Unsettling Language Barriers: Redefining Communicative “Problems” and Reimagining Decolonial Possibilities

This invited lecture with the focus on raciolinguistic perspectives is the second of three lectures on Critical Approaches to Language Studies sponsored by the Second Language Acquisition Doctoral Program and the Language Institute. The lecture series also includes talks by Sara P. Alvarez, Queens College, CUNY (March 10) and Mario E. López-Gopar, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Mexico (April 27.) The three lectures are followed by a panel discussion with all speakers on May 4.