LINGUIST List 22.4054 Mon Oct 17 2011 Confs: Anthroling, Socioling, Applied Ling/USA Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Netta Avineri , UCLA Applied Linguistics Public Conference on Language & Migration Message 1: UCLA Applied Linguistics Public Conference on Language & Migration Date: 17-Oct-2011 From: Netta Avineri <uclalingdiversityconferencegmail.com> Subject: UCLA Applied Linguistics Public Conference on Language & Migration E-mail this message to a friend UCLA Applied Linguistics Public Conference on Language & Migration Date: 04-Nov-2011 - 04-Nov-2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Contact: Netta Avineri Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: https://sites.google.com/site/languageandmigrationconference/home Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: Building upon last year's public conference on Linguistic Diversity in American Classrooms organized partly in response to language-based discrimination in Arizona, during this year's conference scholars, students, educators, practitioners, and community members will discuss language-based research, professional perspectives, and personal experiences on migration as seen through the lens of language. The ultimate goal of the UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics is to promote civic engagement within our communities, incorporating diverse perspectives into well-informed and meaningful dialogue. 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast 9 am Conference Welcome 9:30 am Zuriana 'Ani' Zonneveld (Muslims for Progressive Values) 10 am Dr. Min Zhou (UCLA Sociology) 10:30 am Dr. Marjorie Orellana (UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies) and Sarah Jean Johnson (UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies) 11 am Keynote Speaker Dr. Ana Celia Zentella (UCSD Ethnic Studies) 12 pm Heritage Voices Panel (Dr. Olga Kagan, National Heritage Language Resource Center and UCLA Center for World Languages, presenter and moderator; Shetha Hamad, CSU San Bernadino; Shushan Karapetian, UCLA Near Eastern Languages and Cultures; Katya Moore, UCLA Applied Linguistics; Rey Rodriguez, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International) Lunch (Provided) 1 pm (Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge) 2 pm Dr. Patricia Gandara (UCLA Education) and Dr. Cecilia Rios-Aguilar (Claremont Graduate University School of Education Studies) 2:30 pm Veronica Flores Malagon and Brenda Gonzalez (Centro Latino for Literacy) 3:00 pm Dr. Olga Griswold (CSU Pomona English and Foreign Languages) 3:30 pm Dr. Jin Sook Lee (UCSB Graduate School of Education) 4 pm Keynote Speaker Dr. Terrence Wiley (Center for Applied Linguistics, Arizona State University) 5 pm Reception (Rolfe 1301) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 17-Oct-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.