Conference Presentations

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2025

1. Dartey, E.A., Makoni, S., Kruze-Alzaidi, L. (2025, July). Framing Applied Linguistics through the lenses of African and Africana Philosophers. Workshop at the 3rd Global Virtual Forum Summer School hosted by Doha Institute of Graduate Studies and Qatar University.

2. Dartey, E.A & Quaynor, P. (2025, March). Teacher-talk in Ghanaian multilingual elementary schools: a case study. Paper presented at the 47th Annual American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Denver, Colorado.

3. The Unbooking Project Group (including Dartey, E.A.) (2025, March). Reimagining knowledge-making: relational accountability and transformation of scholarly and academic practices. Paper presented at the 47th Annual American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Denver, Colorado.

2024

4. Msimango, M. Ozge. D.M., Dartey, E.A. (2024, July). A decolonial perspective towards language-in-education policies in Turkey and South Africa: A comparative case study. Paper presented at the 17th Conference of the Association for Language Awareness, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany.

5. Quaynor, P. & Dartey, E.A. (2024, March). The language paradox: Teachers’ views on language policy in Ghanaian elementary schools. Paper presented at 46th Annual American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Houston, Texas.

6. Hartig, A. J., Wilsey-Gopp, A., Akins, J., Alabede, Y.S., Arora, N.S., Dartey, E.A., Mafofo, L., Makoni, S., Martin, I., Martin-Long, C., Msimango, M.J., Ndlangamandla, C. (2024, March) Towards southernizing Applied Linguistics: An unbooking approach. Colloquium Presentation at 46th Annual American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Houston, Texas.

7. Dartey, E.A. (2024, March). An analysis of language policy discourses in multilingual Ghana. Paper presented at 46th Annual American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Houston, Texas.

2023

8. Quaynor, P. & Dartey, E.A. (2023, November). The discrepancy between policy and practice: Teachers’ perception of language policy in elementary Ghanaian classrooms. Paper presented at the Pennsylvania State University’s College of Education Research Conference, State College, PA.

9.     Mattson, N., McGeary, B., Riehman-Murphy, C., Litzenberg, J., Benton-Monahan, C., Liu, T., Luo, Y., Albawardi, A., Dartey E.A., Alqasem, R., Wan-Chen, T. (2023, May). Sustainable development in an Intensive English Program (IEP): A programmatic and curricular transformation supported by open educational resources. Paper presented at the Affordable Learning PA Program, State College, PA. 

10.  Dartey, E.A. (2023, April). "English is the Lingua Franca of the State!": Decentering and re-envisioning educational language policy in Ghana. Paper presented at the 6th. Pan-African Alliance Annual Conference, State College, PA.

2022

11.  Dartey, E.A. (2022, March). Noun phrase complexity in ESL academic writing: A corpus-based study. Paper presented at the Doctoral Student Forum of the 2022 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Pittsburg, PA.

12.  Dartey, E. A., Lee, J. J., & Rigby, J. (2022, March).  Intradisciplinary variation of passive voice in engineering master's theses. Paper presented at the 44th Annual American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Pittsburg, PA.

2021

13.  Lee, J. J., Rigby, J., & Dartey, E. A. (2021, September). Corpus analysis of passives in master’s theses across engineering disciplines. Paper presented at the 54th British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference hosted by Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

14.  Lee, J.J., Dartey, E.A., & Rigby, J., (2021, July) Use of passive voice in engineering master’s theses: A corpus-based study of five sub-disciplines. Paper presented at the 2021 International Corpus Linguistics Conference hosted by University of Limerick, Ireland.

15.  Lee, J.J., Rigby, J., & Dartey, E.A. (2021, June). Passive voice in engineering master’s theses: A corpus-based Study. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference of the Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association, Hong Kong- SAR.

16.  Dartey, E.A., & Heddi, H.M. (2021, April). Medium of instruction policies in Ghanaian and Tanzanian primary schools: An overview of key issues and recommendations. Paper presented at KFLC: The Languages, Literatures and Cultures Conference hosted by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

17.  Dartey, E.A. (2021, April). A corpus-based study of noun phrase complexity in ESL academic writing. Paper presented at the 2021 Northern Arizona University Graduate Students Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Flagstaff Arizona, USA.

18.  Dartey, E.A. (2021, March). A corpus analysis of modal hedges in physics research articles. Paper presented at the Master’s Student Forum at the TESOL 2021 Virtual International Convention & English Language Expo.  

19.  Dartey, E.A., & Heddi, H.M. (2021, February). Medium of instruction policies in Ghanaian and Tanzanian primary schools: An overview of key issues and recommendations. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Sociolinguistics Symposium hosted by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

20.  Dartey, E.A. (2021, February). An analysis of modal hedges in physics research articles. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Illinois Language and Linguistics Society Meeting hosted by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

2020

21.  Lee, J.J., Rigby, J., & Dartey, E.A. (2020, April). Passives in engineering writing: A corpus-based study. Accepted as a paper presentation at the Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, OH. (Cancelled due to COVID-19).

INVITED TALKS, COLLOQUIA, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS, AND GUEST LECTURES

2025

1. Dartey, E.A. (2025, October). Personhood and Afro-communitarian thought in African philosophy. Guest lecture in Post-Colonial Theory class (AFR/ENG 510). African Studies Program, Penn State (Dr. Sinfree Makoni, Instructor).

2. Dartey, E.A. (2025, September). Transnationalism and language pedagogy: insights from foreign language teachers’ intercultural experiences. Presentation at the Migration Studies Project meeting led by Dr. Suresh Canagarajah (Department of Applied Linguistics, Penn State).

2024

3. Dartey, E.A. (2024, November). Religion in contemporary Africa. Guest lecture in Introduction to Contemporary Africa class (AFR 110). African Studies Program, Penn State (Amazing Natasha Acquaye, Instructor).

4. Dartey, E.A. (2024, April). African traditional religion and African Christianity: continuity and discontinuity. Guest lecture in African in Cinema class (AFR 150). African Studies Program, Penn State (Dr. Irene Momanyi, Instructor).

5. Benton-Monahan, C., Liang Di., Mattson, N., Litzenberg, J., Dartey, E.A. Liu, T. & Luo, Y. (2024, March). Decolonizing inherent coloniality: Innovative approaches to Adult English language teaching programs. A presentation at the Applied Linguistics Roundtable Program in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

6. Dartey, E.A. (2024, January). Reflections on Kwasi Wiredu’s conceptual decolonization in African Philosophy. Guest lecture in Key Issues in African Studies class (AFR 501). African Studies Program, Penn State (Dr. Sinfree Makoni, Instructor).

7. Dartey, E.A. (2024, January). Learning in one’s language: multilingualism and multilingual education in Ghana. Guest lecture in Language and Culture in Africa class (AFR/LING 397). African Studies and Linguistics Programs, Penn State (Dr. Deborah Morton, Instructor).

2023

8. Dartey, E.A. (2023, October). Do’s and Don’ts in editing, reviewing articles and publishing textbooks. Invited panel discussant for SIG emerging scholars’ circle hosted by the Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages (MATSOL).

9. Dartey, E.A. (2023, October). Tradition, religion, and modernity in Africa. Guest lecture in Introduction to Contemporary Africa class (AFR 110). African Studies Program, Penn State. (Dr. Irene Momanyi, Instructor).

10.  Dartey, E.A. (2023, March). Contemporary issues in African religions. Guest lecture in Introduction to Contemporary Africa class (AFR 110). African Studies Program, Penn State. (Dr. Tembi Charles, Instructor).

11.  Dartey, E.A. (2023, February). Re-thinking language-in-education policy in Ghana: Towards multilingual alternatives. Invited talk for the Linguistics Colloquium series. Department of Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens, OH.

2022

12.  Dartey, E.A. (2022, March). Religion in Africa. Guest lecture in Introduction to Contemporary Africa class (AFR 110). African Studies Program, Penn State. (Dr. Irene Momanyi, Instructor).

2021

13.  Dartey, E.A. (2021, October). An introduction to African culture. Guest lecture in Exploring World Cultures class. Bishop Guilfoyle High Schoool, Altoona, PA. (Yanqiong Yang, Instructor).

2020

14.  Dartey, E.A. (2020, September). Discussion on surviving the first year of graduate school. Invited panel discussant for the Linguistics Colloquium series. Department of Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens, OH.

2019

15.  Dartey, E.A. (2019, November). Invited guest for the language matters podcast. Department of Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens, OH.