This article examines the recent Executive Order declaring English the official language of the United States, placing it within a long history of English-only policies and their effects on multilingual learners. It argues that, despite claims of national unity, the order weakens language access protections and signals a return to restrictive, subtractive approaches that have historically marginalized non-English languages. The analysis highlights the potential consequences f

“Borderlands, Identity, and Translanguaging Stance in Language Teacher Education”  is a chapter published in the edited volume Decolonizing Language Teacher Education: Voices from the Global North and Global South . Drawing on empirical research with bilingual teacher candidates at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in the Midwest, the chapter examines translanguaging as a critical, decolonial pedagogical stance in language teacher education. It highlights how bilingual tea

This research article, Design-Based Research to Promote Language Equity in Teacher Education, was published in October 2023 in Elevating the Role of Creativity, Identity, & Voice in Literacy, the 44th Yearbook of the Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (ALER). This volume centers creativity, identity, and voice as humanizing responses to current social, political, and educational challenges, highlighting scholarship that advances equity and justice in literacy res