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Upcoming Appearances

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Wednesday February, 29, 2012, Anne will present at the SURN Power Tools for literacy workshop at the William and Mary School of Education.

Thursday March, 8 2012 from 6-7pm, Anne will present a talk entitled” We Must Go Home Again: English Lang Variation & Education Policy in the U.S. South” at the Stanford University School of Education in Palo Alto, CA.

Friday March, 16 2012 from 2-4pm, Anne will present a workshop entitled “English Language Variation in Virginia: Insights for SLPs & Audiologists” at the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia Annual Conference in Vienna, VA.

Thursday March 26, 2012 from 1:00 pm-2:30pm, Anne & Christine will present a workshop entitled “Advocating for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching” at the ASCD Conference at the Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.

Thursday March 29, 2012, from 11:00am – 12:15pm, Anne & Christine will present a paper entitled “English Language Variation in the College English Classroom” at the College English Association Annual Conference in Richmond, VA.

TBD, April 14, 2012, Anne will present a mock faculty lecture at William and Mary Admitted Students Day.

Thursday April 19 2012 from 1:30-2:45, Anne, with Beth Casey, will present a workshop entitled “Valuing African American Language and Culture in the Middle School Years” at the National Partnership for Educational Access Annual Conference” in Chicago, IL.

Saturday April 21st, 2012, Anne will participate in a mini-conference organized by the Pre-doctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training (PIRT) Program at the Florida State University and Florida Center for Reading Research.

Previous Appearances

October 15, 2011 from 4:30 pm-5:15 pm, Anne was the keynote speaker at the 25th Southeast TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)  conference at the Omni Hotel in Richmond, VA. The conference theme is: “Celebrating Culture and Heritage through Language Teaching,” and Anne will speak on the conference theme.

Saturday, October 29th, time TBD, Anne & Christine presented  on a panel with Mary Bucholtz and Julie Sweetland entitled “Sociolinguistics in the Schools: The Next Forty Years of Service in Return ” at the New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 40 Conference at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Friday, November, 18th from 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm, Anne & Christine presented on a panel entitled “Using Educator Insight to Design Linguistically Responsive Teaching” at the National Council of Teachers of English Conference in the  Palmer House/Salon 1, Third Floor, Chicago, IL

Friday, December 2nd from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m, Anne & Christine presented a workshop entitled “Valuing African-American Language and Culture in The Middle School Years” at the National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference at the Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.

July 10-13, 2011 Anne and Christine gave three presentations and did a book signing at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) 2011 TEACH  Conference in Washington, D.C. Our workshop title is: “Using Knowledge about Language Variation to Support Multicultural Literature Instruction: Models from African American and Southern English.” Our mini plenary title is: “Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools.”

• Sunday, July 10 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m : AFT Pre-TEACH Professional Development Network Conference: Using English Language Variation in US Schools
• Monday, July 11 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m: Mini-Plenary Session: Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools
• Monday, July 11 6:45 p.m. -7:45 p.m. Book Signing Click here to see an official AFT picture of us setting up our book exhibit!
• Tuesday, July 12 9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Workshop: Using Knowledge About Language Variation to Support Multicultural Literature Instruction: Models from African-American and Southern English

November 3-6, 2010  Anne and her students attended the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) conference to present a workshop about community engagement and linguistics and to host a book launch party. Click here for more information.

November 6, 2010  Christine gave a plenary address at the New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 39 conference in San Antonio, TX, entitled, “Borrowing and Lending:  Contributions to the Study of Language and Social Stratification across Sociolinguistics, Sociology, and Education.” Click here for more information.

November 21, 2010  Anne hosted a meet the author session at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference, held in Orlando, Florida. Click here for more information.

December 9, 2010  Anne & Christine launched and signed the book at William & Mary. We launched and celebrated the book and all who helped us get it to print — it was a great event!  To see some photos from the event, visit our book Facebook page.

March 10, 2011  Anne & Christine signed books in the UMBC Fireside Lounge on the third floor of the Commons.

April 8, 2011  Anne participated in a round table at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference in New Orleans, LA. Her talk was entitled, “Speaking a Different Language:  The Role of English Language Variation on Teaching and Learning.”

April 10, 2011  Anne and Christine signed books at the Teachers College Press booth at the American Education Research Association Conference (AERA).  Click here to watch a video of us talking about our book that was filmed during AERA!

April  11, 2011  Anne and Christine presented at the American Education Research Association Conference (AERA). Their paper was entitled, “Language, Education, and Social Equality: Educator Partnerships That Serve Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students.”

May 11, 2011 from 11am to 12pm Anne and Christine presented at the International Reading Association Conference (IRA) with a book signing that followed from 1-2pm.  We present aed workshop entitled, “Using Knowledge About Language Variation To Support Multicultural Literature Instruction: Models From African American And Southern English” at the Orlando Convention Center West Building, W209C.