April 5, 2024 (online)

The full program with abstracts (PDF) is available here

9:00 – 9:15 Opening Remarks
Mercedes Fages Agudo, Evgeny Dengub (both University of Southern California), and Ben Papadopoulos (University of California, Berkeley)

9:15 – 10:15 Keynote Speech—Elevating the Why: Unpacking the Imperative of Gender-Inclusive Language
Wes Chernin, SLP
Recording

10:30 – 11:45 Panel 1

4 papers (15 min. each) followed by 15 min for questions

Transgender Storytelling Workshops: A Discourse Analysis of Students’ Attitudes Toward Transgender Individuals
Tao Kimberly Wei Yi (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Recording

A Narrative Inquiry into Teacher’s Experience of Gender Norms’ Impact in Physical EFL Classes in Comparison to Online Classes
Pardis Amiridahaj (Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education)

The Gender-Fluid Student as a Second Language Learner
Ilan Yona (Middlebury College and Pressman Academy) Recording

12:00 – 1:15 Panel 2 

4 papers (15 min. each) followed by 15 min for questions

Achieving Gender Equity through the Language Curriculum
Rana Raddawi, Franziska B Lys, Ragy H Ibrahim Mikhaeel (Northwestern University) Recording

Personal Pronouns in School—A Question of Identity, Inclusion and Icebergs
Karin Milles (Södertörn University) Recording

Reimagined Stories: Creating Gender-Inclusive Student-Crafted Narratives
Nooshan Ashtari (University of Southern California) Recording

Gender-Inclusive Noun References and their Integration into Teaching German as a Foreign Language
Sabrina Link (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo) Recording

1:30 – 2:45 

Panel 3: Spanish and Catalan 

Presenting Gender-Inclusive Language in the Spanish Classroom
Mercedes Fages Agudo (University of Southern California), Ben Papadopoulos (University of California, Berkeley), and Liana Stepanyan (University of Southern California) Recording

Building from/for Diversity: A Repository for Inclusive Spanish Language
Jhonatan Henao-Muñoz (University of Arizona, Tucson) Recording

Marking Gender in Spanish: On Creating an Open Educational Resource for Spanish Learners
Silvia Rivera Alfaro (CUNY Graduate Center) Recording

Challenging Linguistic Conservatism: Advocating for the Inclusion of Non-Binary Language in Spanish and Catalan Language Classes
Bel Olid (University of Chicago) Recording

Panel 4: Portuguese, Italian, English

Strategies for the Use of Gender-Inclusive Language in Portuguese Language Pedagogy
Carlos Pio (University of Pennsylvania) Recording

Advocating for and Implementing Gender-Just Pedagogy within and beyond the Italian Classroom: Case Studies from Australia
Riccardo Amorati and Elena Pirovano (University of Melbourne) Recording

Challenging Frameworks with Teaching Gender-Inclusive English in France
Veronique Perry (Universite de Toulouse III) Recording

Panel 5: Hebrew, and Chinese

Multi-Gender Hebrew: Creating a New Space in the Hebrew Language
Michal Shomer (Multi-Gender Hebrew) Recording

Chinese Language and Gender: Exploring Gender-Inclusive Language Pedagogy
Jun Lang (Pomona College) Recording

Designing Gender-Inclusive Learning Materials for Chinese as a Foreign Language Classrooms
Yanfei Li & Heng Wang (University of Toronto) Recording

3:00 – 4:00 Closing Keynote Speech—Gender-Just In(ter)ventions in the Language Classroom
Kiki Kosnick (Augustana College) Recording

4:00 – 4:15 Closing Remarks

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