Humanizing Language Teaching and Teacher Education in Transnational Spaces

Rashi Jain is Professor of English Language for Academic Purposes in the Department of ELAP, Linguistics and Communication Studies at Montgomery College, USA. Julian Chen is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESOL and Course Coordinator of Asian Languages at Curtin University, Australia. Ethan Trinh is a Vietnamese, queer, multilingual leader, researcher, and teacher educator and currently serves as an Associate Director at Atlanta Global Studies Center, USA.

• ForewordAn introduction to the Volume, Rashi Jain (Montgomery College, USA), Julian Chen (Curtin University, Australia), Ethan Trinh (Atlanta Global Studies Centre, USA)Part I Humanizing Language Teaching in Transnational Spaces1. Tensions of the "I": Autoethnographic Reflections of a Teacher-Researcher's Struggle with Identity Work, Imdad Ullah Khan (University of Swat, Pakistan)2. From EFL to ESL: A Self-Study-Autoethnography of a “Native” English Speaking Teacher’s Translingual-Transnational Identity-as-Pedagogy, Jared Michael Kubokawa (Michigan State University, USA)3. Desde Nepantla, Hacia la Solidaridad: An Autohistoria-Teoría of Critical Pedagogies and Methodologies Towards Intersectional Solidarities Across Borders, Rita Kamani-Renedo (Stanford University, USA)4. Transgressing Norms: Queering and Resisting Gender Identity Norms in University ESL Classrooms through Feminist Pedagogy, Anastasia J. Khawaja (University of South Florida, USA) and Sophia Escalante (University of South Florida, USA)Part II Humanizing Language Teacher Education in Transnational Spaces5. “My Body is a Political Stance”: Critical Love as a Trans-Formation in the Brazilian ELT Context, Bruno Andrade (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Ethan Trinh (Atlanta Global Studies Centre, USA)6. Teaching Away from Home: Understanding African Transnational Teachers' Experiences at a North American University, Edwin Dartey (Pennsylvania State University, USA)7. “Very, very small, almost negligible” Practices: Perspectives and Experiences of EFL Teacher Educators on the Role of Humanizing Pedagogy in the Global South, John Chi (University of Maryland, USA)8. Collaborative Approaches to Transnational Language Education Policies and Practices in Three Indigenous Contexts Across the Global North and Global South, Claudia Gutiérrez (Universidad de Antioquia, Columbia), Shayla R. Chatto (University of Washington, USA) and Camille Ungco (University of Washington, USA)The Conclusion to the Volume, Rashi Jain (Montgomery College, USA), Julian Chen (Curtin University, Australia), Ethan Trinh (Atlanta Global Studies Centre, USA)

'In a scholarly world where only certain voices are amplified, the editors of Humanizing Language Teaching and Language Teacher Education in Transnational Spaces have accomplished something remarkable: bringing together diverse personal, professional, and scholarly perspectives that foreground equitable, sensitive, and responsive pedagogies. I read this collection with great interest, appreciating how each chapter illuminates humanizing approaches to language education across varied contexts. I highly recommend this volume to teachers, researchers, pracademics, and all language education stakeholders, who will find insights that resonate with their realities and expand their understanding of how humanizing practices can take shape in their contexts.'