SRIS Newsletter - June 2017 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIR ELECT
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
ARTICLES
•  REFLECTIONS ON READING AND RIGHTS: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TEXT SELECTION
•  ADDRESSING LINGUICISM AND ITS RACIAL IMPLICATIONS IN THE AGE OF NATIONALISM
•  CREATING INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS FOR LGBTQIA ESL STUDENTS
•  TESOL AND THE ALLIANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS: MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN TROUBLING TIMES
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  MEET THE TEAM
•  MISSION STATEMENT
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: IDENTITY, INCLUSION, AND ADVOCACY

 

LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIR ELECT

Carter A. Winkle, Barry University, Miami, Florida, USA

Greetings SRIS Membership,

I am proud to serve the association and its membership as one of the two incoming co-chairs of the SRIS of TESOL. I look forward to continuing my work with Chair Laura Jacob and Incoming Co-Chair Heidi Faust—both of whom I hold in high regard and with tremendous respect.

The impetus for my advocacy, service, and scholarship is a deeply held belief in my responsibility to engage in both academic and personal pursuits that serve marginalized populations, promote the public good, and help move us forward toward a more socially just society. I view my leadership role within the SRIS as an opportunity to amplify, exemplify, and engender this stance among my TESOL colleagues, particularly those new to the profession of English language teaching.

As a researcher and teacher educator I have multiple intersecting advocacy interests and foci within the realm of TESOL, yet at the forefront are those involving the marginalization of English language teachers as academic professionals within the academy, as well as issues related to gender and sexual minorities in English language teaching and learning contexts globally.

The coming year will be one of change for the association, in particular related to its organization of interest sections and other member groups. If you have not already done so, I strongly urge you to mindfully select the SRIS as your primary interest section. To do so, log in to the TESOL homepage, and follow these steps:

  1. Once you have logged in, click on the green “MY ACCOUNT” tab near the upper right-hand corner of the page.

  2. Look for the third tab within the first row of tabs, clicking “My Interest Sections & eGroups.”

  3. Click the drop-down menu for “Select Primary Interest Section” and confirm that you have selected “Social Responsibility.”

  4. Don’t forget to save your changes by clicking the orange “Save” button. That’s it!

  5. Now, urge your colleagues to do the same.

Incoming Co-Chair Heidi Faust is busily working toward the completion of her dissertation research, and I know you all join me in wishing her well. She will be reintroducing herself to the SRIS membership in our upcoming September newsletter.

Be well,

Carter A. Winkle, PhD
2017–2018 SRIS Incoming Co-Chair
Associate Professor
Barry University
cwinkle@barry.edu