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2019 · Pittsburgh

Spotlight Session: African American Language (AAL): Give It Propers and Put Some R-E-S-P-E-C-K on It!

Session IJ.1

Area: Language · family: Language and literacy

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Speakers Shenika Hankerson University of Maryland, College Park → University of Maryland, College Park Resistance, Power, and Liberation: How Critical Language Awareness Shapes AAL-Speaking Students’ Experience in English Composition
Speakers Sonja Lanehart The University of Texas at San Antonio → The University of Texas at San Antonio Who’s Zooming Who? Gen Z on AAL and Identity
Speakers Elaine Richardson The Ohio State University, Columbus → The Ohio State University The Language and Literacies of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

Source

NCTE's program, near page 239 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Spotlight Session: African American Language (AAL): Give It Propers and Put Some R-E-S-P-E-C-K on It!.” 2019 Convention Program, Pittsburgh, session IJ.1. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 3, 2026.