Ben White, St. Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont, USA

Greetings, Fellow ALISers!

I would like to express my gratitude to Natalia and Heather, who have put together another excellent issue of AL Forum. And a big thank you to the contributors for sharing their insights with our readership. Perhaps, these articles will pique your interest and encourage you to come to this year’s TESOL Convention, where you will find a number of presentations to be given within the Applied Linguistics strand.

If you do make it to Denver, be sure to come to the ALIS Open Meeting on April 1^st , from 6 PM to 7:30 PM, in Room 708 of the Colorado Convention Center. This meeting is an opportunity to discuss the goings-on of all things ALIS and to network with fellow members. You should also consider attending one of the Intersections that ALIS has organized in partnership with other Interest Sections. Unfortunately, both sessions take place at the same time.

• “Pursuing Social Justice in TESOL” is a collaboration with the Social Responsibility Interest Section (SRIS). In the session, Lourdes Ortega, Ryuko Kubota, Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, and Kathleen McGovern explore how TESOL professionals can expose and address inequalities, what practices and tools can be used to empower others, and what efforts are being made to bring about social change. April 3^rd, 9:30 AM – 11:15 AM, Room 303, Colorado Convention Center.

• “Critical Theory and Critical Pedagogy: Bridging the Gap” is a collaboration with both SRIS and the Teacher Education Interest Section (TEIS). Shondel Nero, Laura Blythe Liu, Jenna Cushing-Leubner, Allison Yasukawa, and Amin Davoodi examine the impact of social justice issues on teacher education and applied linguistics scholarship. April 3^rd, 9:30 AM – 11:15 AM, Room 113, Colorado Convention Center.

Whether you will be at TESOL 2020 or not, please consider attending our first webinar in the new ALIS series TQ Authors Talk on March 13. Our first presenters will be the authors of one of the most downloaded TESOL Quarterly articles in the last few years. John Levis, Sinem Sonsaat, Stephanie Link, and Taylor Anne Barriuso will discuss the research behind their 2016 article “Native and Nonnative Teachers of L2 Pronunciation: Effects on Learner Performance.” If you are subscribed to ALIS updates, you should have received a webinar invitation and instructions from myTESOL. In the meantime, I encourage you to (re)read the article so that you can more fully participate in the webinar.

Be well and I hope to see many of you in Denver!

Ben