Date
November 14, 2025
November
14
Erickson Hall KIVA
2025 Graduate Student Symposium
Graduate Student Symposium on Engaged Multilingual Pedagogy and Intersectionality
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There will be two poster presentation sessions:
10:45am - 11:30am
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Professor Emerita, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Translanguaging and Language Education
Ofelia García is Professor Emerita in the Ph.D. programs of Urban Education and of Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures (LAILAC) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Among her best-known books are Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective and Translanguaging; Language, Bilingualism and Education (with Li Wei). García’s extensive publication record on bilingualism and the education of bilinguals is grounded in her life experience living in New York City after leaving Cuba at the age of 11, teaching language minority students bilingually, educating bilingual and ESL teachers, and working with doctoral students researching these topics.
Jon Wargo
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
From Plates and Pages to Food and Funds of Identity: Tracing Young Children's Intertextual Moves in Making Meal Memoirs
Jon Michael Wargo is a literacy researcher, teacher educator, and learning scientist. His research reconceptualizes the role of media and technology as it intersects with children's and youths' critical literacy learning. His current work takes up these commitments through examining learning across a range of learning environments (e.g., a STEM + dramatic arts youth conservatory, K-12 classrooms, place-based community engagement studios) and with a host of stakeholders (e.g., youth, families, teaching artists, museum educators, neighborhood associations).
Sponsored by the College of Arts & Letters Engaged Pedagogy and Programming Fund from the College of Inclusive Practices Committee, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Chicano/Latino Studies.
10:45am - 11:30am
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Speakers:
Ofelia GarcíaProfessor Emerita, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Translanguaging and Language Education
Ofelia García is Professor Emerita in the Ph.D. programs of Urban Education and of Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures (LAILAC) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Among her best-known books are Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective and Translanguaging; Language, Bilingualism and Education (with Li Wei). García’s extensive publication record on bilingualism and the education of bilinguals is grounded in her life experience living in New York City after leaving Cuba at the age of 11, teaching language minority students bilingually, educating bilingual and ESL teachers, and working with doctoral students researching these topics.
Jon Wargo
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
From Plates and Pages to Food and Funds of Identity: Tracing Young Children's Intertextual Moves in Making Meal Memoirs
Jon Michael Wargo is a literacy researcher, teacher educator, and learning scientist. His research reconceptualizes the role of media and technology as it intersects with children's and youths' critical literacy learning. His current work takes up these commitments through examining learning across a range of learning environments (e.g., a STEM + dramatic arts youth conservatory, K-12 classrooms, place-based community engagement studios) and with a host of stakeholders (e.g., youth, families, teaching artists, museum educators, neighborhood associations).
Sponsored by the College of Arts & Letters Engaged Pedagogy and Programming Fund from the College of Inclusive Practices Committee, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Chicano/Latino Studies.
Time
9:00 AM - 3:20 PM
Location
Erickson Hall KIVA