Speaking of Language

S16E1 - Jaida Anekwe - Fashion and Diaspora

Jaida Anekwe, President Emeritus of Cornell’s Pan-African Students Association, discusses the organization and their much-celebrated annual fashion show, AFRIK. 

Cornell Chronicle article on AFRIK: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/fashion-show-celebrate-unite-cultures-african-diaspora 

https://www.instagram.com/cornell_pasa

@cornell_pasa

#mnike

Season 16 Teaser

We're back with our Sweet Sixteen season! Join Sam, Angelika, and another dozen-odd guests to talk about the impact of language and culture, from fashion to food, translation to grammar.

S15E14 - Sara Lee - Neurodivergent Language Learners: Needs, Opportunities, and Teaching Strategies

Sara Lee closes out our season discussing strategies for supporting neurodiverse language learners and how these design principles create better learning outcomes for the entire classroom.

Watch Sara's workshop: https://youtu.be/hhB0Bg_3-bw

Neurodiversity reading list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD7TP7FCcSmEt7Jms3hu7Jwi6xBkhRVC/view?usp=sharing

Sara.A.Lee@asu.edu

#Scheidebecher

S15E13 - Katie Fiorella - Cornell Migrations Program

Dr. Katie Fiorella is the director of the Cornell Migrations Program. We discuss the policies and outcomes related to the movement of living things across borders, and learn about how this initiative has developed since we first discussed it in 2020.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/migrations-program 

Subscribe to the Migrations mailing list: https://cornell.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=da35890acf22b2437aeb5bb67&id=c45499fc3f

#oyaore

S15E12 - Andrew Campana & Ashley Griffith - Poetry at the Edge of Media

We celebrate the LRC's annual Sweet Poetry event with two returning guests: poet and Japanese literature and media scholar Andrew Campana, and the LRC's Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Griffith.

 

https://lrc.cornell.edu/sweet-poetry 

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/expanding-verse/paper 

 

“Speaking of Speaking of Language” by Angelika Kraemer

Performed by Angelika Kraemer and Sam Lupowitz

Underscore: “Nordisk Guld” by Simon Bjarning

https://simonbjarning.com

 

#図々しい

#sala

S15E11 - Monti Wilkins - Cornell Language House

We will learn all about Cornell's Language House and how it benefits campus life from residence hall director Monti Wilkins.

https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tonimorrison/home/

https://scl.cornell.edu/residential-life/housing/campus-housing/upper-level-undergraduates/program-houses/language-house

https://lrc.cornell.edu/news/language-house-opens-students-learning-asl

#bonsoir

S15E10 - Daniel Kaufman - Language Documentation and Revitalization

Dr. Daniel Kaufman is the co-founder and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to documenting Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages, supporting linguistic diversity in New York City and beyond. We speak with him about language documentation, community collaboration, and more.

https://www.elalliance.org/

https://languagemap.nyc

Language City book: https://groveatlantic.com/book/language-city/

Facebook/Instagram: @elalliance

#wagübürigu

S15E9 - Olga Verlato - Language and Power in the Middle East and Beyond

We speak with Olga Verlato, a Klarman Fellow in Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences here at Cornell. She talks about the role played by language in history, politics, and education in modern Egypt and the surrounding region.

https://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/olga-verlato 

Additional audio courtesy “Sounds of Cairo.”

https://www.youtube.com/@soundsofcairo4715

#روبابيكيا

S15E8 - Gláucia Silva - Linguistic Perception and Production in Heritage Language

Gláucia Silva follows up on her recent talk, “Linguistic Perception and Production in Heritage Language.”

Instagram: @glauciaumd

#peteca

S15E7 - Blaine & Von Ray - The Fastest Way to Fluency

Blaine and Von Ray discuss TPRS, “Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling,” and the results they’ve had via this method.

https://www.tprsbooks.com/ 

#esobvio

#cariño