Sandra Silberstein

Professor Emerita

Contact Information

tq@uw.edu

Fields of Interest

Applied Linguistics Discourse Analysis Gender Language Race and Ethnicity Second Language Acquisition

Biography

B.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook

M.A., University of Michigan

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Areas of Specialization

(Critical) Discourse Analysis (rhetorics in times of national crisis; linguistic constructions of gender, race, ethnicity); critical applied linguistics & second language studies.

Awards

Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, 2016

Research

Selected Research

Sandra Silberstein. “Ethics in Research and Activist Scholarship: Media/Policy Analyses of Seattle’s Homeless Encampment ‘Sweeps’.” In P. de Costa (Ed.), Ethics in Applied Linguistics Research: Language Researcher Narratives, Routledge, November 2015.
Sandra Silberstein. “Language and Diaspora.” Special-topic issue co-edited with Suresh Canagarajah. Journal of Language and Identity in Education 11.2 (2012) [2 co-authored articles].
Sandra Silberstein. “Constrained but not Determined: Approaches to Discourse Analysis.” Handbook of Research in Second Language and Learning. Ed. Eli Hinkel. Vol. II. Routledge. 2011.
Sandra Silberstein. “Dis-covering Peace: Dominant and Counter-Discourses of the Middle East.” Dialogue Under Occupation: Language, Education & Media Voices. Eds. I. Nasser, S. Wong, and L. Berlin. Multilingual Matters. 2011.
Sandra Silberstein. Reader’s Choice. With Clarke and Dobson. 5th ed. University of Michigan Press. 2008.
Sandra Silberstein. War of Words: Language, Politics, and 9/11. 2nd ed. Routledge. 2004.
Sandra Silberstein. Languaging War: Discourses of Occupation and Terrorism. (in process).
Sandra Silberstein. Choice Readings. With Clarke and Dobson. 2nd ed.University of Michigan Press. (in press).

Research Advised

Dykema, Julie. First-Year Multilingual International Students’ Academic Socialization and Identity: Narratives of Personal, Social and Academic Development. 2024. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Zhu, Dan. Tracing the Trajectory of International Students' Writing and Writer Identity Before, During, and After a First Year Composition Course. 2019. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Fahim, Norah. The Re-invention of FYC Teacher Development: Listening to Teachers' Concerns Amidst an Increasingly Globalized University. 2019. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Blum, Avram. Brazilian University English Professors' Translingual Orientations to Language: Complexities of a Developing Paradigm Shift. 2018. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Pham, Thuong. Student Language Production, Second Language Tasks, and Instructional Scaffolding in an English-Based Curriculum in Vietnam: Realities and Hopes. 2017. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Vidrine-Isbell, Bonnie. The Impact of Social Bonding and Socioemotionality in Adult Language Learning: Blending Applied Linguistics and Neuroscience. 2017. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Romero, Yasmine. Intersectionality in the Language and Writing Classroom. 2016. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Fukunaga, Sunao. Implementing English Education Policy in Japan: Intersubjectivity at the Micro-, Meso-, and Macrolevels. 2016. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Zuo, Wei. Exploring Academic Socialization and Identity of Chinese Undergraduate Students in the U.S. 2015. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Mahmoud, Rania. Fictions of Revolution: Empire and Nation in Lawrence Durrell, Naguib Mahfouz, John Wilcox, and Bahaa Taher. 2014. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Meckfessel, Shon. Contentious Subjects: Non/violence as Topic and Trope in the Occupy Movement. 2014. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Featherman, Christopher M. Networked Identifications: Constructing Identities and Ideologies in the 2009 Iranian Election Protests. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Zheng, Xuan. Translingual Identity-as-Pedagogy: The Identity Construction and Practices of International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) of English in the College Composition Classroom. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Gross, Allison V. Responding to Students: Uptake and First-Year Composition. 2011. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Kang, Hee Seung. Challenges and Successes of a Piloted First-Year Composition and English for Academic Purposes Link. 2011. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Ahn, Tae youn. Second Language Learning in Language-Exchange Interactions: A Sociocultural and Discourse Analytic Study. 2011. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.

Affiliations

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