The Ideologies of “Good” Languaging Working Group hosts Dr. María Cristina Cioè-Peña for an online talk entitled “TrUDL: A path to anti-racist, anti-ableist inclusion.” This virtual event takes place Friday, September 20, 2024 from 11am-12pm EST.

Zoom RSVP: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lfuiqrjsiHtFbSFNQ7GB9pL22HBbqrjo7

About Dr. María Cristina Cioè-Peña

María Cioè-Peña (Penn Graduate School of Education) is a bilingual/biliterate education researcher and educator who examines the intersections of disability, language, school–parent partnerships, and education policy. Taking a sociolinguistic approach and stance, she pushes and reimagines the boundaries of inclusive spaces for minoritized children. Stemming from her experiences as a former bilingual special education teacher, Dr. Cioè-Peña’s research focuses on bilingual children with dis/abilities, their families, and their ability to access multilingual and inclusive learning spaces within public schools. Her interests are deeply rooted in political economy, raciolinguistic perspectives and critical dis/ability awareness within schools and families. Learn more about her current research.

About the Working Group

The Ideologies of "Good" Languaging Working Group is organized and led by María Rosa Brea-Spahn (Steinhardt Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders) and Erica Saldívar-Garcia (Steinhardt Department of Teaching and Learning). This interdisciplinary affinity group brings together faculty and doctoral students across the departments of Communicative Sciences and Disorders and Teaching and Learning to co-create spaces of inquiry, collaborative learning, and community centered transformation by interrogating ideological orientations about language, race, and ability that characterize policies, curricular materials, and practices.