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education, work overseas COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus

are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024 PLU French professor Rebecca Wilkin wins the 2024 Translation Prize June 7, 2024

and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024 PLU French professor Rebecca Wilkin wins the 2024 Translation Prize June 7, 2024

middle schoolers managed to propose a few mean-spirited words that were new even to college students: one of which was the word “Ratchet.” I’m proud of our students for this campaign, and while we might pat ourselves on the back for such efforts, the fact that they are needed is an indication that our work as a community, and as an educational institution, is nowhere near complete.  While the My Language, My Choice campaign seemed like a pretty robust response to issues of diversity in our campus

and returning adults, and to viewers new to Austen. There are many such adaptations. I will be more enthusiastic about adaptations that offer female and female-identifying students a portrayal of mature women that is funny, sensual, and complex, that gives them something to look forward to, something more than a girl with a rabbit. Many thanks to Christian Gerzso, Danielle Spratt, Elsa Kienberger, Madeline Scully, Misty Krueger, and Katherine Wiley for going down this rabbit hole with me and

our teaching assistants and students seeking certification. In a university context, teaching language must be recognized and rewarded as a professional option on the same level as teaching literature. Textbooks must eliminate sexist bias, and new textbooks incorporating the results of non-sexist linguistic and methodological research must be made available.  Our research needs to move in the direction of non-infantilizing teaching methods. Research on linguistics in the target language should