RT2025

COUNTDOWN TO THE ROUNDTABLE

SLAT Student Association Co-Chairs’ Message

As the boundaries of language research, leadership and education continuously expand, interdisciplinary collaboration has become a necessary driving force informing our practices.

We warmly welcome you to the 24th SLAT Roundtable on Interdisciplinarity in Language Research, Leadership, and Pedagogical Practices, which will be held on February 7-8, 2025 at the University of Arizona. Scholars from all over the world will come together to share ideas, projects and insights on this timely theme.

We are also thrilled to welcome Keynote speaker Dr. Theresa Catalano and Plenary speaker Dr. Béatrice Dupuy who will share their professional insights on how interdisciplinary frameworks can inspire more dynamic and adaptable practices.

Join us as we collectively reflect on how to leverage interdisciplinarity to transform what we (can) do as applied linguists, leaders and educators. We hope that you find this conference a welcoming space to gain new perspectives and to exchange ideas amongst colleagues familiar and new.

Alona Kladieva & Mukaddes Postaci

SLAT Ph.D. Students & SLATSA Co-Chairs

Roundtable Committee's Message

Another year, another… 2-day Roundtable!

This year’s Roundtable Committee (Subin, Bernard, Sara & Lorraine) wishes to express its deepest gratitude to everyone who made this event possible.

A special thank you to Debbie Shon, our amazing SLAT coordinator, for her invaluable guidance and patience throughout the planning and organization of this event. We also extend our thanks to the 2023-2024 Roundtable Committee, Dilara Avcı, Angus Leydic, Gözde Durgut, and Mukkades Coban-Postaci, for generously sharing their work documents and tables, which made our planning process so much smoother. We are deeply grateful to Dr. M’Balia Thomas for offering essential advice on the importance of early preparation. Our heartfelt appreciation goes to Dr. Béatrice Dupuy and Dr. Theresa Catalano for enthusiastically agreeing to speak on our theme Interdisciplinarity in Language Research, Leadership, and Pedagogical Practices. We look forward to listening to you. A big thank you to our fearless moderators and volunteers from SLAT and beyond, who stepped up to help make this event run seamlessly. Finally, we sincerely thank all of our presenters. Some of you have traveled from the far corners of the globe to share your amazing work. This event would not be possible without you.

Let’s Roundtable!

Subin Oh, Bernard Cassie, Sara Matsumura & Lorraine Turpault d’Huvé

SLAT Ph.D. Students & 2024-2025 Roundtable Committee

Contact the Roundtable Committee

Subin Oh (osubin@arizona.edu)

Sara Matsumura (saramats@arizona.edu)

Bernard Cassie (bbcassie@arizona.edu)

Lorraine Turpault d'Huvé (lorrainetdh@arizona.edu)

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Registration.pdf

Land Acknowledgements

As members of the University of Arizona, we would like to acknowledge and thank the Tohono O'odham and Pascua Yaqui peoples upon whose land we are guests here in Tucson as well as the 22 federally recognized Indian tribes in Arizona today.

“The University of Arizona sits on the original homelands of indigenous peoples who have stewarded this land since time immemorial. Aligning with the university’s core value of a diverse and inclusive community, it is an institutional responsibility to recognize and acknowledge the people, culture and history that make up the Wildcat community. At the institutional level, it is important to be proactive in broadening awareness throughout campus to ensure our students feel represented and valued.”

University Land Acknowledgement Statement.

As a land grant institution, the University of Arizona recognizes tribal sovereignty and honors the indigenous homelands of the Tohono O’odham people in which it resides.

-The University of Arizona, Native American Student Affairs (NASA).

The Tohono O’odham are the Desert People of the North American Southwest. As a federally recognized tribe the Tohono O’odham occupy the second largest reservation in the state of Arizona. Tohono O’odham ancestral lands range from the contemporary City of Phoenix to the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Many Tohono O’odham today continuously occupy their ancestral range as they did thousands of years ago in what is today the United States and Mexico. This range includes the City of Tucson Basin where the University of Arizona campus is located.

-The Tohono O’odham Student Association (TOSA) at the University of Arizona.

The Pascua Yaqui people are descendants of the ancient Toltecs from northern Mexico, and originally lived along the Río Yaqui or Yaqui River (Yoem Vatwe) in Sonora, Mexico. Many reside near what iås now southwestTucson continuing to live in the Gila and Santa Cruz River Valleys as they have for hundreds of years with five communities located in southern Arizona.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe webpage.

Today the meeting place of Tucson [O'odham name Cuk son (Chook-son) which translates as 'Black Base' of what is now A Mountain] is still the home to many Indigenous peoples and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work in the community and on this territory.

Arizona Commision of Indian Affairs.