Dr. Geneva Smitherman, Professor Emerita, Michigan State University
Education:
Her books include the classic Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America (Houghton Mifflin), Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner (Houghton Mifflin), Talkin That Talk (Routledge), and Educating Black Males (co-author, Third World Press). Her most recent book is Word from the Mother: Language and African Americans (Routledge). She has published over 100 articles and papers on language and education and is editor or co-editor of eight books on language.
Smitherman served two terms on the Language Commission of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). She currently chairs the Language Policy Committee of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Awards include the Educational Press Association Award for Excellence in Educational Journalism, the 1999 CCCC Exemplar Award, and the 2005 NCTE James R. Squire Award for her “transforming influence” and “lasting intellectual contribution” to the field of English studies.
Education:
- PhD, English, University of Michigan
Her books include the classic Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America (Houghton Mifflin), Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner (Houghton Mifflin), Talkin That Talk (Routledge), and Educating Black Males (co-author, Third World Press). Her most recent book is Word from the Mother: Language and African Americans (Routledge). She has published over 100 articles and papers on language and education and is editor or co-editor of eight books on language.
Smitherman served two terms on the Language Commission of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). She currently chairs the Language Policy Committee of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Awards include the Educational Press Association Award for Excellence in Educational Journalism, the 1999 CCCC Exemplar Award, and the 2005 NCTE James R. Squire Award for her “transforming influence” and “lasting intellectual contribution” to the field of English studies.
Dr. Ana Celia Zentella, Professor Emerita, University of California San Diego
Education:
Her current projects include a study of the remapping of language, identity, and the border by college students who live in Tijuana and study in San Diego (transfronterizos), a sociolinguistic ethnography of a US high school on the Tijuana border, and research on Puerto Rican assimilation to Mexican Spanish in California.
Education:
- PhD, Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
Her current projects include a study of the remapping of language, identity, and the border by college students who live in Tijuana and study in San Diego (transfronterizos), a sociolinguistic ethnography of a US high school on the Tijuana border, and research on Puerto Rican assimilation to Mexican Spanish in California.
Dr. H. Samy Alim, Associate Professor, Stanford University
Education:
He is currently continuing an ethnography of race, ethnicity, language, education and power in "Sunnyside," a 2.5 square mile working class city of approximately 33,000 people, predominantly Black and Latino, with a significant population of Pacific Islanders. He is also continuing ethnographic studies of the performance of race and ethnicity in various contexts, from freestyle rap battles in the streets to school classrooms and playgrounds, focusing on style and stylization in interaction. He is particularly interested in the intersection of race and gender, class, sexuality, etc., and how youth construct their identities in and out of school with language that highlights these intersections.
Education:
- PhD, Educational Linguistics, Stanford University
He is currently continuing an ethnography of race, ethnicity, language, education and power in "Sunnyside," a 2.5 square mile working class city of approximately 33,000 people, predominantly Black and Latino, with a significant population of Pacific Islanders. He is also continuing ethnographic studies of the performance of race and ethnicity in various contexts, from freestyle rap battles in the streets to school classrooms and playgrounds, focusing on style and stylization in interaction. He is particularly interested in the intersection of race and gender, class, sexuality, etc., and how youth construct their identities in and out of school with language that highlights these intersections.
Dr. David E. Kirkland, Associate Professor, New York University
Education:
Education:
- PhD, Language, Literacy, and Urban Education, Michigan State University