Welcome to the DLeNM
Translanguaging Across Contexts Summer Institute
8:00 am – 8:30 am – Checkin and Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:15 am – Welcome and General Session
9:30 am - 11:00 am – Concurrent Session #1
11:00 am - 12:00 pm – Lunch
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm – Concurrent Session #2
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm – Concurrent Session #3
3:00 pm – Closing Presentation & Wrap Up
We are excited you are joining us for this year's institute.
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June 8, 2023
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ofelia García
Professor Emerita in Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures
The City University of New York
Ofelia García is Professor Emerita in Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. She is internationally known for her work on bilingual education and the education of racialized students, language policy, multilingualism, and the sociology of language. Her concepts of dynamic bilingualism and translanguaging have had a significant impact on understandings of the complex language practices of bi/multilingual students and have been the topic of her numerous publications. Dr. García came to the Graduate Center from Columbia University’s Teachers College and was previously dean of the School of Education at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University. The American Educational Research Association has
awarded her two Lifetime Research Achievement Awards ––Distinguished Contributions to Social Contexts in Education (2019) and Bilingual Education (2017), as well as Second Language Acquisition Leadership through Research Award (2019). In 2022 she received the ALD (Association of Language Departments) Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession from the Modern Language Association. Among her other honors, she received an Honorary Doctorate from Bank Street Graduate School of Education (2016), the Charles Ferguson Award in Applied Linguistics (2017), and The Graduate Center’s Excellence in Mentoring Award (2018). She is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Education.
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Session I • 9:30 am - 11:00 am (MST)
Session II • 12:00 pm – 1:20 pm (MST)
Session III • 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm (MST)
Closing Presentation & Wrap Up • 3:00 pm (MST)
June 9, 2023
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Susana Ibarra-Johnson
Professor Emerita in Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures
The City University of New York
Dr. Susana Ibarra Johnson is an assistant professor in bilingual education and TESOL in the School of Teacher Preparation, Administration, and Leadership. Dr. Ibarra Johnson is one of the co-authors of The Translanguaging Classroom: Leveraging Student Bilingualism for Learning along with Ofelia García and Kate Seltzer. Her commitment to improving the education of bilingual students is grounded in her experience as a bilingual learner and teacher. She has been a professional development specialist, associate researcher for WIDA, director of bilingual multicultural education programs at Bernalillo Public Schools, and most recently a district biliteracy specialist for Albuquerque Public Schools. Her research focuses on translanguaging pedagogy in bilingual education and English language development contexts.
Click each SESSION below for the detailed session information.
Session I • 9:30 am - 11:00 am (MST)
Session II • 12:00 pm – 1:20 pm (MST)
Session III • 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm (MST)
Closing Presentation & Wrap Up • 3:00 pm (MST)