[Edling] CFP: Bilingual Research Journal Special Issue on Chinese-English Bilingual Education

Zhongfeng Tian via Edling edling at lists.mail.umbc.edu
Thu Sep 3 00:46:21 UTC 2026


Dear Colleagues,

Please see below a call for submissions for a 2028 special issue of Bilingual Research Journal that we are guest editing: Critical Perspectives on Chinese-English Bilingual Education in the U.S.: Histories, Politics, and Possibilities.
This special issue seeks to unflatten the category of ¡°Chinese¡± and bring together critical scholarship that attends to the diverse languages, histories, identities, communities, and sociopolitical realities shaping Chinese-English bilingual education in the United States.
We take a broad view of Chinese-English bilingual education, encompassing Cantonese, Mandarin, and other Chinese languages across diverse educational contexts¡ªfrom public and private schools and dual language/immersion programs to heritage language, community-based, after-school, and weekend programs.
We welcome interdisciplinary scholarship examining historical, political, sociocultural, and pedagogical dimensions of Chinese-English bilingual education, and especially work that brings forward underexplored histories, languages, communities, and experiences. We also welcome collaborations with K¨C12 educators, community organizers, public historians, and other community partners.
300-word abstract deadline: February 1, 2027
The full call is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ckIsvki1zVvk8UzGWMHu6jjzvOOJr5hWC7asejiOZLw/edit
Please feel free to circulate this call and the attached flyer widely among your networks. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Best,
Zhongfeng Tian, Rutgers University¨CNewark
Catherine Park, University of California, Berkeley

Zhongfeng Tian (ÌïÖзæ), Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Bilingual Education

Department of Urban Education

Rutgers University¨CNewark

Co-Chair, Translanguaging + AI Lab<https://translanguagingailabhku.wordpress.com/>
Vice Chair, ACTFL Research SIG<https://www.actfl.org/membership/special-interest-groups-sigs>
Associate Editor, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism<https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rbeb20>
Associate Editor, The Modern Language Journal<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15404781>
Associate Editor, Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education<https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hdim20/about-this-journal#editorial-board>

(Faculty Webpage<https://sasn.rutgers.edu/zhongfeng-tian-tianzhongfeng>; ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhongfeng-Tian>; LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E4%B8%AD%E9%94%8B-%E7%94%B0-031803b8/>; Scopus<https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57218559453>)



New books:

  *
Translanguaging in Action in English-Medium Classrooms: A Resource Book for Teachers<https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/translanguaging-in-action-in-englishmedium-classrooms-9781350453586/>
  *
Asian Americans in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: The Long Overdue Voice<https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/asian-americans-in-bilingualism-and-bilingual-education/?SF1=work_id&ST1=CVIEW-682d9e893bdec>
  *
Decolonizing Academic Writing Through Translingualism: Walking the Talk<https://www.routledge.com/Decolonizing-Academic-Writing-through-Translingualism-Walking-the-Talk/Christiansen-TianTianZhongFeng-Canagarajah/p/book/9781032764351>

New special issues:

  *
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Second Language Writing<https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10X1P179M03>
  *
Integrating Translanguaging, Multimodality, and Arts-Based Pedagogies in Multilingual Classrooms<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rllj20/54/2>

New articles:

  *
Beyond Pajamas: Translingual Writing as Õ½ÅÛ for Voice, Desire, and Resistance<https://doi.org/10.1080/15427587.2026.2676865>
  *
Ten Years of Translanguaging: Reflections and Future Directions in Dialogue with Ofelia Garc¨ªa and Li Wei<https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amag036>
  *
Grappling with Translanguaging as TESOL Teacher Educators: A Collaborative Self-Study<https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16060833>
  *
Dear Pen Pal: Reimagining Writing through Translanguaging<https://doi.org/10.58680/la20261035356>
  *
Language Teacher Identity and Translanguaging<https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003495390-25/language-teacher-identity-translanguaging-zhongfeng-tian-jiaxuan-zong>
  *
Bilingual Education and Translanguaging<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397821078_Bilingual_Education_and_Translanguaging>
  *
Cultivating Critical Racial Consciousness in Dual Language Bilingual Education Through AsianCrit-Informed Translanguaging Lessons<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/400349274_Cultivating_critical_racial_consciousness_in_dual_language_bilingual_education_through_AsianCrit-informed_translanguaging_lessons>
  *
Conceptualizing the Transformativeness of Translanguaging: A Spectrum Perspective<https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.70011>
  *
Translanguaging for Equity and Justice in Assessment: A Systematic Review<https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15111567>
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