Linguistic Justice Learning Community: Informational Session Online
This is an informational session about the Linguistic Justice Learning Community, which will meet bi-weekly in Fall 2025. This OFASD-sponsored learning community is co-facilitated by Amanda Hawks (The Writing Center) and Bethany Meadows (Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation). This session will introduce key concepts around language, identity, and power in the classroom and offer a preview of what participants can expect from the learning community for this academic year, including topics of discussion, interdisciplinary readings, and community norms. Open to educators across all disciplines, this collaborative space will culminate by the end of the year in the creation of a practical toolkit for implementing linguistic justice in diverse educational contexts.
Register at this link to attend!
Upon completion of this learning experience, participants will be able to:
- Understand the purpose, structure, and goals of the Linguistic Justice Learning Community
- Assess their own interest and readiness to participate in a sustained, year-long professional learning experience focused on linguistic justice pedagogy
- Ask questions and receive clarity about time commitment, expectations, and outcomes—including the co-creation of a Linguistic Justice Toolkit.
- Date:
- Friday, September 19, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://msu.zoom.us/j/94897916910
- Audience:
- Educator Network Future Faculty In-Class Educators
- Categories:
- Community of Practice DEIB & Student Success Designing Courses Educator Networking External Partners Interdisciplinary Learning Online Session
About the Linguistic Justice Learning Community:
Language, which is deeply tied to identity, is central to teaching and learning. Yet, educational policies and practices often privilege Mainstream, “standard academic” American English while systematically devaluing diverse linguistic identities. This OFASD-sponsored learning community invites educators to critically engage with the principles of linguistic justice (Baker-Bell), examining how language intersects with power, identity, and equity in the classroom and curricula. In higher education, linguistic justice calls for pedagogical and institutional shifts that affirm diverse linguistic identities, challenge language-based discrimination, and create spaces where students can fully engage in learning without being penalized for their linguistic backgrounds. Through interdisciplinary readings, discussion, and shared practices, participants will examine strategies for fostering inclusive linguistic environments that honor students’ full linguistic repertoires. This community offers a collaborative space to reflect, learn, and implement pedagogical approaches that advance linguistic justice in higher education and is open to educators across all disciplines. By the end of the year-long learning community, participants will collaboratively compose a tangible toolkit creation that is focused on interdisciplinary implementation of linguistic justice.
Register at this link to attend!