Addressing Gender and Sexual Diversity in Language Teaching

SOCIAL JUSTICE WEBINAR:
This webinar introduces participants to the growing subfield of Lavender (or Queer) Applied Linguistics and its implications for language education. Drawing on a diverse body of interdisciplinary research, the presenter provides participants with a broad overview of recent work and then describe a pedagogical framework that can be applied in part or in whole to diverse educational contexts. The presenter concludes with advice for how to negotiate LGBTQ+ inclusion with various stakeholders in the educational process from students to self to administrators.
Presenter:
Joshua M. Paiz is a Teaching Assistant Professor of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at George Washington University and a Teacher Educator in the TESOL Institutes of Montgomery College and the Community College of Baltimore County. His scholarship has focused on addressing LGBTQ+ issues in English language teaching, exploring the intersections of queer theory and World Englishes, and Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing in Applied Linguistics.