SRIS Newsletter - February 2016 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
•  LETTER FROM THE SRIS CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE SRIS CHAIR-ELECT
•  LETTER FROM THE SRIS PAST CHAIR
ARTICLES
•  NAVIGATING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ALONGSIDE MIGRANT WORKERS IN AN ESOL CLASSROOM
•  AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH PRESENTER: DR. SUHANTHIE MOTHA
•  AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH PRESENTERS: DRS. IBRAHIM AND BARNAWI
•  TESOL ADVOCACY AND POLICY SUMMIT - 2015
•  CROSSING BORDERS AND BUILDING BRIDGES WITH HALF THE SKY
EXTRA CATEGORIES
•  TESOL CONVENTION 2015 RECAP
•  BOOK REVIEW: MY PINK ROAD TO RUSSIA
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  COMMUNITY NEWS
•  SRIS MISSION & CONCERNS

AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH PRESENTERS: DRS. IBRAHIM AND BARNAWI

Dr. Awad Ibrahim, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada & Dr. Osman Z. Barnawi, Yanbu College, Yanbu Al Sinaiyah, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Awad Ibrahim

Dr. Osman Z. Barnawi

TESOL and Blackness: The Return of the Repressed

This session explores the antagonistic relationship between TESOL and Blackness. Using examples from across the globe, our aim is to see the impact of TESOL on Blackness, but also of Blackness on TESOL. From Hip-Hop to classrooms, we explore the cultural politics of Blackness in TESOL, thus making the invisible visible.

Listen to Dr. Ibrahim discuss his presentation with Lavette Coney here and Dr. Barnawi discuss his presentation with Lavette Coney here.

Lavette Coney is currently the co-editor for SRIS and an ELL co-chair at the Fessenden School in West Newton, Massachusetts, where she facilitates the learning of students from a variety of countries, including South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, and more. She also works with admissions, placement, and curriculum and founded an ethnic-based affinity group and race and gender focus group for students. Her research interests evolve around race and White privilege.