Autoethnographic Explorations of Lived Raciolinguistic Experiences Among Multilingual Scholars

Qianqian Zhang-Wu is Assistant Professor of English & Director of Multilingual Writing, Northeastern University, USA. She is the author of Languaging Myths and Realities: Journeys of Chinese International Students (Multilingual Matters, 2022) which won the 2022 CIES Study Abroad and International Students SIG Best Book Award, 2023 CCCC Research Impact Award and 2023 CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award Honorable Mention.Bridget Goodman is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education, Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. She is co-editor of Researching Multilingually: Conceptual and Methodological Failures, Struggles and Successes (Multilingual Matters, 2025, with Brian Seilstad).

• ContributorsForewordPart 1: IntroductionChapter 1. Qianqian Zhang-Wu and Bridget Goodman: Looking Inward Through AutoethnographiesPart 2: Navigating TransitionsChapter 2. Xiaoye You: Writing the Transnational Racial SubjectChapter 3. Qianqian Zhang-Wu: 'I don’t know English Department now offers CHINESE writing classes!': Raciolinguistic Struggles of a Chinese Woman Working as an English Professor in the USChapter 4. Bolormaa Shinjee: 'Did You Bring My Lunch, Beautiful'? Self-Reflection of a Female Academic from the Global SouthPart 3: Reclaiming IdentityChapter 5. Renata Love Jones: Yonder’s Endarkened PedagogiesChapter 6. Jung Kim: 'Jung like Jungle': (Re)Claiming Names and LanguagesChapter 7. Ellen Cushman: Unsettling Raciolinguistics: Reclaiming Indigenous Language PracticesChapter 8. Nariman Amantayev: Autoethnographic Inquiry into Raciolinguistic Ideology within the Same Ethnicity and an Invitation to Reconsider Kazakh Language Teaching PracticesPart 4: Self-Positioning as ResearchersChapter 9. Sibonile Mpendukana and Miché Thompson: Embodied Moments of Racialisation in ResearchChapter 10. Ming-Hsuan Wu and Genevieve Leung: Legitimately Occupying Peripheral 'Asian' and 'American' Spaces: A Dialogue Between Two Language Teaching ProfessionalsChapter 11. Anna Becker: 'You Sound Like from the CD' – An Autoethnographic Narrative about 'Multilingual' Teaching and Research in 'Multilingual' SwitzerlandChapter 12. Bridget Goodman: Shades of Beige? One White Scholar’s Imperfect(ive) Quest for Racial and Linguistic JusticePart 5: Reflection Through WritingChapter 13. Shreya Sangai: English Departments Here and There: Rebuke and Mistrust, Compassion and RebuildingChapter 14. Sandro Barros: Brazilian Landscape with Rain: On the Languaged Brown Body Below the EquatorChapter 15. Jeannette D. Alarcón: Walking a Raciolinguistic Path Con Mi AbuelaPart 6: ConclusionChapter 16. Bridget Goodman and Qianqian Zhang-Wu: From Looking Inward to Looking ForwardIndex

This volume offers a powerful yet deeply personal look into the lived raciolinguistic experiences of multilingual scholars. Not only does it subvert dominant narratives, but it also empowers readers to embrace their linguistic identities. Essential reading for anyone committed to dismantling linguistic oppression and fostering equity in academia.