First person in your family in college? Join us! “Navigating higher education as a first-gen and tips for success” tinyurl.com/4xhafvnw First Gen Access & Equity tinyurl.com/yc33nyyn June 28. Miranda McCarvel, Iara Mantenuto & Tran Truong #LsaInstitute2023 Linguistic Society of America

‼️An extremely important opportunity for all educators and speech pathologists‼️The Workshop on African American Language and Practical Application will be at #LSAInstitute2023 July 6-7! Virtual participation possible w/ registration Register here by 6/19: aaeworkshop.my.canva.site

Are you the first in your family to go to college, or do you want to help your first gen students who are? Join us tomorrow for the panel on NAVIGATING HIGHER EDUCATION AS A FIRST GEN AND TIPS FOR SUCCESS! 10:30am in ILC S331 blogs.umass.edu/lingstitute202… Linguistic Society of America

Today at 3: come hear from our panelists @HadasKotek, Dr. Iara Mantenuto, and Patricia Amaral about taking charge of your relationships with your mentors! “Mentoring Up” is hosted by the Committee on Gender Equity and Inclusion blogs.umass.edu/lingstitute202… #lsainstitute2023 Linguistic Society of America

We had some good conversations at our event lingstitute2023 Join our committee First Gen Access & Equity (LSA) Thanks to all who attended, hope to see you again! Joshua 🔮 Dees Dr David Bowie

So, if you’re looking for ways to help right now, here are some organizations doing important work: barackobama.medium.com/our-statements…

Lauren Casillas (she/her/hers) Monique Mangum Dr. Iara Mantenuto used social media to engage Gen-Z students in analysis of linguistic and cultural appropriation in pop culture #CoSTaSiL

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

The GRFP application for this year is available now ⁦⁦First Gen Access & Equity (LSA)⁩ Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (nsf23605) | NSF - National Science Foundation nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf2…

Looking for the perfect summer read? Look no further! ☀️🌴 The CSU has curated a list that includes our anthropology professor Kenneth E. Seligson's book The Maya and Climate Change: Human-Environmental Relationships in the Classic Period Lowlands.📚 calstate.edu/csu-system/new…

The Committee on Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics is awarding up to five student travel grants intended to increase the participation of underrepresented ethnoracial minorities in the LSA. Grants will assist students in traveling to #LSA2024. Apply now! linguisticsociety.org/content/cedl-t…

(Part 5 of 5) A link to the donations page can be found here: ahapunanaleo.org/new-page-37 Mahalo, ICLDC organizers (Brad, Andrea, Gary, Ha‘a, Shelece, and Jim)

Come to work with me!! Please reach out if you have any questions. Assistant Professor, Linguistics job with California State University, Dominguez Hills | 37515966 jobs.chronicle.com/job/37515966/a…

Anyone working on language discrimination at the ER? I would love to read about it. Yesterday I went for the second time to an ER in the US (I am fine) and for the 2nd time I got discriminated for my accent, I also witnessed mocking of an Asian man’s pronunciation. This is not ok

Save this and reshare. The official list of nominees for the 2023 CATALYST AWARDS honoring and celebrating the best #firstgen storytelling of the year. #catalystawards #representationmatters

Please support this effort if you can, DM me if you have questions. And feel free to share it. Fundraiser by Iara Mantenuto : San Sebastián del Monte children's holidays gifts gofund.me/501e1cff

Your accent can tell the story of your life. It might tell where you were born, who colonized your community, what language(s) you have learned, and so on.

Exciting news! We’ve collaborated with NSF to bring you a webinar about funding your next big project. Register below:

Two new proceedings publications (w/some of my favorite co-authors) are out! One on allomorphy in Polish (anti)causatives: journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/in… And one on supporting first generation scholars in linguistics: journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/in…

I am moving out of X, you can find me on bsky 👋