Getting Students to Break Up with AI and Fall in Love with Their Authentic Voice!

When faculty infuse linguistic justice in learning activities and policies, students are more confident to explore, think, and express themselves authentically.  This confidence in their academic ability may lead to less reliance on AI and other technologies that replace students' authentic voices and thought processes. 

The event will begin with a brief introduction to linguistic justice pedagogy.  

Attendees will:

• examine the intersection between AI and linguistic justice
• be invited to participate in a discussion of the benefits, risks, and concerns about linguistic justice teaching practices
• be given an opportunity to develop a classroom activity or policy that engages in linguistic justice

Audience

• Adjunct faculty
• Full-time faculty

Presenters

• Michelle Gonzales, English faculty at Las Positas College, is the daughter of teen mom and Chicano student movement participants/supporters. She is a linguistic justice pd trainer for the Puente statewide office and author of a punk rock memoir, The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band. Her peer reviewed chapter on identity in writing and strengths-based assessment will be published in Reconceptualizing Response by Utah State University Press. She holds a BA in English/Creative Writing with a minor in Ethnic Studies and a MFA in English/Creative Writing both from Mills College.
• Kisha Quesada Turner (she/her, yo/yo’s) is a former emcee and child of 90s Hip Hop, and these positionalities explain her approach to being an educator and professional development trainer. Linguistically and stylistically, she describes herself as part Jay-Z and part Barack Obama with dollops of Bahamadia and The Lady of Rage. As a Black graduate of PWIs, yo is long- and hyper-aware of the richness of Black Englishes and the unfortunate under-utilization of them in classrooms.  Participants can expect to hear Hip Hop references, song/rap lyrics, espanol a veces, txt talk, slang, and Queer vernaculars. Her interests are Queer theory, Hop Hop, Linguistic Justice, and Game of Thrones.
• Makeba Rangel is an English professor and coordinator of the English Lounge at Sacramento City College.  Her passion for linguistic justice often takes her on unexpected learning journeys with students, but she is happy to be along for the ride.
• Rachel Spangler is an English professor and Puente practitioner at Sacramento City College where she incorporates linguistic justice in all of her courses. Her anti-racist work also includes teaching at Folsom State Prison. 

Flex Credit

Flex credit is available for this event.

After the event: Professional Learning Evaluation Form

ADA Accessibility

For ADA accessibility accommodations, please contact Cassidy Larkin at larkinc@scc.losrios.edu. Contact Cassidy for disability accommodations only. For general inquiries, please use the contact information listed in the sidebar.