New Book by Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller is the co-editor of a new book, Extending Applied Linguistics for Social Impact, from Bloomsbury. Drawing on–but also extending–the theories and methods of applied linguistics, thecollection demonstrates how scholars of language might work together and with non-language specialists to address pressing concerns and issues of our time. Chapters explore efforts to recognize the legitimacy of stigmatized language varieties in public and institutional domains, museum-based science education for linguistically diverse children, how corpus analysis might illuminate the tension between the language choices and commitments of certain leaders, the embodied and artistic forms of meaning-making that challenge norms of Whiteness, and the transformative power of translanguaging in community-based theater. This is an important collection in terms of linguistic equity in the delivery of healthcare in multi-lingual communities; whether dealing with refugees, immigrants, or diverse linguistic communities the essay speak to the impact of linguistics on social justice. Congratulations to Prof. Miller and her co-editor, Doris S. Warriner at Arizona State.