LANGUAGE ISSUES SIG

The Language Issues SIG (LI SIG) is a network of researchers and practitioners working to understand the role of language(s) in education, as well as the role of the languages of instruction in differing, and often contentious, political and cultural contexts.

• Yecid Ortega, Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland: Co-Chair. yecid.ortega@utoronto.ca
• Anna Becker, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland: Co-Chair. anna.becker@ispan.edu.pl
• Sudhashree Girmohanta, University of Toronto, Canada: Secretary. s.girmohanta@mail.toronto.edu
• Celia Reddick, Boston College/Harvard University, USA: Unit Planner/Program Chair. creddick@g.harvard.edu
• Molly Hamm-Rodriguez, University of South Florida, USA: Unit Planner/Program Chair. mollymhamm@gmail.com
• John “Jack” Knipe, Converse University, USA: Communications Chair. john.knipe@converse.edu 

The CIES Special Interest Group (SIG) directory (https://members.cies.us/page/SIGs) provides a complete list of the mission, officers, and work of our 37 SIGs, which are sorted by region or topic.

You must be a member of CIES to join a SIG, which can be done any time during the year.

There are three ways to join a SIG:

1. Online, any time of the year, when renewing your CIES membership including the SIG dues. Please go to, https://members.cies.us/page/meminfo.
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