Prem Phyak Phyak (Teachers College, Columbia University) provided a critical analysis of policy failures in Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in Nepal, highlighting key lessons for the future. 7/9

Just out. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

Looking forward to our opening plenary session with Ofelia Garcia, Li Wei & Zhu Hua - all in person next week at the University of Warsaw! Huge thanks to Piotr Romanowski for making this happen! Brilliant program lined up — can’t wait!

APRIL MOST READ ARTICLES #1 "Looking back – Looking ahead" by Susan Ehrlich, Tommaso M. Milani doi.org/10.1017/S00474…

🏅 Remarkable TC faculty and alumni, including Felicia Moore Mensah, Alex Eble, Mark Anthony Gooden, Prem Phyak, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, and more, received recognition for their work at the annual AERA meeting. Learn more about the honors. ⬇️ brnw.ch/21wSnFw

🏅 Remarkable TC faculty and alumni, including Felicia Moore Mensah, Alex Eble, Mark Anthony Gooden, Prem Phyak, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, and more, received recognition for their work at the annual AERA meeting. Learn more about the honors. ⬇️ brnw.ch/21wSqyX

Spring and evening!

[please share] University College London is advertising a Lectureship in TESOL/Applied Linguistics. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in Language Teaching and Technology. You can find more details about the role here: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Nice surprise today—received the proofs for my chapter, “Whatever you do, don't give up!”: A Scottish Gael’s Language Reclamation Journey, which will appear in Untold Autoethnographic Stories of (In)Justice, Teaching, and Scholarship, edited by Ari Sherris and Joy Peyton.

Language is more than just words, language is culture, identity, knowledge, land, and more. paulmeighan.com

📚New article in CERJournal “Public Schooling and Linguistic Diversity in Nepal” by Prem Phyak & Peshal Khanal. Prem Phyak English-medium “model schools” may deepen inequalities and erase local languages. Teachers College, Columbia University Read more: tc.columbia.edu/international-… #Nepal #education

Leaning into more heritage language-learning opportunities would build international ties along with individuals’ connections to their families and communities! ⁦Sophia Smith Galer⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I’ll be stepping into the role of Dean of International at the Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University. Always open to new partnerships - feel free to reach out! Curtin Humanities Curtin University

📖✨Join us for a hybrid book talk on Time in Education Policy Transfer by Gita Steiner-Khamsi. 🗓 15 Sept 2025 | 16:00–17:15 CEST (10:00–11:15 EST) Organized by @NORRAG with KIX Europe, MENA, Asia & Pacific Hub, Teachers College, Columbia University & Geneva Graduate Institute 🔗 Register: buff.ly/bFG4QZM

Story of my busy summer research tc.columbia.edu/international-…

My research is available on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/39…

Conceptual framework of translanguaging in mediated action: The case of #Bilingualparenting on social media - ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Developing decolonial language awareness: an exploration of Indigenous countertexts and youth... - goo.gl/scholar/3XqFnf #ScholarAlerts

Decolonial language awareness: a land-centred lens for confronting Indigenous language erasure. With Yaakthung youth in Nepal, it shows how land-based learning helps reclaim knowledge, disrupt dominant ideologies, and make space for Indigenous ways of languaging. Abs.=Nepali

I propose and discuss decolonial language awareness (DLA) as a framework for understanding and countering the erasure of Indigenous languages in the context of textual modernity.