Morita-Mullaney named associate co-editor of Bilingual Research Journal

The National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) Publications Committee has named a new Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ) editorial team, including Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney as an associate co-editor. BRJ is the flagship journal of the NABE.

Morita-Mullaney is an associate professor in English Language Learning (ELL) at Purdue University’s College of Education and also holds a courtesy appointment in Purdue’s Asian American Studies program. She is a licensed K-12 teacher, coach and administrator from Arizona and Indiana where she taught and led English Language Learning (ELL) for adult students and middle and elementary schoolchildren. She served as past president of the Indiana Chapter for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL). She also supervises multiple U.S. Department of Education bilingual education grants focused on licensing Indiana teachers in dual language education and researching its impacts.

“I am thrilled to work on this multidisciplinary team of scholars to bring attention to the multilingual contributions of Asian and Asian American communities whose voices are often abstracted or obscured within bilingual education,” Morita-Mullaney said. “Given the demonstrable rise of anti-Asian hate, I look forward to amplifying this linguistic community within the BRJ.”

Morita-Mullaney’s research focuses on the intersections between language learning, gender and race, and how this informs the identity acts of educators of bilingual students. Guided by critical and feminist thought, she examines how these overlapping identities inform the logics of educational decision making for bilingual students.

“The Bilingual Research Journal has such a long history and is truly a top journal in our field,” said Wayne E. Wright, the College’s associate dean for Research, Graduate Programs, and Faculty Development, and professor and Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language. “I am thrilled to see such a strong editorial team taking over the BRJ – it’s in very good hands.”

“Collectively, the new BRJ editorial team brings a passion for the field of bilingual education and a wealth of experiences in a wide variety of settings that look to continue the tradition of mentoring and providing opportunities for the next generation of emerging scholars, especially BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) scholars, and to share groundbreaking new knowledge in the field of bilingual research,” said the NABE publications committee.

Sources: Trish Morita-Mullaney, tmoritam@purdue.edu; NABE https://multibriefs.com/briefs/nabe/NABEBRJ.pdf