There’s nothing better than working with a room full of educators trying to make connections between research and their practice! Saturday was the UNNES English Department’s free workshop for local teachers, an annual service project that connects the research and practice of the university with educators from around the area. Working together with the committee,…
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Reflections on Indonesian Research Conference Culture
Just a week after arriving in Semarang, I had the pleasure of giving a keynote at the 8th International Conference on English Language Teaching, Literature, and Translation organized by the English department at UNNES. This is a big event for this department, drawing presenters from around the region, including from Malaysia, Bangladesh, Australia, India, and…
Bringing Fanfiction Research to Teachers at UNH Literacy Institutes
In late July, I had the wonderful opportunity to work with my long-time collaborator and dear friend, Alecia Magnifico, as we co-designed and co-facilitated a week-long, graduate credit course as part of the University of New Hampshire’s Literacy Institute. Our course, “Writing in the Wild: Fanfiction as a Classroom Practice,” was a brilliant opportunity to…