Language Policy Research Network (LPReN)

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Language Policy Research Network 

Covenors: 

  • Sarah CK MOORE, University of Maryland, USA, American Association of Applied Linguistics
  • Francis HULT, University of Maryland Baltimore County, American Association of Applied Linguistics
  • David Cassels JOHNSON, University of Iowa, American Association of Applied Linguistics

Scope (400 words): 

The Language Policy Research Network (LPReN) is an international network of early, mid- and late-career researchers whose scholarship concerns issues related to language policy and planning, the politics of language policy, development and implementation of language policy making, issues of power in the context of language policy making, and exposing hegemonies implicit to language policy and planning. 

It is housed in the Multilingual Research Center in the College of Education at the University of Maryland. The scope is far-reaching, as it involves a listserv of over 850 subscribers hosted by the University of Maryland (lpren@listserv.umd.edu), used for information sharing, event dissemination, Calls for publications, book reviews, and conferences, as well as the AILA World Congress Call for LPReN symposia papers. 

In addition to lively listserv interaction and collaboration among its members, LPReN community constituents benefit from its advisory committee, which is comprised of leading global thought leaders and scholars whose publications, research, and academic endeavors address issues of language policy and planning. The advisory committee convenes annually aligned with the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference. LPReN activities are particularly valuable for early-career scholars because our AILA World Congress Call is open to both members and other newly- emerging, not yet established researchers. Members communicate via the LPReN listserv. Since 2008, LPReN has hosted panels at AILA World Congresses. Three well-attended half-day panel sessions were held at the 2024 AILA World Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Highlight of 3 scientific ReN works during the previous period:

    • Hornberger, N. H., & Hult, F. M. (2022). Educational linguistics. Routledge.
  •  Johnson, D.C. & Johnson, E. (2022). The Language Gap: Normalizing Deficit Ideologies. Routledge.
  • Moore, S. C. K. (2021). A history of bilingual education: Examining the politics of language policymaking. Multilingual Matters.

Some members: 

  • Peter Backhaus, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Jeff Bale, OISE, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • David Block, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelon, Spain
  • Theodorus du Plessis, University of the Free State, South Africa
  • Patsy Duff, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Gregory Paul Glasgow, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan
  • Nancy H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Francis M. Hult, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
  • David Cassels Johnson, University of Iowa, USA
  • Kendall A. King, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • Karen E. Lillie, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, New York, USA
  • Angel Lin, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • Reynaldo F. Macías, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Jeff MacSwan, University of Maryland College Park, USA
  • Sarah CK Moore, University of Maryland College Park, USA
  • Anik Nandi, University of Leiden, Netherlands
  • Sonja Novak- Lukanovič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Vaidehi Ramanathan, University of California, Davis, California, USA
  • Dónall Ó Riagáin, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
  • Thomas Ricento, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Kristof Savski, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand
  • Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Christopher Stroud, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Roland Terborg, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
  • James W. Tollefson, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • Humphrey Tonkin, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • Li Wei, University College of London, UK
  • Terrence G. Wiley, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
  • Wayne E. Wright, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA