News & Media

This page provides links to recent news articles that feature the scholarship and expertise of BAD Lab members.

On Language and Education

Teaching literacy as a path to justice American Federation of Teachers (AFT), July 9, 2021

The sound of inclusion: Why teachers’ words matter Salon, August 17, 2017

The sound of exclusion: language bias in the classrooms Chron, April 11, 2017

English language variation in the classroom Phys.org, December 9, 2013

On Black Languages and Linguistic Variation

The Artists Dismantling the Barriers Between Rap and Poetry The New York Times, March 4, 2021

Duolingo’s Free Virtual Convention Will Cover How “Black Languages Matter” and More Mental Floss, September 24, 2020

Which English You Speak has Nothing to do with How Smart You Are Slate, October 14, 2014

The Language of Maya Angelou Slate, May 29, 2014

On Language, Gender, and Sexuality

Doza (C. Mendoza) is awarded the 2020-2021 Duberman-Zal Fellowship from the Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

On Cancel Culture

The second wave of ‘cancel culture Vox, May 5, 2021

Cancel culture’ seems to have started as an internet joke. Now it’s anything but. CBS News, April 5, 2021

Is it Time to Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’? The Black Wall Street Times, November 19, 2020

Why we can’t stop fighting about cancel culture Vox, August 25, 2020

Twitter’s cancel culture: A force for good or a digital witchhunt? The answer is complicated. USA Today, July 17, 2020

On Curse Words

Cobra Kai,’ ‘Surviving Death’ and Nicolas Cage on swearing: Everything coming to Netflix in January Salon, January 2, 2021

New titles include ‘The History of Swear Words’ and season 2 of ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.’ Collider, January 1, 2021

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in January The Irish Times, January 1, 2021

The History of Swear Words: Nicolas Cage Teaches Viewers about Colorful Language in New Netflix Series LRM Online, December 23, 2020

On Political Discourse

We were dismayed by letters editor Paul Thornton’s uneven framing of the Trump supporters’ responses. November 21, 2020

Female academics saw their own experiences with #manterrupting in this week's vice presidential debate October 9, 2020

Women cheer on Harris’s ‘I’m speaking’ response in debate: ‘I hope every little girl heard that October 7, 2020