Sociolinguist
Educational Linguist
Lexicographer
Ethnographer
Editor
Translator
Recent Publications
What I Do
I am currently the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (IJLCLE). I am a also the Co-Editor with Stephen May, Teresa McCarty and Constant Leung of the Book Series Language, Education and Diversity, Multilingual Matters, UK, and the Co-Founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief with Michael Ndemanu of the Global Journal of Transformative Education (GJTE).
Who I Am
I am an “eccentric native” and border crosser who has become a traveling Indigenous culture-maker with multiple local, global, trans-lingual, trans-cultural, and cosmopolitan experiences in addition to my rooted, native ones. I am a multilingual and multicultural individual, a world traveler who loves to dance, play chess and play the drums.
As a researcher and educator, my work is about making linguistic, ethnic, and cultural borders visible, so people can apprehend them and decide whether to embrace them or not. I strive to have a positive impact on students who have seldom experienced this kind of cultural and linguistic uprootedness. In my classes, I always inject cross-cultural, cross-linguistic awareness to provide them with real-life examples, and not just quotes taken from books. At the same time, I am a living example to domestic and international graduate students of what is possible in crossing linguistic and cultural borders. I am always available and eager to mentor them on their own journeys. I have been actively involved in a wide range of teaching and service activities at local, national, and international levels.
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