Addressing the big picture as a community-engaged linguist: Community-engaged scholarship and applied learning for systemic change
Showstack, Rachel E.
Showstack, Rachel E.
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2024
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Community-engaged scholarship,Linguistic social justice,Health equity
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Showstack, Rachel E. (2024) "Addressing the Big Picture as a Community-Engaged Linguist: Community-Engaged Scholarship and Applied Learning for Systemic Change," International Journal of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest: Vol. 43: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/ijlasw/vol43/iss1/3
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Through a narrative about the formation and advancement of Wichita State University’s community-based health equity initiative Alce su Voz (‘Speak Out’), this article presents a reflection on the author’s role as a community-engaged scholar and the multiple levels of work in which linguists can engage to support linguistic social justice. The paper begins with a discussion of the role of the applied linguist in social change and a discussion of community-engaged scholarship, including community-based learning and community-based research. Then, using Alce su Voz’s approach to improving health equity for speakers of Spanish and Indigenous languages as an example, the author discusses how linguists can bring people together to uplift communities. She next presents the initiative’s three-pronged approach to improving health equity for speakers of minoritized languages, which includes (1) community engagement and education, (2) policy maker engagement and policy research, and (3) workforce development. Finally, the discussion returns to the linguist’s role as a teacher-scholar to explore possibilities and challenges for public scholarship and student engagement and consider how we can overcome the challenges of leadership in scholarship for social change.
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Cover Page Footnote: "The article is based on the presidential address I delivered at the LII Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO). The publication is supported by Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $375,000 by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) of the U.S. Department of Health with 100 percent funded by OMH/OASH/HHS. The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor endorsement by OMH/OASH/HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/"
Cover Page Footnote: "The article is based on the presidential address I delivered at the LII Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO). The publication is supported by Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $375,000 by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) of the U.S. Department of Health with 100 percent funded by OMH/OASH/HHS. The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor endorsement by OMH/OASH/HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/"
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Linguistic Association of the Southwest
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International Journal of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest
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0737-4143