Aris Moreno Clemons

Dr. Aris Moreno Clemons is an Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics in the Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Applying Black feminist frames, her work spans the fields of linguistics, education, anthropology, and Black and Latinx studies in order to interrogate the intersections of language, race, and identity. Originally from the Bay Area in California, she has been steeped in the traditions of anti-racist pedagogies and has dedicated herself to developing and sustaining these practices in her own research and teaching. As such, her research agenda is rooted in social change through an examination of the ways that what appears to be common knowledge is often constructed and ideologically maintained by various social institutions. Overarchingly, Aris questions the linguistic mechanisms—repetitions, stance taking, tropicalizations, etc.—responsible for the (re)construction and maintenance of racializing and marginalizing ideologies. Much of Aris's academic formation was developed prior to her entry into higher education spaces. For the past eighteen years, she has dedicated her professional career to education, as a classroom teacher, high school administrator, teacher trainer, and educational non-profit consultant. Aris bases her educational praxis in a belief that through acquired knowledge there can be restorative justice.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9606-9333
Website: https://www.amclemons.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClemonsAris