Alice Y. Lee
@draliceylee.bsky.social
UC Riverside, School of Education is creating a NEW Counseling program and we are looking for a Director to begin to dream and build with us!! PLEASE share this and encourage folx to apply. If you have any questions, please feel free to message me!
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02023
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02023
Associate Professor or Associate Professor of Teaching and Program Director in the area of Counseling
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucr.edu
February 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
UC Riverside, School of Education is creating a NEW Counseling program and we are looking for a Director to begin to dream and build with us!! PLEASE share this and encourage folx to apply. If you have any questions, please feel free to message me!
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02023
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02023
Reposted by Alice Y. Lee
I want to add that even before we reached out to have @draliceylee.bsky.social host that I was doing a lot of reading and came across her article "Why “Correcting” African American Language Speakers is Counterproductive," which I recommend! 💖
Q6: Who are the scholars or practitioners you would recommend to further honor and learn about Black Language? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I want to add that even before we reached out to have @draliceylee.bsky.social host that I was doing a lot of reading and came across her article "Why “Correcting” African American Language Speakers is Counterproductive," which I recommend! 💖
Reposted by Alice Y. Lee
To learn more about Black Language, check out www.blacklanguagesyl... edited by Dr. April Baker-Bell and Dr. Carmen Kynard. #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
To learn more about Black Language, check out www.blacklanguagesyl... edited by Dr. April Baker-Bell and Dr. Carmen Kynard. #literacies
Reposted by Alice Y. Lee
Thank you for joining us tonight! For further reading, read this article by Dr. Lee (tinyurl.com/DrLeeArt...) titled “The Science of Language and Anti-Blackness: Accounting for Black Language in Reading Instruction, Interventions, and Assessment" #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Thank you for joining us tonight! For further reading, read this article by Dr. Lee (tinyurl.com/DrLeeArt...) titled “The Science of Language and Anti-Blackness: Accounting for Black Language in Reading Instruction, Interventions, and Assessment" #literacies
Reposted by Alice Y. Lee
You can also read this blog post featuring Dr. Lee’s expertise about why correcting Black Language doesn’t help students. tinyurl.com/DrLeeBlo... #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
You can also read this blog post featuring Dr. Lee’s expertise about why correcting Black Language doesn’t help students. tinyurl.com/DrLeeBlo... #literacies
A6 (part 2): In addition to these scholars and those featured on the site, I also follow the work of Drs. Gloria Boutte, Brittany Frieson, Sonja Lanehart, and Anne Charity Hudley. #literacies
Q6: Who are the scholars or practitioners you would recommend to further honor and learn about Black Language? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A6 (part 2): In addition to these scholars and those featured on the site, I also follow the work of Drs. Gloria Boutte, Brittany Frieson, Sonja Lanehart, and Anne Charity Hudley. #literacies
A6 (part 1): www.blacklanguagesyllabus.com was created by Dr. April Baker-Bell and Dr. Carmen Kynard and is an amazing resource that features so many important Black Language scholars, including the voice of Dr. Teaira McMurtry! #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A6 (part 1): www.blacklanguagesyllabus.com was created by Dr. April Baker-Bell and Dr. Carmen Kynard and is an amazing resource that features so many important Black Language scholars, including the voice of Dr. Teaira McMurtry! #literacies
A5 (part 3): However, given the reparations still owed to Black communities, a good principle is to give more than you receive. #literacies
Q5: Uplifting Black Language is not only the job of Black folks. How can non-Black people uplift Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A5 (part 3): However, given the reparations still owed to Black communities, a good principle is to give more than you receive. #literacies
A5 (part 2): The 1st step is always educating yourself. But sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know. This is where being in community with Black communities is important–not just to learn (a form of taking), but also to serve and give within your capacity. #literacies
Q5: Uplifting Black Language is not only the job of Black folks. How can non-Black people uplift Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A5 (part 2): The 1st step is always educating yourself. But sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know. This is where being in community with Black communities is important–not just to learn (a form of taking), but also to serve and give within your capacity. #literacies
A5 (part 1): I have an article coming out next year entitled, “Taking Off My Shoes”: Entering Black Educational Advocacy as a Chinese American Scholar Seeking Justice and Solidarity, in which I get into much more detail about my journey into this work. #literacies
Q5: Uplifting Black Language is not only the job of Black folks. How can non-Black people uplift Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A5 (part 1): I have an article coming out next year entitled, “Taking Off My Shoes”: Entering Black Educational Advocacy as a Chinese American Scholar Seeking Justice and Solidarity, in which I get into much more detail about my journey into this work. #literacies
A4 (part 3): We need non-Black teachers of color and White teachers to also be on the frontlines advocating for Black Language and fighting against white supremacist practices
in schools and society. Black Language speakers deserve the right to use their mother tongue to learn! #literacies.
in schools and society. Black Language speakers deserve the right to use their mother tongue to learn! #literacies.
Q4: What are barriers and challenges to honoring Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A4 (part 3): We need non-Black teachers of color and White teachers to also be on the frontlines advocating for Black Language and fighting against white supremacist practices
in schools and society. Black Language speakers deserve the right to use their mother tongue to learn! #literacies.
in schools and society. Black Language speakers deserve the right to use their mother tongue to learn! #literacies.
A4 (part 2): While I believe all teachers need education and professional development, my own research explores the important linguistic assets Black teachers bring to classrooms. We need bilingual Black Language-speaking teachers who can leverage the language for learning. #literacies
Q4: What are barriers and challenges to honoring Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A4 (part 2): While I believe all teachers need education and professional development, my own research explores the important linguistic assets Black teachers bring to classrooms. We need bilingual Black Language-speaking teachers who can leverage the language for learning. #literacies
A4 (part 1): There are too many to name here! But to start, we need wide education that Black Language is a real language in all teacher preparation and in schools. We also need all communities to advocate for societal acceptance of Black Language. #literacies
Q4: What are barriers and challenges to honoring Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A4 (part 1): There are too many to name here! But to start, we need wide education that Black Language is a real language in all teacher preparation and in schools. We also need all communities to advocate for societal acceptance of Black Language. #literacies
A3 (part 4): Our space was imbued with love from Dr. Carmen Kynard and Dr. Teaira McMurtry as guest speakers and who have been critical in helping me build the Consortium! #literacies
Q3: What are ways that you have or would like to celebrate Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A3 (part 4): Our space was imbued with love from Dr. Carmen Kynard and Dr. Teaira McMurtry as guest speakers and who have been critical in helping me build the Consortium! #literacies
A3 (part 3): From it, I created the Black Language Research Consortium with my students, and the space in each classroom was powerful! So much so that I’ve co-authored about it with my students and we’re moving the work into our communities. #literacies
Q3: What are ways that you have or would like to celebrate Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A3 (part 3): From it, I created the Black Language Research Consortium with my students, and the space in each classroom was powerful! So much so that I’ve co-authored about it with my students and we’re moving the work into our communities. #literacies
A3 (part 2): As a teacher educator, I’ve taught and written about how I’ve centered Black Language in literacy methods courses. After coming to UCR, I had the honor of creating the 1st Black Language course in partnership with the Black Studies department. #literacies
Q3: What are ways that you have or would like to celebrate Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A3 (part 2): As a teacher educator, I’ve taught and written about how I’ve centered Black Language in literacy methods courses. After coming to UCR, I had the honor of creating the 1st Black Language course in partnership with the Black Studies department. #literacies
A3 (part 1): I began imagining and playing with what honoring Black Language might look like in the classroom as a 5th grade teacher. I wasn’t satisfied with what I had come up with before I left the classroom, so I’ve continued this journey for the last decade. #literacies
Q3: What are ways that you have or would like to celebrate Black Language in the classroom? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A3 (part 1): I began imagining and playing with what honoring Black Language might look like in the classroom as a 5th grade teacher. I wasn’t satisfied with what I had come up with before I left the classroom, so I’ve continued this journey for the last decade. #literacies
A2 (part 3): Many Black students are already bilingual in White Mainstream English and Black Language. To foster bilingualism, encourage a translanguaging classroom. #literacies
Q2 2/2: A common reaction to this topic is, “Don’t we still have to learn standard English?” What are your thoughts? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A2 (part 3): Many Black students are already bilingual in White Mainstream English and Black Language. To foster bilingualism, encourage a translanguaging classroom. #literacies
A2 (part 2): Seeing Black students as struggling to learn “standard English” is a homegrown problem in this country. Also, go to: www.pbs.org/speak/seatos... to see why “standard English” is not linguistically legit. #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A2 (part 2): Seeing Black students as struggling to learn “standard English” is a homegrown problem in this country. Also, go to: www.pbs.org/speak/seatos... to see why “standard English” is not linguistically legit. #literacies
A2 (part 1): This is a common reaction because white supremacist norms frame Black people with language deficits. We never imagine the opposite–that they can be bilingual, multilingual. Multilingualism is normal for Black people, globally. #literacies
Q2 2/2: A common reaction to this topic is, “Don’t we still have to learn standard English?” What are your thoughts? #literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A2 (part 1): This is a common reaction because white supremacist norms frame Black people with language deficits. We never imagine the opposite–that they can be bilingual, multilingual. Multilingualism is normal for Black people, globally. #literacies
A1 (part 2): Now, I continue to seek and build spaces where I can still be surrounded by Black Language and people. I have created the Black Language Research Consortium, which is comprised on UCR students and alum, as well as local teachers and community members. #literacies
Q2 1/2: What is Black Language? #Literacies
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January 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A1 (part 2): Now, I continue to seek and build spaces where I can still be surrounded by Black Language and people. I have created the Black Language Research Consortium, which is comprised on UCR students and alum, as well as local teachers and community members. #literacies
A1 (part 1): In addition to pioneering and leading Black Language scholars, so much of what I have and continue to learn about the language is from my students. As a public school teacher, I was immersed in the language for years. #literacies
Q2 1/2: What is Black Language? #Literacies
January 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A1 (part 1): In addition to pioneering and leading Black Language scholars, so much of what I have and continue to learn about the language is from my students. As a public school teacher, I was immersed in the language for years. #literacies
I’m so excited for this event ❤️ #literacies
Tomorrow’s #literacies chat on “Honoring Black Language in the Classroom” will take place at 5pm/8pm. Join us!
January 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I’m so excited for this event ❤️ #literacies
Reposted by Alice Y. Lee
Ready for our next #literacies chat? Please join us in one week for our chat where we consider “Honoring Black Language in the Classroom” hosted by Dr. Alice Y. Lee (@draliceylee.bsky.social)!
January 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ready for our next #literacies chat? Please join us in one week for our chat where we consider “Honoring Black Language in the Classroom” hosted by Dr. Alice Y. Lee (@draliceylee.bsky.social)!
Reposted by Alice Y. Lee
Special Announcement! We hope to see you at our next #literacies chat in Jan (5 pm PT | 8 pm EST) where we’ll discuss: “Honoring Black Language in the Classroom” with Dr. Alice Y. Lee. See you there!
November 27, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Special Announcement! We hope to see you at our next #literacies chat in Jan (5 pm PT | 8 pm EST) where we’ll discuss: “Honoring Black Language in the Classroom” with Dr. Alice Y. Lee. See you there!