This week’s guest bloggers are Martyna Kozlowska and Jaime Demperio. Martyna Kozlowska is an English language instructor at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She obtained a PhD in linguistics from McGill University, Montreal, Canada in the domain of generative approaches to L2 acquisition. She teaches primarily grammar, syntax, and critical reading, though her recent teaching and research interests center on issues of language and identity. Jaime Demperio is an English language instructor at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). They obtained an MA in linguistics from Syracuse University in New York, and TESOL certification from LeMoyne College, also in New York. They teach reading, writing, interpersonal communication skills, media literacy, and courses concerning the interplay of language and culture. Their research interests concern identity and language learning.

“Each irritant is a grain of sand in the oyster of the imagination. Sometimes what accretes around an irritant or wound may produce a pearl of great insight, a theory.” – Gloria Anzaldua

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