Greyson Xiao
@gengqixiao.bsky.social
PhD student in SLA at UW-Madison exploring language, race, & power in education; he/他; 🇨🇳🏳️🌈
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In my latest blog post I think through how ICE agents targeting immersion schools in Minneapolis connect to a broader collapse of neoliberal multiculturalism and what we should do about it.
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ICE, Immersion Schools and the Collapse of Neoliberal Multiculturalism
According to media reports and social media posts, ICE agents, as part of their ongoing siege on Minneapolis, appear to be specifically targeting Spanish and Chinese immersion preschools and elemen…
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January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
In my latest blog post I think through how ICE agents targeting immersion schools in Minneapolis connect to a broader collapse of neoliberal multiculturalism and what we should do about it.
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/i...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/i...
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So proud of my doctoral student Gengqi Xiao! His new article “Translanguaging Silence and Humor” just published in The Modern Language Journal examines how multilingual speakers use silence, timing, & playful creativity as communicative resources. Beautiful work pushing the field of SLA forward. 🎉
<em>The Modern Language Journal</em> | NFMLTA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article adopts a translanguaging and flows perspective to explore how a graduate course instructor constructs a “quiet student” identity through a historical speech event to explain academic con...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
So proud of my doctoral student Gengqi Xiao! His new article “Translanguaging Silence and Humor” just published in The Modern Language Journal examines how multilingual speakers use silence, timing, & playful creativity as communicative resources. Beautiful work pushing the field of SLA forward. 🎉
I’m glad to share that my new article is now published open access.
The study examines how constructed identities mediate meaning-making in English-medium instruction, and how silence and humor constitute translanguaging spaces in classroom interaction.
doi.org/10.1111/modl...
The study examines how constructed identities mediate meaning-making in English-medium instruction, and how silence and humor constitute translanguaging spaces in classroom interaction.
doi.org/10.1111/modl...
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I’m glad to share that my new article is now published open access.
The study examines how constructed identities mediate meaning-making in English-medium instruction, and how silence and humor constitute translanguaging spaces in classroom interaction.
doi.org/10.1111/modl...
The study examines how constructed identities mediate meaning-making in English-medium instruction, and how silence and humor constitute translanguaging spaces in classroom interaction.
doi.org/10.1111/modl...
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So @DrJonathanRosa and I had the opportunity to work with an amazing undergrad & high school student to adapt an article for high school students. I told them they should do a tik tok and this is what they made. I was assured that the tik tok genre is fragmented postmodernism 😂
November 17, 2024 at 4:29 AM
So @DrJonathanRosa and I had the opportunity to work with an amazing undergrad & high school student to adapt an article for high school students. I told them they should do a tik tok and this is what they made. I was assured that the tik tok genre is fragmented postmodernism 😂
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"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable."
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Zohran Mamdani Just Gave American Politics a Raciolinguistic Reality Check
Zohran Mamdani just won the New York City mayoral race, and it’s a big deal for reasons that will no doubt be dissected for years to come. But what really stands out to me is how this moment shifts…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable."
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Xiao, G. (2025). Rethinking translanguaging: (Trans)bordering, spatiality, and academic discourse socialization in a graduate TESOL classroom. Applied Linguistics, amaf062. doi.org/10.1093/appl...
Rethinking translanguaging: (Trans)bordering, spatiality, and academic discourse socialization in a graduate TESOL classroom
Abstract. This study examines how an applied linguistics graduate course instructor socializes students into academic concepts and norms in a graduate TESO
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October 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Xiao, G. (2025). Rethinking translanguaging: (Trans)bordering, spatiality, and academic discourse socialization in a graduate TESOL classroom. Applied Linguistics, amaf062. doi.org/10.1093/appl...
I’m delighted to share that my new article is out in Applied Linguistics! In this piece, I introduce the idea of (trans)bordering — a semiotic process in which we create and negotiate borders that define acceptable practices and norms.
doi.org/10.1093/appl...
doi.org/10.1093/appl...
Rethinking translanguaging: (Trans)bordering, spatiality, and academic discourse socialization in a graduate TESOL classroom
Abstract. This study examines how an applied linguistics graduate course instructor socializes students into academic concepts and norms in a graduate TESO
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October 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I’m delighted to share that my new article is out in Applied Linguistics! In this piece, I introduce the idea of (trans)bordering — a semiotic process in which we create and negotiate borders that define acceptable practices and norms.
doi.org/10.1093/appl...
doi.org/10.1093/appl...
Excited to share my review of @nelsonlflores.bsky.social's new book! This work traces how bilingual education shaped by raciolinguistic ideologies has often reinforced the hierarchies it seeks to dismantle. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in social justice and equity in education.
Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Published in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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July 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Excited to share my review of @nelsonlflores.bsky.social's new book! This work traces how bilingual education shaped by raciolinguistic ideologies has often reinforced the hierarchies it seeks to dismantle. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in social justice and equity in education.
Thank you so much for the opportunity and support!
Congratulations to @gengqixiao.bsky.social. We’ll be sharing the work of other grantees in the months ahead. Visit nfmlta.com for more information.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thank you so much for the opportunity and support!
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I have a new blog post that tries to lay out just what is at stake with Trump's attempted fascist takeover of higher education. Check it out and share widely!
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This Is How a Democracy Dies—One University at a Time
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump didn’t exactly hide what he was planning. He said he’d take control of higher education—and in the 100+ days since his second inauguration, he’s been …
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May 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I have a new blog post that tries to lay out just what is at stake with Trump's attempted fascist takeover of higher education. Check it out and share widely!
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/t...
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They don’t went POC, women, LGBTQ or international students at elite US universities.
When they claim a desire tor meritocracy what they mean is hoarding resources for themselves.
When they claim a desire tor meritocracy what they mean is hoarding resources for themselves.
"Last week, Vance said foreign students at elite U.S. universities are 'not just bad for national security,' but also 'bad for the American dream, for American kids who want to go to a nice university but can’t because their spot was taken by a foreign student.'"
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Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope
Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.
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March 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
They don’t went POC, women, LGBTQ or international students at elite US universities.
When they claim a desire tor meritocracy what they mean is hoarding resources for themselves.
When they claim a desire tor meritocracy what they mean is hoarding resources for themselves.
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R1 institutions: Publish or perish.
You: Publish tons.
R1 institutions: Be an excellent teacher.
You: Win a teaching award.
R1 institutions: We don’t like you anyway so will find whatever reason we want to deny you tenure.
You: Publish tons.
R1 institutions: Be an excellent teacher.
You: Win a teaching award.
R1 institutions: We don’t like you anyway so will find whatever reason we want to deny you tenure.
My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...
March 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
R1 institutions: Publish or perish.
You: Publish tons.
R1 institutions: Be an excellent teacher.
You: Win a teaching award.
R1 institutions: We don’t like you anyway so will find whatever reason we want to deny you tenure.
You: Publish tons.
R1 institutions: Be an excellent teacher.
You: Win a teaching award.
R1 institutions: We don’t like you anyway so will find whatever reason we want to deny you tenure.
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Join us during #AAAL2025 for a panel that brings together leading scholars to discuss the realities of doing decolonial work in applied linguistics.
✨ Ryuko Kubota
✨ Suresh [email protected]
✨ Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social
🔗 Registration: forms.gle/u2bWSy725haE...
✨ Ryuko Kubota
✨ Suresh [email protected]
✨ Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social
🔗 Registration: forms.gle/u2bWSy725haE...
February 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Join us during #AAAL2025 for a panel that brings together leading scholars to discuss the realities of doing decolonial work in applied linguistics.
✨ Ryuko Kubota
✨ Suresh [email protected]
✨ Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social
🔗 Registration: forms.gle/u2bWSy725haE...
✨ Ryuko Kubota
✨ Suresh [email protected]
✨ Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social
🔗 Registration: forms.gle/u2bWSy725haE...
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When I was a gay kid the government was letting gay people die
When I was a bilingual teacher the government was dismantling bilingual education
Now that I am a researcher of race the government is coming for DEI
The government has always attacked people like me
And I have always resisted
When I was a bilingual teacher the government was dismantling bilingual education
Now that I am a researcher of race the government is coming for DEI
The government has always attacked people like me
And I have always resisted
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January 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
When I was a gay kid the government was letting gay people die
When I was a bilingual teacher the government was dismantling bilingual education
Now that I am a researcher of race the government is coming for DEI
The government has always attacked people like me
And I have always resisted
When I was a bilingual teacher the government was dismantling bilingual education
Now that I am a researcher of race the government is coming for DEI
The government has always attacked people like me
And I have always resisted
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I’ve been thinking and writing a lot about abolition, liberation, and curricular justice in the field of world language education. I’m honored and excited to share and reflect on this topic during my plenary at the upcoming AAAL conference. I hope you’ll join me!
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January 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’ve been thinking and writing a lot about abolition, liberation, and curricular justice in the field of world language education. I’m honored and excited to share and reflect on this topic during my plenary at the upcoming AAAL conference. I hope you’ll join me!
www.aaal.org/events/aaal-...
www.aaal.org/events/aaal-...
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For me the more relevant linguistic distinction is not between monolingual and multilingual people but rather between those whose linguistic border crossing is marked as a first step to policing them and those whose linguistic border crossing remains unmarked or even celebrated as innovative.
December 19, 2024 at 8:04 PM
For me the more relevant linguistic distinction is not between monolingual and multilingual people but rather between those whose linguistic border crossing is marked as a first step to policing them and those whose linguistic border crossing remains unmarked or even celebrated as innovative.
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RIP
"Our research shows that the primary reason for the failure of the school to educate black children...[is that]...the stereotype the teacher already has about black children is triggered into action by the teacher's unconscious reaction to the child's speech and behavior"
-William Labov, 1979
"Our research shows that the primary reason for the failure of the school to educate black children...[is that]...the stereotype the teacher already has about black children is triggered into action by the teacher's unconscious reaction to the child's speech and behavior"
-William Labov, 1979
December 21, 2024 at 8:39 PM
RIP
"Our research shows that the primary reason for the failure of the school to educate black children...[is that]...the stereotype the teacher already has about black children is triggered into action by the teacher's unconscious reaction to the child's speech and behavior"
-William Labov, 1979
"Our research shows that the primary reason for the failure of the school to educate black children...[is that]...the stereotype the teacher already has about black children is triggered into action by the teacher's unconscious reaction to the child's speech and behavior"
-William Labov, 1979
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Language education has to involve unsettling all of the oppressive language ideologies which state that there is a singular way to use a language.
December 25, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Language education has to involve unsettling all of the oppressive language ideologies which state that there is a singular way to use a language.
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I am pleased to announce the release of a white paper I wrote on culturally relevant and sustaining education for Latinx students. I am grateful to the Spencer Foundation and my co-author Lupita Barrientos for their support.
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December 6, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I am pleased to announce the release of a white paper I wrote on culturally relevant and sustaining education for Latinx students. I am grateful to the Spencer Foundation and my co-author Lupita Barrientos for their support.
spencerfoundation.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/store/af7917...
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Thank you @nelsonlflores.bsky.social for your support and inspiration! 😊
Congratulations to @gengqixiao.bsky.social for this new article that was inspired in part by the “Language Diversity and Education” course he took with me a few years ago. You should all check it out!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TD76J...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TD76J...
Countering linguistic borders through translanguaging practices in a multilingual US secondary school
While translanguaging pedagogy has been largely studied in bilingual classrooms, there is a paucity of research examining practices in multilingual secondary contexts. To fill this lacuna, this stu...
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December 3, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Thank you @nelsonlflores.bsky.social for your support and inspiration! 😊
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Congratulations to @gengqixiao.bsky.social for this new article that was inspired in part by the “Language Diversity and Education” course he took with me a few years ago. You should all check it out!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TD76J...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TD76J...
Countering linguistic borders through translanguaging practices in a multilingual US secondary school
While translanguaging pedagogy has been largely studied in bilingual classrooms, there is a paucity of research examining practices in multilingual secondary contexts. To fill this lacuna, this stu...
www.tandfonline.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Congratulations to @gengqixiao.bsky.social for this new article that was inspired in part by the “Language Diversity and Education” course he took with me a few years ago. You should all check it out!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TD76J...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TD76J...
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Jonathan Rosa and I had the amazing opportunity to work with an undergraduate student and a high school student to "translate" our "Undoing Appropriateness" article for high school students. The final product is available for free here:
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
Language is Not the Problem, Racism is the Problem – Demystifying Language Project
Students of color are always being told that they need to change the way they speak. But what if, instead, educators changed the way they listen?
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu
November 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Jonathan Rosa and I had the amazing opportunity to work with an undergraduate student and a high school student to "translate" our "Undoing Appropriateness" article for high school students. The final product is available for free here:
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...
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After many delays by book Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the Post-Civil Rights Era is finally available for preorder:
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Human Verification
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May 29, 2024 at 2:33 AM
After many delays by book Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the Post-Civil Rights Era is finally available for preorder:
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Are you teaching undergraduate students in a language-related course this semester? Or, do you know some undergraduate students interested in language?
If so, I'd appreciate you sharing some info about a study I'm doing on podcasting and critical language awareness!
bit.ly/psuplp
If so, I'd appreciate you sharing some info about a study I'm doing on podcasting and critical language awareness!
bit.ly/psuplp
April 24, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Are you teaching undergraduate students in a language-related course this semester? Or, do you know some undergraduate students interested in language?
If so, I'd appreciate you sharing some info about a study I'm doing on podcasting and critical language awareness!
bit.ly/psuplp
If so, I'd appreciate you sharing some info about a study I'm doing on podcasting and critical language awareness!
bit.ly/psuplp
Glad to share my review of this book! If you’re looking to understand and counter raciolinguistic ideologies in your context, check it out.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
April 17, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Glad to share my review of this book! If you’re looking to understand and counter raciolinguistic ideologies in your context, check it out.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....