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Conference Theme: Languages, Cultures and Literacies in the Context of Social Justice

Indiana University School of Education


The Second International Conference on Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (ICLCLE) is a multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary event that will bring together researchers, educators, scholars, instructors, practitioners, activists, and graduate students from around the world. This international conference includes research, pedagogy and practice about diverse issues in languages, cultures and literacies in education. The participants in this conference will be involved in local and global dialogue and exchange of ideas, research, and experiences on the themes of the event. 

Selected articles will be published in the new electronic peer-reviewed International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (IJLCLE).

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ICLCLE 2020 Organizing Committee
Beth Lewis Samuelson (Co-Chair), Serafin Coronel-Molina (Co-Chair), Jeannette Armstrong, Ebrahim Bamanger, Suparna Bose, Xin Chen, Whitney Dubrulle, Amani Gashan, Lindsay Herron, Maria Lisak, Brandon Locke, Erin McNeill, Simon Pierre Munyaneza

Literacy, Culture and Language Education Faculty
Serafin Coronel-Molina, Marcus Croom, Sharon Daley, James Damico, Mary Beth Hines, Carmen Medina, Martha Nyikos, Beth Lewis Samuelson, Karen Wohlwend

Literacy, Culture and Language Education Administrators
Laura J. Robinson, Chanel Stickles
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Saturday, October 24 • 9:00am - 9:30am
PAPER: Identity Construction in Latina Students

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This article illuminates a literacy educator’s efforts to engage Latina adult university students with writing authentic texts in which they critically reflect on their life experiences. This study describes how critical autobiographies – by providing engaging opportunities for the writing process – also served as an initiator to articulate aspirant’s difficult life experiences. The autobiographies are analyzed utilizing Howard and Alamilla (2015) perspectives on gender identities (essentialism, socialization, social construction and structuralism). The findings help connect with prior research that when students are allowed to write about their cultural experiences, they are – (1) able to express their inadequacies and struggles using life experiences within their families and communities, (2) reveal multiple aspects of their cultural identities as Latina.
Presenters
avatar for Kalpana Iyengar

Kalpana Iyengar

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at San Antonio
I am originally from India and I have lived in the US for 28 years. I love to travel, read, and attend the theater. I have two wonderful children. My son, Mohan was accepted into the Veterinary Medicine program at the Texas A&M University, College Station. My daughter, Gowri is at... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2020 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Virtual Room 1
  Individual Paper, Identity Construction, Autobiography

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