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Dear SPLIS Members,
I am excited to be writing to you as this year’s SPLIS chair. I
would first and foremost like to thank Veronica Sardegna, our outgoing
SPLIS chair, for her service and leadership. I would also like to extend
a warm welcome to Beth Sheppard, our SPLIS chair-elect for this year.
I’m very much looking forward to this coming year!
For those of you who were able to attend, I hope you agree that
the TESOL convention was another success! I was impressed by the
quantity and quality of SPLIS sessions. I hope many of you will consider
submitting a proposal for next year’s convention in Baltimore,
Maryland, USA. Relatedly, when the call for proposal reviewers is sent
out in the coming months, I hope you will consider reviewing proposals
for our interest section.
In addition, for those of you who are not receiving SPLIS
e-list emails, there are at least two potential issues you may want to
check. The first relates to whether you are signed up to receive SPLIS
e-list communications. You elect these options by logging in to the TESOL website, clicking
on “My Account” and then selecting the “Update Interest Sections” tab on
that page. Don’t forget to save your selections. The second potential
issue relates to whether you have opted to receive emails individually,
as a digest, or “web-only.” If you have the web-only option selected,
then you will not receive emails. On the TESOL Community page,
select “My Page” and “Edit Profile.” On that page, select “Email
Settings.” This is where you can select how you would like to receive
emails. More information will be sent out soon regarding accessing the
TESOL Community.
We have an excellent newsletter put together by our co-editors.
I know they will also be sending out a call for the next newsletter. Please consider sharing your
work and ideas.
I’m looking forward to a rewarding and productive year as SPLIS
chair. If you have any questions or recommendations, please don’t
hesitate to contact me.
Best,
Amanda
Amanda Huensch
SPLIS Chair 2015–2016
Amanda Huensch received her PhD in linguistics from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently
assistant professor of applied linguistics in the Department of World
Languages at the University of South Florida. | 
