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What Is Linguistic Diversity?

Part of CAHSS' "Looking in the Mirror" Series

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 23, 2022, 12:00 pm1:00 pm

Description

The Looking in the Mirror Series is presented by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Please see the attached flyer for the full Fall 2022 Series.

What is Linguistic Diversity?

How can we strive to make our campus a more inclusive place for users of different languages and varieties? This session will focus on the centrality of language to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.  We will cover challenges such as linguistic bias, linguistic racism and discrimination, and linguistic microaggressions as well as discuss strategies for actively creating linguistic inclusion, access and equity across our campus community and beyond.

Speaker: Christine Mallinson, Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship; Special Assistant for Research & Creative Achievement and APLU-CoR Fellow in the Office for Research & Creative Achievement; Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture; Affiliate Professor of Gender, Women’s + Sexuality Studies 

Featuring LLC Ph.D. Students: Kara Seidel, Lavon Davis, and James Wright

For more information, please contact Fan Yang, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies - fanyang@umbc.edu.

The Looking in the Mirror Series is presented by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Please see the attached flyer for the full Fall 2022 Series.

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