Language, Literacy & Sociocultural Studies

Sometimes going online can feel like an entirely new world. Whether it’s a reference you don’t understand, a running joke or a parody image, it’s not uncommon to feel lost no matter your age. Still, there’s hope for managing the memes.   This idea of...

New Mexico found itself at ground zero of a changed world on July 16, 1945 when scientists from the newly created Los Alamos National Laboratory detonated the world’s first atomic bomb, exposing nearby communities to radiation. Just 34 years later to the...

The Lobo Language Acquisition Lab presents the #CelebrateBilingualismNM Speaker Series, a free one-hour virtual event on Friday, May 5 from 1-2 p.m. The event will feature a presentation by Christine Sims (Acoma Pueblo). She will discuss the importance...

The Lobo Language Acquisition Lab at The University of New Mexico will present Elena Nicoladis of the University of British Columbia as part of its #CelebrateBilingualismNM Speaker Series. The lab and series are supported by the W.K. Kellogg...

University of New Mexico alumna and DC area resident LaNysha T. Adams was announced as the Best Indie Book Award (BIBA®) winner in the Motivational category for her debut non-fiction work, Me Power (New Degree Press) within the first three months of its...

English scholars say literacy, the ability to read and write, is arguably the most important part of education – enriching people’s lives and thus, empowers societies as a whole. UNM-Taos English faculty member, Amber Gordon, collaborated with a group...

Mary Frances Rice, assistant professor of literacy at The University of New Mexico, recently co-authored multiple publications on the rising importance of the work by instructional designers to support impartial education during COVID-19. The work...

The basic definition for the Spanish language word querencia is a metaphysical concept taken from the verb querer, which means "to want” or “to love." But the reality of querencia is more complicated, more poetic and sentimental, seated in deep emotions...

The University of New Mexico launched the Excellence-in-Translation Center (UNM EX-TRA), an initiative that leverages the strengths and abilities of UNM’s highly diverse and international graduate student community and the academic translation expertise...

When doctoral candidate Winoka Yepa embarked upon a journey 17 years ago to discover the historical roots of the Diné people, it was also an essential move in learning about her own history that would in the end enrich her future and the future of...