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Session Type: Paper Session
This session explores how language, culture, and policy shape belonging for immigrant and multilingual students. Papers trace evolving perspectives on bilingualism, reveal how religious and political discourses normalize whiteness in New Mexico, and show how California schools navigate newcomer integration. A duo-autoethnography from Tanzania reimagines multilingual futures, while research on restorative conflict resolution highlights cultural nuance. These studies expose borders of belonging and possibilities for inclusion.
Bilingualism and Cultural Competence: A Systematic Review of Trends, Methodologies, and Evolving Perspectives - Arwa Alkhawaja, San Diego State University; Christopher Brum, San Diego State University
Religious and Political Discourse on Immigration: A Case Study of a Red-Zone Community in New Mexico - Jenna Doane, The University of New Mexico; Yi-Shan Li, The University of Texas System
Education Policies and the Structural Exclusion of Newcomers Immigrant Students in California - Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, University of California - Santa Barbara
Reclaiming Voice, Resisting Silence: Reimagining Multilingual Futures through a Duo-autoethnographic Study of Tanzania’s Language-in-Education Policy - Donather Daudi Magabe, University of North Carolina - Greensboro; Scholastika Paul Massawe, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Restorative Conflict Resolution with Multilingual Students: Beyond Translation - Tina Ahmadi, Ball State University; Kiah Taylor, Ball State University; Serena J. Salloum, Ball State University