Multilingual Leadership in TESOL (Paperback)

Multilingual Leadership in TESOL addresses issues related to leadership by and for multilingual individuals in the field. Chapters in this edited volume provide a strong theoretical grounding for multilingual leadership, use case studies and autoethnographies to showcase multilingual leaders’ backgrounds, and discuss challenges and opportunities for current and future leaders in TESOL. Presenting a wide view of leadership development in the field, this book includes contributions from top scholars from over a dozen countries, ethnicities and language backgrounds.

Bringing together the dual focus on multilingualism and leadership, this is essential reading for scholars, researchers and future leaders in TESOL and applied linguistics.

Ethan Trinh, Ph.D. (they/them) is an associate director of the Atlanta Global Studies Center. As a Vietnamese queer immigrant, Ethan enjoys thinking with emotions, gender, and language, explores how to embrace queerness as healing teaching and research practices, and walks with their doggies.

Luciana C. de Oliveira (Ph.D.) is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies in the School of Education and Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on issues related to teaching K-12 multilingual learners. She is a Past President of TESOL International Association.

Ali Fuad Selvi is an Assistant Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics in the MA TESOL Program at the Department of English at the University of Alabama. His research interests include Global Englishes; issues related to (in)equity, professionalism, marginalization, and discrimination in TESOL; and critical language teacher education.