We are Luis Javier Pentón Herrera and Ethan Trinh the editors of the SRIS newsletter, TESOLers for Social Responsibility. This past year (2019-2020) has been a wonderful experience for both of us as we worked with amazing scholars from all over the world who are making a difference in the TESOL field. We are saddened to announce that we are going to step down from this position due to our professional commitments during the 2020–2021 academic year. However, we are excited to introduce to our SRIS community the two incoming co-editors for the TESOLers for Social Responsibility Newsletter, Trisha Dowling and John Turnbull. A little bit of information about our incoming co-editors:

John Turnbull is an English as a Second Language Specialist at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He earned the MA TESOL in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University and has worked for ten years as a teacher among and as an advocate for Latin American communities in the United States, México, and South America. In Atlanta, John worked for the nonprofit organizations Literacy Volunteers of Atlanta and the Latin American Association. In 2011, in Popayán, Cauca, Colombia, he served as a six-month volunteer for a teacher’s union, La Asociación de Institutores y Trabajadores de la Educación del Cauca, providing curriculum and teacher-development resources for public-school K-11 English teachers. He was also a peace accompanier in the Urabá region of Colombia. In Chicago, he has volunteered with Universidad Popular, a community center in La Villita, and has worked with English-language learners in Lithuania, Cape Verde, and Thailand.

Trisha Dowling is currently a lecturer at the University of Michigan English Language Institute. She began her TESOL career as a bilingual teaching assistant working with migrant communities in western Michigan. Her experience includes teaching Business English online, being a K-6 bilingual aide, and teaching middle schoolers in Heibei province in China. In her work in community college and undergraduate ESL classrooms, Trisha is happiest when integrating service-learning and community-building activities in an effort to create a more socially responsible and inclusive educational environment and the local community. Trisha enjoys sharing practical teaching ideas through publications and presentations. The majority of her work focuses on a holistic approach and developing student agency.

Ethan and I are excited to pass the baton to John and Trisha and excitedly look forward to seeing how the SRIS newsletter continues to be a place of gathering and learning.

Thank you to all of our readers for your amazing support throughout this wonderful, enriching year.

Sincerely,

Luis and Ethan