & Clark College Armando Garza Ayala, University of New Mexico Guillaume Gentil, Carleton University Grace Cornell Gonzales, University of Washington - Seattle Margo Gottlieb, WIDA, University of Wisconsin-Madison Xinqi He, Rikkyo University Kathryn Henderson, The University of Texas at San Antonio Hyun-Sook Kang, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Tirtha Karki, Purdue University Nicole King, University of Rhode Island Nguyen Le, Purdue University

Vashti Lee, Brigham Young University Chuan Lin, University at Buffalo Victor Lozada, University of North Texas Dallas Chaoqun Lu, University of Macau Erika Martinez Lugo, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Anna Mendoza, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Trish Morita-Mullaney, Purdue University Samarnh Pang, Purdue University Kyongson Park, University of Michigan-Dearborn Ryan Pontier, Florida International University Brenda Sarmiento-Quezada, Purdue University Daniela Silva, University of Texas at San Antonio Melanie Simpson, Faculty of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education - York University Panha Song, Purdue University Xian Zhao, The University of Auckland

Corpus Linguistics (COR) Tony Berber-Sardinha, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo Doug Biber, NAU Alex Boulton, ATILF, CNRS & University of Lorraine Gavin Brookes, Lancaster University Dilay Candan, Georgia State University Viviana Cortes, Georgia State University Bill Crawford, Northern Arizona University Eniko Csomay, San Diego State Universtiy Maria Belén Díez-Bedmar, Universidad de Jaén Yaƒümur Demir, Northern Arizona University Daniel Dixon, Georgia State University Tülay Dixon, Oxford College of Emory University Philip Durrant, University of Exeter Jesse Egbert, Northern Arizona University Eric Friginal, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Gaëtanelle Gilquin, UCLouvain Larissa Goulart, Montclair State University Marianna Gracheva, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg Stefan Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara Elizabeth Hanks, Northern Arizona University Jack Hardy, Oxford College of Emory University Brett Hashimoto, Brigham Young University Shangyu Jiang, Iowa State University Taehyeong Kim, Northern Arizona University Olesya Kisselev, University of South Carolina Kristopher Kyle, University of Oregon Ge Lan, City University of Hong Kong Zak Lancaster, Wake Forest University Kyra Larsen, Northern Arizona University Geraldine Mark, Cardiff University Magali Paquot, FNRS - UCLouvain Javier Perez-Guerra, University of Vigo Pascual Perez-Paredes, Universidad de Murcia Adriana Picoral, University of Arizona Robert Poole, University of Alabama Paula Rautionaho, University of Eastern Finland Randi Reppen, Northern Arizona University Michelle Richter, Northern Arizona University Ute Roemer-Barron, Georgia State University Mohsen Shirazizadeh, Sohar University Nathan Vandeweerd, Radboud University Marcia Veirano Pinto, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) Ying Wang, Karlstad University

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Abstract Reviewers Educational Linguistics (EDU) Lee B. Abraham, Columbia University Melike Akay, AAAL 2026 Graduate Student Award Winner, University of South Florida Judith Bridges-Soto, University of South Florida Marcella Caprario, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Pei-ni Causarano, Bradley University Carlo Cinaglia, Florida State University Matt Coss, University of Alabama Max Diaz, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Tania Ferronato, University of South Florida Renée Figuera, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania Kevin Hirschi, The University of Texas at San Antonio Guangwei Hu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Francis Hult, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Marie Källkvist, Linnaeus University Phoebe Lin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Daron Loo, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Stephen Looney, Pennsylvania State University Francesca Marino, Ohio University Paul McPherron, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) Vito Miao, Texas Tech University Elizabeth Miller, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Yuxuan MU, University of South Florida Jean Parkinson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Anne Pomerantz, University of Pennsylvania Abu Rafi, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh Ali Fuad Selvi, University of Alabama Liv T. Davila, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Oguzhan Tekin, University or Toronto, Mississauga (UTM) Gergana Vitanova, University of Central Florida Christian Waldmann, Linnaeus University Luoxiangyu Zhang, University of South Florida

Language and Ideology (LID) Bakheet Almatrafi, The University of Memphis and Umm Al-Qura University Sarah Benesch, College of Staten Island, City University of New York Alejandro Bernardo, University of Santo Tomas Katie Bernstein, Arizona State University Rodrigo Borba, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Jim Yee Him Chan, Newcastle University Hyesun Cho, University of Kansas Lee Jin Choi, Hongik University Christian Chun, University of Massachusetts Boston Nate Ming Curran, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Meredith Doran, Penn State University Sender Dovchin, Curtin University Christopher Doxtator, University of Colorado Denver Fan Fang, The Education University of Hong Kong Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania Daisy Fredricks, Grand Valley State University Curtis Green-Eneix, University of Nottingham Ningbo Sarah Hopkyns, University of St Andrews, UK Leila Iranmanesh, ACU In Chull Jang, Seoul National University Madhukar K C, Arizona State University Marie Källkvist, Linnaeus University Wan-Hsin Lee, National Central University Zhen Lin, Univeristy of British Columbia Heather Linville, University of Wisconsin LaCrosse

Jason Litzenberg, Penn State University Daron Loo, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Paul McPherron, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) Julia Menard-Warwick, University of California Davis Tommaso Milani, The Pennsylvania State University D. Philip Montgomery, Nazarbayev University Tomoaki Morikawa, Chuo University Mostafa Nazari, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ryan Pontier, Florida International University Mahboubeh Rakhshandehroo, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Ali Fuad Selvi, University of Alabama Shaila Shams, Simon Fraser University Tongle Sun, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Anu Upadhaya, Simon Fraser University Steven Yeung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Language and the Law (LAL) Philipp Angermeyer, York University Francesca Grixoni, Northern Arizona University Brett Hashimoto, Brigham Young University Scott Jarvis, Northern Arizona University Eunjeong Lee, University of Houston Keith Walters, Portland State University Dakota Wing, York University Margaret Wood, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Language and Technology (TEC) Rebecca Adams, University of Memphis Yuka Akiyama, University of Tokyo Bakheet Almatrafi, The University of Memphis and Umm Al-Qura University David Barr, Ulster University Dilay Candan, Georgia State University J. Elliott Casal, The University of Memphis Elena Cotos, Iowa State University Joe Cunningham, Georgetown University Ron Darvin, University of British Columbia Amin Davoodi, University of Texas Permian Basin Prospero Garcia, Rutgers University Camden Alba Garcia Alonso, University of Memphis, Institute for Intelligent Systems Guillaume Gentil, Carleton University Marta Gonzalez-Lloret, University of Hawaii Emily Hellmich, UC Berkeley Lianjiang Jiang, The University of Hong Kong Sanghee Kang, Carnegie Mellon University Matt Kessler, University of South Florida Olesya Kisselev, University of South Carolina Lex Konnelly, Dialpad Lindsey Kurtz, Penn State Mimi Li, Texas A&M University-Commerce Stephanie Link, Oklahoma State University Yingying Liu, Ocean University of China Francesca Marino, Ohio University Jennifer Morris, Lancaster University Reza Neiriz, MetaMetrics Phuong Nguyen, The University of Chicago Office of Language Assessment Xixin Qiu, Case Western Reserve University Susanne Rott, U of Illinois Chicago Aysel Saricaoglu, Social Sciences University of Ankara Shannon Sauro, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Pia Sundqvist, University of Oslo

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Abstract Reviewers Tetyana Sydorenko, Portland State University Dara Tafazoli, University of Newcastle Joshua Thoms, Utah State University Marlon Valencia, Glendon College, York University Kimberly Vinall, University of California, Berkeley Nina Vyatkina, University of Kansas Chaoran Wang, Colby College Junjie Gavin Wu, Macao Polytechnic University Yiran Xu, University of California, Merced Yucel Yilmaz, Indiana University, Bloomington Hyung-Jo Yoon, California State University, Northridge Nicole Ziegler, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Language Cognition and Brain Research (COG) Gisela Granena, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Bimali Indrarathne, Kotelawala Defence University Janina Iwaniec, University of Bath Ruirui Jia, University of Maryland, College Park Kathy Kim, Boston University Judit Kormos, Lancaster University Sanna Kraft, Institution of Swedish Alicia Luque, Nebrija University Nadia Mifka-Profozic, University of York Kara Morgan-Short, University of Illinois Chicago Zhiyi Wu, University of Maryland, College Park

Language, Culture, and Socialization (LCS)

Ann Amicucci, University of Colorado Colorado Springs Erhan Aslan, University of Reading Yusop Boonsuk, Prince of Songkla University Alfred Burch, Nanzan University Matthew Burdelski, University of Hawaii at Manoa Katharine Burns, Carnegie Mellon University Christopher Doxtator, University of Colorado Denver Debra Friedman, Indiana University, Bloomington Devin Grammon, University of Oregon Claudia Patricia Gutiérrez, Universidad de Antioquia Samantha Harris, University of California Santa Barbara Alissa Hartig, Portland State University Teresa Hernandez Gonzalez, Department of Education - Concordia University Francis Hult, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Noriko Ishihara, Hosei University Mahtab Janfada, The University of Melbourne In Chull Jang, Seoul National University Jennifer Johnson, Stanford University Ufuk Keleş, Bahcesehir University Jennifer Killam, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Daisuke Kimura, Waseda University Alexandra Krasova, University of Indianapolis Jungmin Kwon, Michigan State University Wendy Li, Duke Kunshan University Daron Loo, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Janice McGregor, University of Arizona Naoko Mochizuki, Kanda University of International Studies Lorato Mokwena, University of South Africa

Junko Mori, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mi Yung Park, University of Auckland Joey Andrew Santos, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Bong-gi Sohn, University of Winnipeg Wenyang Sun, University of Utah Amy Thompson, West Virginia University Zhongfeng Tian, Rutgers University Newark Justin Whitney, Tennessee State University Lawrence Williams, University of North Texas Ying Xiong, Pennsylvania State University Sandra Zappa-Hollman, The University of British Columbia Hua Zhu, University College London, UK Wafa Zoghbor, Zayed University

Language, Gender, and Sexuality (LGS)

German Canale, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay Li-Chi Chen, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland James Coda, University of Tennessee Jason D'Angelo, American University Christian Go, University of the Philippines-Diliman Brian King, University of Hong Kong Michelle Lazar, National University of Singapore Tommaso Milani, The Pennsylvania State University Rene Rodriguez-Astacio, California State University, Fresno Eric Louis Russell, University of California, Davis Helen Sauntson, York St John University, United Kingdom Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Arizona State University Cherise Shi Ling Teo, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Denise Troutman, Michigan State University Lexi Webster, University of Southampton Andrew Wong, California State University, East Bay

Language Maintenance and Revitalization (LMR) Katja Cantone, University of Duisburg-Essen Haley De Korne, University of Oslo Maria Dimitropoulou, Trinity College Dublin Mel Engman, Queen's University Belfast Edina Krompák, University of Teacher Education Lucerne Pia Lane, MultiLing, University of Oslo Zhen Li, Education University of Hong Kong Sabina Perrino, Binghamton University Shawna-Kaye Tucker, University of Toronto Lyn Wright, University of Memphis

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Abstract Reviewers Language Planning and Policy (LPP) Bakheet Almatrafi, The University of Memphis and Umm Al-Qura University Dr. Florence Bonacina-Pugh, The University of Edinburgh Kevin Carroll, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala, Colorado State University Shannon Fitzsimmons-Doolan, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Katherine Flowers, University of Massachusetts Lowell Sunao Fukunaga, Kyushu Institute of Technology Xuesong Gao, University of New South Wales Francis Hult, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Marie Källkvist, Linnaeus University Yalda Kaveh, Arizona State University Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Pennsylvania State University Furkan Kir, University of Washington Pia Lane, MultiLing, University of Oslo Sarah Moore, University of Maryland Trang Nguyen, The University of Melbourne Lin Pan, Beijing Normal University Phoebe Quaynor, The Pennsylvania State University Abu Rafi, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Honghui Rita Zhu, Trinity College Dublin

Phonology/Phonetics and Oral Communication (POC) Khaled Al Masaeed, Carnegie Mellon University Gilbert Ambrazaitis, Linnaeus University Jennifer Foote, University of Alberta Joshua Gordon, University of Northern Iowa Amanda Huensch, University of Pittsburgh Solene Inceoglu, Australian National University Jimin Kahng, University of Mississippi Okim Kang, Northern Arizona University Daniel J. Olson, Purdue University Brian Rocca, Indiana University - Bloomington Sinem Sonsaat, Iowa State University Ron Thomson, Brock University Pavel Trofimovich, Concordia University German Zarate-Sandez, Western Michigan University Wafa Zoghbor, Zayed University

Pragmatics (PRG)

Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Indiana University Pedro Augusto de Lima Bastos, The Pennsylvania State University Cesar Felix-Brasdefer, Indiana University Julieta Fernandez, University of Arizona Hale Isik Guler, Middle East Technical University Joana Plaza Pinto, Federal University of Goi√°s Yunwen Su, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Naoko Taguchi, Northern Arizona University Remi Van Compernolle, Carnegie Mellon University Anchalee Wannaruk, Suranaree University of Technology

Reading, Writing, and Literacy (RWL)

Bakheet Almatrafi, The University of Memphis and Umm Al-Qura University Elena Andrei, Cleveland State University Dwight Atkinson, University of Arizona Kyoko Baba, Toyo University Diane Belcher, Georgia State University Colleen Brice, Grand Valley State University Lourdes Cardozo-Gaibisso, Mississippi State University Pisarn Chamcharatsri, University of New Mexico Tony Cimasko, Miami University Deborah Crusan, Wright State University Sara Cushing, Georgia State University Anh Dang, University of Arizona Qian Du, University of California, Irvine Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala, Colorado State University Abigail Ferris, University at Albany Guillaume Gentil, Carleton University Betsy Gilliland, University of Hawaii Manoa Linda Harklau, University of Georgia Yuhang Hu, Northern Arizona University Atsushi Iida, Aoyama Gakuin University Lianjiang Jiang, The University of Hong Kong Victoria Johansson, Kristianstad University Janina Kahn-Horwitz, Oranim College Matt Kessler, University of South Florida Youmie Kim, Syracuse University Judit Kormos, Lancaster University Guan Ying Li, National Taiwan University Jonna Marie Lim, De La Salle University Manila Chunhong Liu, Simon Fraser University Pauline Mak, The Education University of Hong Kong Rosa Manchon, University of Murcia Ryan Miller, Kent State University Ryo Moriya, Shizuoka University Masumi Narita, Tsuda University Marianne Nikolov, University of Pecs, Hungary Hannah Park, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jean Parkinson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Devon Pham, University of Pittsburgh Betty Samraj, San Diego State University Jaran Shin, Kyung Hee University Natsuko Shintani, Kansai University Nicole Siffrinn, Pennsylvania State University Melanie Simpson, Faculty of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education - York University Sue Starfield, University of New South Wales Zhongfeng Tian, Rutgers University Newark Nina Vandermeulen, University of Antwerp Stephanie Vandrick, University of San Francisco Margi Wald, UC Berkeley

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Abstract Reviewers Chaoran Wang, Colby College Yuanheng Wang, University of North Carolina - Wilmington Zhaozhe Wang, University of Toronto Yuko Watanabe, Brock University Yiran Xu, University of California, Merced Taichi Yamashita, Kansai University Shizhou Yang, Payap University Sachiko Yasuda, Kobe University Youngjoo Yi, The Ohio State University Hyung-Jo Yoon, California State University, Northridge Lu Yu, The University of Melbourne Sandra Zappa-Hollman, The University of British Columbia Hongye Zeng, University of Maryland College Park Tiefu ZHANG, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Wei Zhu, University of South Florida

Research Methodology (REM)

Amira Benabdelkader, University of Constantine - Frères Mentouri Martha Bigelow, University of Minnesota Sal Consoli, University of Edinburgh William Davis, The University of Oklahoma Tülay Dixon, Oxford College of Emory University Aarnes Gudmestad, Virginia Tech Brett Hashimoto, Brigham Young University Phil Hiver, Florida State University Mohammad Nabi Karimi, Kharazmi University Brian King, University of Hong Kong Kevin McManus, University of Pittsburgh Tommaso Milani, The Pennsylvania State University Ashley Moore, University of Toronto Brian Paltridge, University of Sydney Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University Jacob Rieker, Pennsylvania State University John Rogers, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Nathan Thomas, UCL (University College London) Katherine Yaw, University of South Florida Maverick Zhang, Hunter College, City University of New York

Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy (PED)

Bakheet Almatrafi, The University of Memphis and Umm Al-Qura University Uju Anya, Carnegie Mellon University Precious Arao, University of Hawaii at Manoa Yuki Arita, Pomona College Brahim Azaoui, University of Montpellier Kyung Min Bae, University of the Philippines Diliman Amira Benabdelkader, University of Constantine - Frères Mentouri Alejandro Bernardo, University of Santo Tomas Alexander Black, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca Andreea Cervatiuc, The University of British Columbia Matt Coss, University of Alabama Troy Cox, Brigham Young University John Wayne dela Cruz, McGill University Maria Dimitropoulou, Trinity College Dublin Wilfred Gabriel Gapas, University of Santo Tomas and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila Maria Dolores Garcia-Pastor, Faculty of Teacher Education. Unoversity of Valencia

Betsy Gilliland, University of Hawaii Manoa Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Tammy Gregersen, Baylor University Oliver Hadingham, University of Oxford Yingliang Elvin He, UCLA Bronson Hui, University of Maryland, College Park Paolo Infante, Minnesota State University, Mankato Mark James, Arizona State University Carolin Jolitz, The Pennsylvania State University Marie Källkvist, Linnaeus University Chan Narith Keuk, Royal University of Phnom Penh JW Liao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Chang Liu, Capital university of Economics and Business Alfred Lo, University of Oxford Daron Loo, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Xinyue Lu, Howard University Jason Martel, Middlebury Institute of International Studies Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer, University of Hamburg Gabriel Michaud, Universit√© de Montr√©al Sophia Minnillo, University of California Davis Singhanat Kenny Nomnian, Mahidol University, Thailand David Palfreyman, United Arab Emirates University Tianyu Qin, University of North Georgia Jerrold Quek, Nanyang Technological University Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Joanna Rankin, University of Oxford Rasman Rasman, University of Cambridge Olcay Sert, Malardalen University Daniela Silva, University of Texas at San Antonio Panha Song, Purdue University LeAnne Spino-Seijas, University of Rhode Island Elineth Elizabeth Suarez, Ateneo De Manila University Zhongfeng Tian, Rutgers University Newark Marella Tiongson, University of Copenhagen Francis Troyan, The Ohio State University Shawna-Kaye Tucker, University of Toronto Eleanor Upchurch, Trinity College Dublin Anne Violin-Wigent, Michigan State University Ribut Wahyudi, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim, Malang Magdalena Walenta, University of Warsaw Krakowskie Tsung-Lun Alan Wan, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hao Wu, University of Oxford Xiaowen (Serina) Xie, Beijing Normal University Yucel Yilmaz, Indiana University, Bloomington Lana Zeaiter, McGill University Tiefu ZHANG, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Jing Zhang, Shantou University Honghui Rita Zhu, Trinity College Dublin

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Abstract Reviewers Second Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition, and Attrition (SLA)

Yuka Akiyama, University of Tokyo Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Indiana University Yingzhao Chen, National University of Singapore Minyoung Cho, Korea University Matt Coss, University of Alabama Jessica Cox, Franklin and Marshall College Bill Crawford, Northern Arizona University Dustin Crowther, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Peter De Costa, Michigan State University Meagan Driver, Michigan State University Christina Gkonou, University of Essex Julia Goetze, University of Wisconsin-Madison Gisela Granena, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Solene Inceoglu, Australian National University Noriko Iwashita, The University of Queensland Jookyoung Jung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Eva Kartchava, Carleton University Kristopher Kyle, University of Oregon Jongbong Lee, Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Ronald Leow, Georgetown University Constant Leung, King's College London Junlong Li, The University of Oxford Shaofeng Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ryo Maie, Tohoku University Alyssa Martoccio, University of Colorado Denver Kevin McManus, University of Pittsburgh Akira Murakami, University of Birmingham Minh Nguyen, University of Otago Rhonda Oliver, Curtin University Lourdes Ortega, AAAL 2026 Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award Winner, Georgetown University Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University Nihat Polat, University of Maryland, College Park Di Qi, Georgetown University Leila Ranta, University of Alberta Andrea Revesz, University College London Rebecca Sachs, Sandy Spring Friends School Cristina Sanz, Georgetown University Masatoshi Sato, Universidad Andres Bello Ali Shehadeh, UAE University Melanie Simpson, Faculty of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education York University Liese Sippel, Binghamton University Patti Spinner, Michigan State University Scott Sterling, Indiana State University Ekaterina Sudina, University of Maryland, College Park

Gretchen Sunderman, Florida State University Wataru Suzuki, Miyagi University of Education Yui Suzukida, University College London Naoko Taguchi, Northern Arizona University Yasser Teimouri, GeorgetownUniversity Tomoko Tode, Hiroshima Shudo University Kimberly Urbanski, University of Massachusetts - Boston Marjolijn Verspoor, University of Pannonia Seth Wiener, Carnegie Mellon University Shu-Ling Wu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Stefanie Wulff, University of Florida Janire Zalbidea, Maynooth University Tiefu ZHANG, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Xian Zhao, The University of Auckland Yongyan Zheng, Fudan University

Sociolinguistics (SOC)

Susan Astillero, Sorsogon State University Muzna Awayed-Bishara, Tel Aviv University Silvina Bongiovanni, Michigan State University Gordon Daryl, Adelphi University Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Devin Grammon, University of Oregon Aarnes Gudmestad, Virginia Tech Xinqi He, Rikkyo University Bronson Hui, University of Maryland, College Park Devin Jenkins, University of Utah David Johnson, University of Iowa Marie Källkvist, Linnaeus University Akiko Katayama, Waseda University Daisuke Kimura, Waseda University Wan-Hsin Lee, National Central University Eunsun Lee, The University of Tokyo Sheng-Hsun Lee, University of Queensland Alfred Lo, University of Oxford Rafael Lomeu Gomes, University of Copenhagen Roby Marlina, SEAMEO-RELC Kira Morse, no affiliation Heather Offerman, Bentley University Emi Otsuji, University of Technology Sydney Jayson Parba, University of Hawaii at Manoa Betsy Rymes, University of Pennsylvania DOUGLAS SANQUE, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Peter Sayer, The Ohio State University Jennifer Sclafani, University of Massachusetts Boston Andrea Sterzuk, University of Regina Ann Tran, California State University, Long Beach Ruanni Tupas, University College London Tsung-Lun Alan Wan, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

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Abstract Reviewers Teacher Education, Beliefs, and Identities (TED) Michael Amory, Oklahoma State University Raisa Ankeny, Stetson University Ufuk Ataş, Artvin Çoruh University Othman Barnawi, Royal Commission for Yanbu Colleges and Institutes, Saudi Arabia David Barr, Ulster University Rachel Bhansari, Portland State University Yue Bian, University of Washington Bothell Yasemin Cakcak, Middle East Technical University Sherrie Carroll, University of Maryland Basak Cermikli Ayvaz, Vanderbilt University Andreea Cervatiuc, The University of British Columbia Vikrant Chap, Purdue University Irem Comoglu, Dokuz Eylul University Nate Ming Curran, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Amin Davoodi, University of Texas Permian Basin Mariah Fairley, American University in Cairo Tiffany Farias-Sokoloski, UT San Antonio Patricia Ferreyra, Western Washington University Aliza Fones, University of Northern Iowa Daisy Fredricks, Grand Valley State University Xuesong Gao, University of New South Wales Alba Garcia Alonso, University of Memphis, Institute for Intelligent Systems David Gerlach, University of Wuppertal, Germany Amanda Giles, University of Alabama in Huntsville Christina Gkonou, University of Essex Paula Golombek, University of Florida Curtis Green-Eneix, University of Nottingham Ningbo Kathryn Henderson, The University of Texas at San Antonio Karen Johnson, The Pennsylvania State University Fares Karam, University of Nevada at Reno Eva Kartchava, Carleton University Ufuk Keleş, Bahcesehir University Ceren Kocaman, University of Potsdam Sandra Kouritzin, University of Manitoba Wendy Li, Duke Kunshan University Daron Loo, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Laura Mahalingappa, University of Maryland Jessica McConnell, The University of Texas at San Antonio Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer, University of Hamburg Sarah Mercer, University of Graz Elizabeth Miller, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini, The University of Hong Kong Oksana Moroz, Messiah University Kelly Moser, Mississippi State University Yoshiyuki Nakata, Doshisha University Megan Peercy, University of Maryland College Park Shakina Rajendram, OISE/University of Toronto Robert Randez, Northern Arizona University Jessica Selleck, University at Buffalo Fauzia Shamim, Durbeen (NGO) Jaran Shin, Kyung Hee University Angel Steadman, Highline College Dara Tafazoli, University of Newcastle Zhongfeng Tian, Rutgers University Newark Ozgehan Ustuk, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hacer Uysal , Hacettepe University

Baburhan Uzum, Sam Houston State University is Silvia Vaccino Salvadore, American University of Sharjah Amber Warren, Vanderbilt University Beth Wassell, Rowan University Meike Wernicke, University of British Columbia Mark Wyatt, Khalifa University Bedrettin Yazan, The University of Texas at San Antonio Aslihan Yilmaz, The University of Texas at San Antonio Rui (Eric) Yuan, University of Macau

Translation and Interpretation (TRI) Federica Ceccoli, University of Bologna Jinhyun Cho, Macquarie University Sonia Colina, University of Arizona Guillaume Gentil, Carleton University Holly Jacobson, University of New Mexico Tong King Lee, University of Hong Kong Aida Martinez-Gomez, City University of New York

Vocabulary and Lexical Studies (VOC) Joe Barcroft, Washington University in St. Louis Gavin Brooks, Kyoto Sangyo University Edsoulla Chung, Hong Kong Metropolitan University Jon Clenton, Hiroshima University Dina El-Dakhs, Prince Sultan University Yanxue Feng, Western University Brett Hashimoto, Brigham Young University Zhouhan Jin, University of Macau Marie Källkvist, Linnaeus University Minkyung Kim, Korea National University of Education Kristopher Kyle, University of Oregon Batia Laufer, Universiy of Haifa, Israel Phoebe Lin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jonathan Malone, University of Maryland Lina Mukhopadhyay, The English and Foreign Languages University Tatsuya Nakata, Rikkyo University Ana Pellicer-Sanchez, UCL Institute of Education, London Geoffrey Pinchbeck, Carleton University Suhad Sonbul, Umm Al-Qura University Laura Vilkaite-Lozdiene, Vilnius University Duy Van Vu, KU Leuven

Text Analysis (Written Discourse) (TXT) Bill Crawford, Northern Arizona University Tülay Dixon, Oxford College of Emory University Loretta Fernandez, University of Pittsburgh Guillaume Gentil, Carleton University Bethany Gray, Iowa State University Kyung Min Kim, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Global College Yongyan Li, University of Hong Kong Daron Loo, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Madhu Neupane Bastola, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Carmen Pérez-Llantada, University of Zaragoza Diane Potts, Lancaster University Marianna Ryshina-Pankova, Georgetown Dong-shin Shin, University of Cincinnati Christine Tardy, University of Arizona Youngjoo Yi, The Ohio State University Juyeon Yoo, Ball State University Shulin Yu, University of Macau

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Conference Connections Mentors Thank You Christina Sanz, Georgetown University Jenna Cushing-Leubner, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Philip Montgomery, Nazarbayev University Brittany Frieson, University of Texas Austin Daisuke Kimura, Waseda University Andrea Revesz, University College London Min Wang, SUNY New Platz Daniel Fung, The University of Hong Kong Yi Zhang, Delaware State University Xun Yan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Wenyang Sun, University of Utah Andreas Schramm, Hamline University Khalaf Alharbi, Qassim University Katie Bernstein, Arizona State University Farah Ali, De Pauw University Carlo Cinaglia, Florida State University Dr Doaa Hamam, Higher Colleges of Technology Stephen Doolan, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Akiko Katayama, Waseda University Dwight Atkinson, University of Arizona Celeste Kinginger, Penn State Emily Feuerherm, University of Michigan - Flint Matt Coss, University of Alabama Mara Fuertes Gutierrez, The Open University (UK) Tommaso Milani, The Pennsylvania State University Rodrigo A. Rodríguez-Fuentes, Universidad del Norte Peter Sayer, The Ohio State University Sidury Christiansen, University of West Florida Cory Mathieu, Western Washington University Shahid Abrar-ul-Hassan, University Canada West, Vancouver, BC Ali Al-Hoorie, Saudi TESOL Association Khalaf Alharbi, Qassim University Farah Ali, DePauw University Maram Almaneea, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University Dwight Atkinson, University of Arizona Joe Barcroft, Washington University in St. Louis Ava Becker, University of Alberta Virak Chan, Purdue University Sidury Christiansen, University of Texas at San Antonio Ping-Lin Chuang, Duolingo Carlo Cinaglia, Florida State University Matt Coss, University of Alabama Bill Crawford, Northern Arizona University Dustin Crowther, University of Hawaii at Manoa Nate Ming Curran, PolyU Jenna Cushing-Leubner, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Haley De Korne, University of Oslo (Norway) Beth Dillard, Western Washington University Patricia Ferreyra, Western Washington University Brittany Frieson, UT-Austin Mara Fuertes Gutierrez, The Open University (UK) Rick Hallett, Northeastern Illinois University Elizabeth Hanks, University of South Florida Alissa Hartig, Portland State University Maggie Hawkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lee Her, Lehigh University Jitpicha Jarayapun, Royal Thai Navy Lei Jiang, University of Kansas Alan Juffs, University of Pittsburgh Hyun-Sook Kang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Yasuko Kanno, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Akiko Katayama, Waseda University Matt Kessler, University of South Florida Su Yin Khor, College of the Atlantic Ihnhee KIM, Northwestern University Celeste Kinginger, Penn State University Sally Kondos, American University Tove Larsson, Northern Arizona University Shim Lew, University of West Florida Kris Lewis, Illinois State University Xinyue Lu, Howard University Jonathan Malone, University of Maryland Francesca Marino, Ohio University Melinda Martin Beltran, University of Maryland, College Park Paul Matsuda, Arizona State University Anna Mendoza, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Vito Miao, Texas Tech University Tommaso Milani, The Pennsylvania State University Elizabeth (Liz) Miller, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Sophia Minnillo, UC Davis Meg Montee, Georgetown University Leslie Moore, Ohio State University Nina Moreno, University of South Carolina Oksana Moroz, Messiah University Ben Naismith, Duolingo Farrah Neumann, Duolingo Amy Ohta, University of Washington Katarzyna Papaja, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Pierre-Luc Paquet, Université de Montréal Megan Peercy, University of Maryland Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University Matthew Prior, Arizona State University Lisa Russell-Pinson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Eve Ryan, University of Alaska Fairbanks Ali Safivand, University of Rochester Lynn Santelmann, Portland State University Masatoshi Sato, Universidad Andres Bello Jessica Selleck, University at Buffalo Christine Shea, University of Iowa Rachel Shively, Illinois State University Sunyung Song, Athens State University Julia Spiegelman, University of British Columbia Scott Sterling, Indiana State University Hakyung Sung, Rochester Institute of Technology Tetyana Sydorenko, Portland State University Zarin Tasnim, Temple University Nathan Thomas, UCL (University College London) Amy Thompson, Florida State University Zhongfeng Tian, Rutgers University–Newark Emma Trentman, University of New Mexico Francis Troyan, The Ohio State University Kimberly Urbanski, University of Massachusetts Boston Chaoran Wang, Colby College Yuanheng (Arthur) Wang, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Anja Wanner, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kevin Wong, Pepperdine University Wayne Wright, Purdue University Xun Yan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Kate Yaw, University of South Florida Juyeon Yoo, Ball State University Irina Zaykovskaya, University of Minnesota

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Conference Student Volunteers Thank You Lilian Abunga, University of Wisconsin at Madison Ruth Adeniyi, University of Wisconsin at Madison Nawreen Akhter, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Olessya Akimenko, Simon Fraser University Rebekah Aledo-Cubano, University of South Florida Sheila Ameri, The Ohio State University Ifeoluwa Awopetu, The university of memphis Mariam Balogun, University of Wisconsin at Madison Montreal Benesch, University of California, Santa Barbara Crystal Bonano, University of South Florida Emre Murat Bozer, University of Wisconsin at Madison Dilay Candan, Georgia State University Seon Ja Chang, University of Georgia Elena Danilina, University of Toronto Dilara Dikilitas, Northern Arizona University Warangrut Duangsaeng, Kasetsart University Martiniano Etchart, University of Wisconsin-Madison Bekti Febriarti, University of Florida Lidia Gault, University of Wisconsin-Madison Saurav Goswami, Georgetown University Francesca Grixoni, Northern Arizona University Jianfeng Guo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andrea Hernando, Georgetown University Kacie Hoagland, Temple University, Philadelphia Seyyedeh Mobina Hosseini, The State University of New York at Buffalo Sarah Howard, Oregon State University Jingying Hu, Purdue University Xiao Hu, University of Utah Ziyu Jiang, Illinois State University Dayoung Joo, Georgia State University

HyeEun Jung, Penn State Kelly Kendro, Northern Arizona University Eunae Kim, Georgetown University Miguel King, Fanshawe College/York University Zimo Kong, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ka Fai Law, Ohio State University Sak Lee, Georgia State University Jung In Lee, The Pennsylvania State University Jr-An Lin, Texas A&M University Runlan Liu, Northern Arizona University Ai-Ling Lu, The Ohio State University Jude Mensah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Leah Metzger, Georgetown University Rika Nakano, The Ohio State University Mahshad Nasr, University of Buffalo Menyene Abasi Obong, Oklahoma State University John Odudele, University of Washington Caitlyn Pineault, Georgetown University Lucas Ribas, Georgia State University Zulma Xiomara Rueda García, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Zimeng Shao, The Pennsylvania State University Zeynep Sinan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rebecca Sullivan, Northern Arizona University Mark Sullivan, Northern Arizona University Hsiang-Ling (Charlize) Wang, The Ohio State University Lu Xi, University of Georgia Gengqi Xiao, University of Wisconsin-Madison Yuya Yamamoto, University at Buffalo, SUNY Ruonan Zhao, Arizona State University Shujing Zhao, Northern Arizona University

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Towards Equitable Open Access: Reimagining Publishing Practices for Applied Linguistics

Sible Andringa, University of Amsterdam

5:55 pm - 7:00 pm

Authoritarian Discourse Tactics: Transdisciplinary ways to analyze them in Hungary and the US.

Susan Gal, University of Chicago

11:20 am - 12:25 pm

Language and Literacy Assessment for Young Multilingual Learners: Myths, Challenges, and Promises

Becky Huang, Ohio State University

5:55 pm - 7:00 pm

Applied Linguistics and the Law: Synergy in Research

Scott Jarvis, Northern Arizona University

11:20 am - 12:25 pm

De-centering Language in Applied Linguistics

Ruanni Tupas, University College London

5:55 pm - 7:00 pm

The Power of Language: Consequences of Bilingualism and Multilingualism for Cognition and the Brain

Viorica Marian, Northwestern University

Saturday, March 21

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Sunday, March 22

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Monday, March 23

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Plenary Sessions Saturday, March 21 | 11:20 am - 12:25 pm Towards Equitable Open Access: Reimagining Publishing Practices for Applied Linguistics In recent years, the field of applied linguistics has made significant strides towards more transparent research practices. Journals in our field almost always offer options for open access publication and wonderful repositories have been developed that allow scholars to share their research instruments, analysis scripts, and datasets. This leads to more transparency and better opportunities to profit from each other’s wisdom. We have also witnessed the creation of databases that make our research accessible far beyond academic communities, such as the OASIS database and the Language Learning Task Bank, which significantly contribute to increasing the impact of the research generated by our field.

Sible Andringa University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

These wonderful developments are driven by our desire to be more visible as scholars, to produce better research, and to allow anyone to benefit from our findings. Meanwhile, the publishing industry has recognized these desires and has managed to turn open access publication into a highly profitable enterprise. A recent study estimates that scientists collectively paid $8.349 billion in open access fees to six large publishers between 2019 and 2023, with figures in 2023 tripling compared to those in 2019.

Publishing open access has become big business to such a large extent that our goals of increased transparency, equity, and better science are jeopardized. Open access publishing is primarily available to affluent scholars, and so-called ‘predatory’ publishing has emerged, which is driven more by economic concerns than quality concerns. These developments pose serious threats to the diversity and trustworthiness of the research our field generates.

We are increasingly caught in a system where our ideological and personal desires may, in fact, fuel the rapid commercialization of open access publishing, which in turn leads us away from the very goals the open science movement aims to achieve. In this talk, I will delve into these dynamics, discuss the forces at play, and present data that offer insights into how we can move towards publication practices that are truly equitable.

Sible Andringa is a full professor of second language pedagogy at the modern foreign languages department of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He specializes in second language acquisition and take a keen interest in bi- or multilingual development in educational settings. His research focuses on the role of metalinguistic awareness in language learning. He investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying language learning, the role of individual differences, and the impact of instructional methods. His work spans a variety of educational settings, including projects on bilingual development in early childhood education and care and emerging literacy in adult education. Sible values transparency and openness in research highly. He was part of the initial OASIS team and is still involved as co-lead (https:// www.oasis-database.org). He is also editor-in-chief of the Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics (DuJAL), a journal that flipped from a subscription-based model to a free-of-charge open access model.

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Plenary Sessions Saturday, March 21 | 5:55 pm - 7:00 pm Authoritarian Discourse Tactics: Transdisciplinary ways to analyze them in Hungary and the US.

Susan Gal University of Chicago, Illinios

Hundreds of standard English words have recently been eliminated from U.S. government websites, and many -- "diversity" "disability" "gender" and even "woman" -- are stigmatized when they occur in research applications. It reminds us of Orwell's 1984, where word definitions were reversed. That certainly happens today as well. And scholars have responded by defending the meanings of many such targeted terms. But notice that unlike curses and slurs, only some uses of these terms are at issue: not the diversity of paint colors; not the disabled car on the road. In fact, today's repression targets not word definitions but certain ways of using language. Rather than semantics alone, we must mobilize the social sciences of language and political economy to understand our situation. In the US, in Hungary, and around the globe, authoritarian regimes engage in sophisticated discourse tactics that rely on relative control of mass media, followed by several further communicative steps. They construct a unified discourse, and then create an indexicality for it: the person-type, a unified enemy image, that supposedly uses this homogenized discourse. The regime-created discourse and image are then projected onto real-life researchers. This erases the lively discussions and strong disagreements of scholarly life. It undermines our authority as researchers. Most disturbingly, it sets the stage for political intimidation of intellectual life. This repressive tactic has little to do with definitions; it works by changing discourse indexicalities. In this presentation I look closely at Hungary as an ethnographic example, describing how the indexicality of discourses around "gender" is being changed by regime tactics so that those who study and write about gender are no longer authoritative experts on social life, but are depicted as a "danger" to women, to the nation, and to civilization.

Susan Gal is Mae and Sidney G. Metzl Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, a member of the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics. She is the author of Language Shift, and co-author of The Politics of Gender after Socialism. Her most recent co-authored book Signs of Difference: Language and Ideology in Social Life won the Sapir Prize of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology in 2021. In numerous articles, she has written about the political economy of language, multilingualism and empire, language shift and variation, and the semiotics of many kinds of social differentiation in everyday life. Her continuing ethnographic work in eastern Europe explores the increasing influence of right-wing discourses in curtailing everyday social relationships as well as linguistic practices in mass media, and the effects of authoritarian tactics on the institutional bases of intellectual life.

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Plenary Sessions Sunday, March 22 | 11:20 am - 12:25 pm Language and Literacy Assessment for Young Multilingual Learners: Myths, Challenges, and Promises

Becky Huang Ohio State University, Ohio

Due to globalization and immigration trends, the number of children growing up learning more than one language has increased rapidly worldwide. These multilingual learners may acquire an additional language through either majority language immersion contexts or formal instructed learning contexts. This growing population underscores the pressing need for fair and effective assessments of their language and literacy development. Assessments of language and literacy development also carry significant implications for educational equity and practice. This talk focuses on the assessment of K-12 multilingual learners, encompassing evaluations of both English and languages other than English. I will begin by addressing common myths surrounding language and literacy assessment for this population, followed by an exploration of three key challenges faced by educators and researchers: (1) the heterogeneity within the young multilingual population, (2) the complex connections between language and content knowledge, and (3) the difficulty of distinguishing between typical multilingual development and language learning difficulties. Finally, I will discuss future directions for multilingual assessment, with particular attention to the role of technology in shaping modern assessment practices.

Becky Hsuanhua Huang is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University and a faculty associate at the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy. She is also affiliated with the East Asian Studies Center and the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Second Language Studies. Trained in applied linguistics and educational psychology, Dr. Huang specializes in language and literacy development and assessment, particularly among young multilingual learners. Her research has been supported by federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health and the Institute of Education Sciences as well as private foundations such as Educational Testing Service and the Language Learning Journal.

She has also received funding from the U.S. Department of Education to support teacher professional development and to lead a summer study abroad program for pre-service teachers. Dr. Huang has published extensively in applied linguistics and education research. She currently serves an Associate Editor for Educational Assessment, and is an active editorial board member for Language Testing, TESOL Quarterly, and other leading journals. Her contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the 2023 Mid-Career Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

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Plenary Sessions Sunday, March 22 | 5:55 pm - 7:00 pm Applied Linguistics and the Law: Synergy in Research and Practice Due in large part to the successes of recent collaborations between applied linguists and legal professionals, lawyers and judges are increasingly recognizing the value of linguistic analysis and seeking expert testimony from applied linguists. Importantly, applied linguists’ participation in legal processes benefits not only the legal system but also the field of applied linguistics. Understanding and attempting to solve languagerelated problems that arise in the legal domain can lead applied linguists to formulate valuable new research questions, develop new methodological solutions, and generate new empirical findings that will move our field forward.

Scott Jarvis Northern Arizona University, Arizona

In this talk, I begin with a brief overview of language and the law, highlighting core areas of forensic linguistics and statutory interpretation. I illustrate the stages of a typical court case and draw attention to the points along that path where linguistic expertise may be relevant, and, when it is, what types of questions linguists attempt to answer. I also offer a few examples of interesting court cases that linguistic experts have been involved in, the methods they have relied on, the evidence they have presented, and the outcomes of these cases.

Building on these themes, I describe how my involvement in court cases and collaborations with fellow linguists, students, and legal professionals has shaped a research agenda where the research priorities of the field of applied linguistics regarding comprehension and comprehensibility intersect with the practical needs of the legal system in relation to Miranda Rights comprehension and the comprehensibility of jury instructions.

Scott Jarvis is a professor in the Department of English at Northern Arizona University, where he holds the title of Stoller-Grabe Endowed Distinguished Chair in Applied Linguistics. Born in Arizona and raised in Missouri, Scott spent two years in Finland as a missionary, where he learned Finnish and developed a keen interest in linguistics. He earned a BA in Linguistics from Brigham Young University, followed by an MA in Applied Linguistics and a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University, with a concentration in second language acquisition.

He has been a faculty member and department chair in the Linguistics departments at Ohio University and the University of Utah. His research focuses on crosslinguistic influence, lexical diversity, and forensic linguistics. In forensic linguistics, his research primarily examines how nonnative speakers of English comprehend the Miranda warning. His work on language and the law also explores linguistic evidence in confessions and the comprehensibility of jury instructions.

He has authored six books and numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Language Learning.

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Plenary Sessions Monday, March 23 | 11:20 am - 12:25 pm De-centering Language in Applied Linguistics

Ruanni Tupas

Institute of Education, University College London

Applied Linguistics is fixated on language, and understandably so since our main concern is to investigate language-related problems and find language-related solutions. But at what cost? If our entry point to exploring social phenomena is language – think of ‘What is the role of language in…?’ – what does our de facto privileging of language mean to our research and the production of knowledge in our field? In this presentation, I explore the possibilities of de-centering language in applied linguistics where we begin not with language, but with the people and communities who use ‘language’. This cuts across different research traditions because even with the ones which are immersive, holistic and context-sensitive, ‘language’ remains the entry point of investigation. I then unpack the political and ideological ramifications of such an exploration for citation politics and knowledge production. This talk does not have any illusions of articulating something new or different. My aim is to explore the ontological and epistemological implications for centering — and de-centering — ‘language’ in our work. What does it say about the world we are researching if our entry point to this world is 'language'; and how might things be different in our research practices if we de-centered language from our study of language?

Ruanni Tupas is an Aklanon/Filipino scholar specializing in language education, multilingualism, and the politics of knowledge production. He is an Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics in Education at the Centre for Applied Linguistics, Institute of Education, University College London. He has taught at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, the National University of Singapore, and the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. He has worked extensively in teacher education across Southeast Asia, focusing on Unequal Englishes, multilingual pedagogies, and postcolonial language policies. He is also an Associate Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Actively engaged in public scholarship, he has spoken on Unequal Englishes with Michael Rosen on BBC Radio, collaborated on a multilingual advocacy video with Filipino pop group ALAMAT, appeared on podcasts, and is regularly consulted and cited in global op-eds and features on the politics of language. Recently, he co-delivered a master class in Sociolinguistics in Education with the National Educators’ Academy of the Philippines, attended live by over 30,000 educators, with more than 100,000 earning Continuing Professional Development units.

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Plenary Sessions Monday, March 23 | 5:55 pm - 7:00 pm The Power of Language: Consequences of Bilingualism and Multilingualism for Cognition and the Brain Bilingualism and multilingualism are the norm rather than the exception in the world. Yet historically, scientific research has focused disproportionately on monolingual speakers as the standard. For an accurate understanding of the mind and brain, we must recognize the brain’s ability to accommodate multiple symbolic system simultaneously as the signal, rather than the noise, in the human experience. In this talk, I will present evidence showing how multilingualism reshapes the mind and brain. The old view that bilinguals activate languages sequentially, switching between the two, has been replaced by a new understanding that bilinguals co-activate their languages in parallel. When they listen, read, or prepare to speak, words and structures from all the languages they know are activated to some degree and influence each other in the mind.

Viorica Marian Northwestern Univeristy

My research integrates behavioral, neuroimaging, and computational approaches to capture this continuous parallel activation and its consequences for the cognitive architecture ranging from perceptual processes to higher-order thinking. Behavioral methods such as eye-tracking and mouse-tracking reveal that bilinguals’ eye movements drift toward objects whose names overlap across languages, and their hand movements veer toward alternatives activated by another language. Neuroimaging shows that managing multiple languages reshapes the brain over time, leading to measurable adaptations – stronger connectivity in frontoparietal networks, altered gray matter density, and flexibility in neural organization.

The consequences are evident across the lifespan. In children, early exposure to multiple languages fosters metalinguistic awareness and sensitivity to communicative context. In adults, bilingualism has been linked to changes in memory, executive function, and creativity. In older adulthood, decades of bilingual experience appear to build cognitive reserve, with delayed onset of dementia symptoms and reduced risk of cognitive decline. Language is also central to identity, where decisions can differ depending on the language in which they are made: for example, people often take greater risks or adopt more utilitarian positions in a non-native language.

It is necessary to acknowledge that bilingualism is not a uniform experience. Its effects vary with age of acquisition, proficiency levels, and patterns of use. Studying different populations allows us to tease apart which aspects of language experience shape which aspects of cognitive and brain functions. I will conclude by suggesting that by studying the interaction between language and cognition in multilingual cognitive, neural, and computational systems, we can gain a more accurate understanding of humanity’s potential.

Viorica Marian is a psycholinguist who studies the interaction between language and cognition in multilingual cognitive, neural, and computational systems. She is the Sundin Endowed Professor of Communication and Psychology at Northwestern University, where she directs the Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Lab, supported by NIH, NSF, and private foundations. Dr. Marian was Chair of the National Institutes of Health Study Section on Language and Communication and Chair of the Northwestern Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Psychonomic Society. She is the recipient of the AAAS John McGovern Award, the Psychonomic Mid-Career Award, the Clarence Simon Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring, the University of Alaska Alumni of Distinction Award, and best paper awards from peer-reviewed journals. Marian’s popular science book “The Power of Language” has been translated into 12 languages and her work is frequently featured in the media, including NPR, BBC, The New York Times, The Washinton Post, the Next Big Idea Club, Science Friday, New Scientist, and more. Read about her work at bilingualism.northwestern.edu or vioricamarian.com.

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Invited Colloquia Saturday, March 21 8:00 am - 10:00 am Chicago 6 & 7 | Ballroom Level - Fourth (4th) Floor Critical PAR in Applied Linguistics and Language Education: Advancing Social Justice Through Decolonizing Research Convened by: Kongji Qin, New York University Jamie Schissel, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Saturday, March 21 1:50 pm - 3:50 pm Chicago 6 & 7 | Ballroom Level - Fourth (4th) Floor Making Method Visible: Methodography, Reflexivity, and the Epistemics of Research-in-Practice Convened by: Matthew Prior, Arizona State University Steven Talmy, University of British Columbia

Sunday, March 22 8:00 am - 10:00 am Chicago 6 & 7 | Ballroom Level - Fourth (4th) Floor Artificial intelligence in applied linguistics: Applications, promises and challenges Convened by: Andrea Révész, University College London Shungo Suzuki, Nagoya University

Sunday, March 22 1:50 pm - 3:50 pm Chicago 6 & 7 | Ballroom Level - Fourth (4th) Floor Open Scholarship in Applied Linguistics: Toward More Accessible, Transparent, and Responsible Research Convened by: Phil Hiver, Florida State University Meng Liu, Beijing Foreign Studies University

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Invited Colloquia

Monday, March 23 8:00 am - 10:00 am Chicago 6 & 7 | Ballroom Level - Fourth (4th) Floor Reimagining Disciplinary Writing: Leveraging Digital Multimodal Genres for Sharing Applied Linguistics Research with Broad Audiences Convened by: Matt Kessler, University of South Florida Christine Tardy, University of Arizona

Monday, March 23 1:50 pm - 3:50 pm Chicago 6 & 7 | Ballroom Level - Fourth (4th) Floor Speaking into the future: Many pathways to Indigenous language vitality Convened by: Belinda Daniels, University of Victoria Andrea Sterzuk, University of Regina

Tuesday, March 24 8:00 am - 10:00 am Chicago 6 & 7 | Ballroom Level - Fourth (4th) Floor Disability Studies and the Deconstruction of Linguistic Normativity Convened by: Usree Bhattacharya, University of Georgia Sara E.N. Kangas, Lehigh University

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AAAL 2026 Award Recipients 2026 Book Award

Daniel Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Jerry Won Lee, University of California

2026 Research Article Award

Laela Adamson, University of Strathclyde, UK Aline Dorimana, Mount Kigali University Harry Kuchah Kuchah, University of Birmingham, UK Lizzi O. Milligan, University of Bath Terra Sprague, Elerrate Consultancy Aloysie Uwizeyemariya, University of Rwanda-College of Education Alphonse Uworwabayeho, University of Rwanda-College of Education

2026 Dissertation Award

R. Marika Kunnas, University of British Columbia

2026 Distinguished Service and/or Engaged Research Graduate Student Award in Relation to Diversity Efforts Thérèse Moua-Jasperson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2026 Distinguished Public Service Award Drew S. Fagan, University of Maryland

2026 Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University

2026 Graduate Student Award

Melike Akay, University of South Florida Karen Andrews, Concordia University (Multilingual Matters) Duk-In Choi, The University of Iowa (Wilga Rivers Award) Mukaddes Coban Postaci, University of Arizona (Duolingo) Asya Gorlova, University of Arizona (JEDI) Michael Guarino, Georgetown University Ou Ourilige, Leiden University (Grabe/Stroller) Onur Özkaynak, The Ohio State University (ETS) Eda Yildirimer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Duolingo)

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AAAL 2026 Award Recipients 2026 Indigenous Language Scholarship Support Fund Mariane de Araujo Batista-McCulloch, University of Minnesota Yesenia Bautista Ortiz, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca Melvatha Chee, University of New Mexico Tsewang Chuskit, Teachers College, Columbia University Anamika Das, Tulane University Mario López-Gopar, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca Angelica Mendoza Hernandez, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca Michol Malia Miller, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Rossina Soyan, Arizona State University

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AAAL Leadership Executive Committee

President: Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia President Elect: Manka Varghese, University of Washington First Vice President: Mari Haneda, The Pennsylvania State University Second Vice President: Francis Hult, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Immediate Past President: Peter De Costa, Michigan State University Secretary: Agnes He, Stony Brook University Treasurer: Paula Winke, Michigan State University JEDI Officer: Amelia Tseng, American University Member at Large: Yumi Matsumoto, University of Pennsylvania Member at Large: Elizabeth Miller, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Member at Large: Xuesong Gao, University of New South Wales Graduate Student Council Representative: Sarah Howard, Oregon State University OEOC Representative: Stephen Moody, Brigham Young University

Standing Committees Book Award Committee

Committee on Conference Connections

Budget Committee

Committee on Online Education and Outreach

Chair: Saskia Van Viegen, York University Okim Kang, Northern Arizona University Anna De Fina, Georgetown University Uju Anya, Carnegie Mellon University Pramod Sah, Simon Fraser University Tommaso Milani, Pennsylvania State University Sender Dovchin, Curtin University Jacob Rieker, Pennsylvania State University Shelley Staples, Northern Arizona University Meike Wernicke, University of British Columbia Elizabeth Miller, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Chair: Paula Winke, Michigan State University Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia Manka Varghese, University of Washington Mari Haneda, The Pennsylvania State University Francis Hult, University of Maryland Sarah Howard, Oregon State University Val Smith, AAAL Business Office

Chair: Irina Zaykovskaya, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Anna Mendoza, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Kevin Tai, Hong Kong University Ji-Young Shin, University of Toronto Michol Miller, University of Hawaii -Manoa Juyeon Yoo, Ball State University Sarah Howard, Oregon State University Francis Hult, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Chair: Stephen Moody, Brigham Young University Vice Chair: Sarah Hercula, Missouri University of Science and Technology Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer, Iowa State University Jim Mischler, Northwestern State University of Louisiana James Coda, University of Tennessee Yi Wang, Stony Brook University Devin Grammon, University of Oregon Manka Varghese, University of Washington

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AAAL Leadership Dissertation Award Committee Chair: Brittany Frieson, University of North Texas Chaoran Wang, Colby College Zhongfeng Tian, Rutgers University Sara Kangas, Lehigh University Betsy Gilliland, University of Hawaii Mãnoa Laura Gurzynski-Weiss, Indiana University Yumi Matsumoto, University of Pennsylvania

Distinguished Public Service Award Committee Chair: Ashley Moore, OISE/University of Toronto Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State University Alissa Hartig, Portland State University Maricel Santos, San Francisco State University Manka Varghese, University of Washington

Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award Committee Chair: Veronica Valdez, University of Utah Jim McKinley, University College London, UK Sinfree Makoni, Pennsylvania State University Linda Harklau, University of Georgia Manka Varghese, University of Washington Maricel Santos, San Fransisco State University

Distinguished Service and Engaged Research Graduate Student Award in Relation to Diversity Efforts Committee Chair: Sarah Howard, Oregon State University Uju Anya, Carnegie Mellon University Malachi Henry, Indiana University - Bloomington Xuesong Gao, University of New South Wales

FFAL Trustees

Chair: Glenn Martinez, The University of Texas at San Antonio Co-Chair: Paula Winke, Michigan State University Past Chair: Shawn Loewen, Michigan State University Chantelle Warner, University of Arizona Malachi Henry, Indiana University - Bloomington

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AAAL Leadership

Graduate Student Award Committee Chair: Mimi Li, Texas A&M University-Commerce Ron Darvin, University of British Columbia Xu Yan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Magda Madany-Saa, University of Oslo Wesley Leonard, University of California, Riverside Yumi Matsumoto, University of Pennsylvania

Nominating Committee

Chair: Gail Prasad, York University Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania Shaofeng Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Tracy Quan, University of Colorado, Boulder Bedrettin Yazan, University of Texas at San Antonio Manka Varghese, University of Washington

Public Affairs and Engagement Committee Chair: Uju Anya, Carnegie Mellon University Vice-Chair: Rima El Abdali, University of Tennessee Youmna Deiri, Texas A&M University Amelia Tseng, American University Diep Nguyen, Center for Applied Linguistics Manka Varghese, University of Washington

Research Article Award Committee Chair: Lei Jiang, University of Kansas Xun Yan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Wenhao Diao, University of Arizona Angelica Galante, McGill University Xuesong Gao, University of New South Wales

Resolutions Committee

Chair: Mi Yung Park, University of Auckland Harini Rajagopal, University of British Columbia Michael Amory, Oklahoma State University Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia

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AAAL Leadership

Graduate Student Council

Co-Chair: Sarah Howard, Oregon State University Co-Chair: John Odudele, University of Washington JEDI and Secretary: Malachi Henry, Indiana University, Bloomington Newsletter, Member-at-Large: Ifeoluwa Priscilla Awopetu, The University of Memphis Event-Planning, Member-at-Large: Alyson Horan, Teachers College Columbia University Social Media, Member-at-Large: Mukib Khan, Oklahoma State University

Task Forces Ad Hoc Committee on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Chair: Amelia Tseng, American University Ashley Moore, University of Toronto Wes Leonard, University of California, Riverside Sara Kangas, Lehigh University

Advocacy Task Force

Co-Chair: Wenhao Diao, University of Arizona Co-Chair: Christine Tardy, University of Arizona Uju Anya Carnegie Mellon University Rima Elabdali, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Amelia Tseng, American University Manka Varghese, University of Washington

Online Conference Task Force

Promotion and Tenure Guidelines Revision Task Force

Chair: Wayne E Wright, Purdue University John Wayne dela Cruz, McGill University Christina Higgins, University of Hawaiʻi Yasuko Kanno, Boston University María Cioè-Peña, University of Pennsylvania Charlene Polio, Chair, Michigan State University Paul Toth, Temple University Francis Hult, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Chair: Melanie Wong, University of British Columbia John Wayne dela Cruz, McGill University Stephanie Link, Oklahoma State University Irasema Mora Pablo, Universidad de Guanajuato Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia

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AAAL Leadership Representatives on External Boards/Associations AILA

International Committee - Agnes He, Stony Brook University, AAAL Secretary Kendall King, University of Minnesota, AILA Member-at-Large

AIALA

Anne Marie Guerrettaz, Washington State University

Cambridge University Press/Annual Review of Applied Linguistics Editor: Andrea Revesz, University College, London

American Anthropological Association Open-Access Repository Advisory Board Sabina Perrino, State University of New York Binghamton

JNCL (Joint National Committee for Languages) Amelia Tseng, American University

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AAAL Past Presidents 2024 - 2025 - Peter De Costa, Michigan State University 2023 - 2024 - Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University 2022 - 2023 - Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala, University of Colorado 2021 - 2022 - Patricia Duff, University of British Columbia 2020 - 2021 - Kendall King, University of Minnesota 2019 - 2020 - Laura Collins, Concordia University 2018 - 2019 - Linda Harklau, University of Georgia 2017 - 2018 - Tim McNamara, University of Melbourne 2016 - 2017 - Kathleen Bailey, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey 2015 - 2016 - Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State University 2014 - 2015 - Aneta Pavlenko, University of Oslo 2013 - 2014 - Joan Kelly Hall, The Pennsylvania State University 2012 - 2013 - Jane Zuengler, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2011 - 2012 - Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University 2010 - 2011 - Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University 2009 - 2010 - Jeff Connor-Linton, Georgetown University 2008 - 2009 - Nina Spada, OISE/University of Toronto 2007 - 2008 - Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Indiana University 2006 - 2007 - Carol Chapelle, Iowa State University 2005 - 2006 - Richard F. Young, University of Wisconsin- Madison 2004 - 2005 - James P. Lantolf, Pennsylvania State University 2003 - 2004 - Richard Schmidt, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2002 - 2003 - Margie Burns, Purdue University 2001 - 2002 - Bill Grabe, Northern Arizona University 2000 - 2001 - Pat Carrell, Georgia State University 1999 - 2000 - Patsy Lightbown, Concordia University 1998 - 1999 - Merrill Swain, University of Toronto 1997 - 1998 - Mary E. McGroarty, Northern Arizona University 1996 - 1997 - Elinor Ochs, University of California, Los Angeles 1995 - 1996 - JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1994 - 1995 - Claire Kramsch, University of California,Berkeley 1993 - 1994 - Robert Kaplan, University of Southern California 1992 - 1993 - Sandra Savignon, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign 1991 - 1992 - Elaine Tarone, University of Minnesota 1990 - 1991 - Leslie Beebe, Columbia University 1989 - 1990 - Lyle F. Bachman, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign 1988 - 1989 - Jacquelyn Schachter, University of Southern California 1987 - 1988 - Susan Gass, University of Michigan 1986 - 1987 - Dell Hymes, University of Pennsylvania 1985 - 1986 - Courtney Cazden, Harvard University 1984 - 1985 - Braj Kachru, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign 1983 - 1984 - Thomas Scovel, San Francisco State University 1982 - 1983 - Betty Wallace Robinett, University of Minnesota 1981 - 1982 - Muriel Saville-Troike, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign 1980 - 1981 - Eugene Briere, University of Southern California 1979 - 1980 - Roger Shuy, Georgetown University & Center for Applied Linguistics 1978 - 1979 - Wilga Rivers, Harvard University

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