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The University of Arizona is hiring for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor to serve as Director of the French Basic Language Program beginning August 2026.

Applications due November 14, 2025.

arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Please share widely. 💜

[I'm not on the search committee.]

Solidarity Infrastructures in DDFC and DDGC — The DDGC Collective Ervin Malakaj introduces a collection of contributions reflecting about the labor of solidarity work, the building of infrastructures for collectivity, and the impasses as well as the urgency associat...

Check out the series of DDGC Blog posts on solidarity infrastructures in our collective and the work of our comrades over at @ddfccollective.bsky.social. On the joys and the pain of community organizing at times of intersecting crises. More on series here:

www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/so...

Studying abroad? Have studied abroad? Trans/NB/Gender Trans non-compliant? Research Participants needed! A queer-led dissertation on gender, language and power Takes ~15 minutes for survey! Complete the survey to enter a 50 gift card raffle! Find the Study Survey https:/ ttps://bit.ly/ALDiss /ALDiss Additional compensation for interview(s)! T Scan me Questions? Contact: leydic@arizona.edu leydic@ An Institutional Review Board responsible for research University Arizona reviewed research praject prajectand found acceptable, according applicable state and federal regulations and University policies designed protect the rights and welfare of participantsi inresearch.

Are you trans and/or nonbinary (in the broadest sense of these terms)? Have you studied abroad or are you considering studying abroad in the future?

Please check out my awesome advisee's dissertation study.

[Please share widely with your networks 💜]

Thank you! :)

If you were registered to join the We support Us hour today, please forgive us we had a snafu and are starting late. Come back to zoom and we will be there now 💜

Hi Rachel, thanks for putting this together! We'd love to be added to the starter pack.

French Studies starter pack! Let me know if you want to be added!

go.bsky.app/KLzQfpg

Thank you to everyone who has been continuing to help us find people here who share in our commitments! 🤍

@krisknisely.bsky.social is organising a wonderful "event" - see the call here⤵️
(and if you know language teachers, please feel free to share).

There's still time to submit an abstract to #LavLang31 ! 💜

Journal of Haitian Studies - Special Issue: Call for Abstracts (Mar. 30, 2025) Our issue, “‘Citizens of the World’: Haitian Mobilities and Futurities across the Americas,” engages with the demand by the Critical Refugee Studies Collective (2022) to place (re)situate refugee epis...

Special Issue: Journal of Haitian Studies - ‘Citizens of the World/Citoyens du monde/Sitwayen Mond Lan/Ciudadanos del Mundo’: Haitian Mobilities and Futurities across the Americas'

www.haitianstudies.org/2025/02/jour...

#Haiti @haitianstudies.bsky.social @haitisupportgroup.bsky.social

Last week, we launched our #MutualAid 101 Learning Series.

We were fortunate to have organizer, writer & teacher
@deanspade.bsky.social lead the first session!

In this episode of our podcast The Response, we're sharing the full recording:

🎧 www.shareable.net/response/mut...

Please continue to share! Lots of space left in this professional learning/working group! :) #LangChat #LanguageTeacher #Languages #ProfessionalDevelopment #OER

Language teachers: Want free materials that are trans-affirming & gender-just? Join an online professional community to learn more about gender justice & collaboratively make them! I'm looking for teachers of languages other than English who would like to participate in a online professional community April 1-May 6 focused on deepening our understandings of gender-just language pedagogies and collaboratively creating open educational resources in the languages we teach, with support from researchers in trans applied linguistics and trans/nonbinary language experts. There is no cost to participate and 20 educators who take part in the learning community, create 1 or more OER to share, and take an exit survey will receive $100. Do you qualify? 1. Do you teach a language other than English (at any level, K-16)? 2. Do you have an interest in trans-affirming, gender-just language education? 3. Would you like to make professional connections with other language teachers and community experts? 4. Would you like to co-create open educational resources (OERs) including trans and nonbinary ways of doing language? April 1-May 6, 2025. Estimated 10-15 hours. Flexible scheduling. Free/$100: 20 educators who take part in the free learning community, create 1+ OER to share, & take an exit survey will receive $100. Fill out a short interest form or ask questions: https://bit.ly/GenderJustPLONS

ISO Language teachers for gender justice

Are you a language teacher who wants to learn more about gender justice & collaboratively make free resources to support the teaching and learning of nonbinary ways of doing languages other than English?

Interest form: bit.ly/GenderJustPL...

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Thank you to everyone who has been helping us find DDFC-ers and our other dear colleagues and friends in this new (to us) space. 🤍

On Wednesdays, we listen to #SpeakingOfLanguage. 🎙

Kris Knisely expands on his recent talk about gender justice in language education.

Listen in & like us!

https://lrc.cornell.edu/podcast

#pamplemousse

@krisknisely.bsky.social

[P.S. An invitation for language educators is soon to follow, stay tuned!]

ISO Trans/Nonbinary (Non-English) Language Experts. Want to help make free trans-inclusive resources for language learning and get paid for your expertise? I’m looking for people to participate in an online professional learning network April 1-May 6 who are in-community and can bring their language and cultural knowledge to help us collaboratively develop free language education materials. Do you qualify? 1. Are you trans/nonbinary (in the broadest sense of these terms)? 2. Are you at least 18 years of age or older? 3. Do you know a language other than English? 4. Would you like to work with a language teacher to create trans-inclusive open educational resources? April 1-May 6, 2025 10 hours Flexible Scheduling. If matched with a teacher, you will receive $250 compensation for co-creating an educational resource. Fill out a short interest form or ask questions: https://bit.ly/TLangExpert

ISO Trans/nonbinary people to hire as (non-English) language experts

Are you trans and know a language other than English? I'm looking for people who are in-community and want to collaboratively develop free language learning materials.

Interest form: bit.ly/TLangExpert

Please share!

Our Mission The DDFC is a forum that aims to foster conversation about French & Francophone studies, with a focus on diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice, and to empower scholars and practitioners....

You can learn more about our community and the commitments we share here: ddfccollective.weebly.com/our-mission....

To remain up-to-date on our activities and events, please consider becoming a DDFC member (free).

DDFC Mission We, the Diversity, Decolonization, & the French Curriculum (DDFC), are a collective of scholars, educators, and learners who aim to challenge –through our teaching, scholarship, and service– oppression in all its forms, in the classroom and beyond. We reject: ​ Racialization: encompassing racism, anti-Black sentiments, color biases, ethnic cleansing, settler colonial legacies, erasure of Indigenous cultures, and the reinforcement of white supremacy; Regimes of embodiment: dictating normative expectations around gender, sexuality, and ability that restrict possibilities and reify binaries, (cis)sexism, homophobia, and ableism; Regulation of modes of expression: manifested in language biases, discrimination based on accents, native speakerism, suppression of non-dominant languages, and emphasis on academic pedigree; Socio-economic disparities and hierarchies: established through distinctions in class, caste systems, educational hierarchies, and reflected in wealth gaps, burdens of debt, cycles of poverty, systemic precarity, competitive mindset driven by neoliberalism, the glorification of meritocracy, and the devaluation of certain skills; Systems of civic order: shaped by concepts like citizenship, nationalism, vulnerability linked to legal status, and the propagation of fear targeting minoritized communities. ​We are committed to actively combatting the perpetuation of these inequalities through fostering equity, dismantling systemic barriers, promoting inclusivity, and supporting bodily autonomy and a right to self-definition. From: https://ddfccollective.weebly.com/our-mission.html

#DDFC is a collective of language scholar-educators & learners in French & Francophone Studies who are committed to challenging oppression in all of its forms. We're built by & for those marginalized in & by our field. Repost & follow to help us (re)connect with people who share our commitments? 🤍