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Research Focus
Dr. Engman's research interests address questions related to Indigenous/heritage language maintenance, revitalisation, and reclamation, materials use, identity, and policy in a variety of language teaching and learning contexts. She draws on her years of experience with Native and settler educators in the Upper Midwest of the United States to examine the intersections of language, sign, and power in the social and material world.
Recent and current work include a linguistic ethnography of bilingual pedagogies in an Ojibwe tribal school, a critical multimodal social semiotic analysis of the social media practices of high-profile Instagram teachers, and a study of intergenerational Indigenous language use on and with the land. Dr. Engman draws on critical and qualitative methods to better understand how expertise, relationships, and meaning emerge in interaction.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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R8896SES: Foghlaim thumoideachais idirghlúine: A study of family language development in Northern Ireland
05/10/2021 → …
Project: Research
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Relationality and Ojibwemowin in forest walks: learning from multimodal interaction about land and language
Hermes, M. R., Engman, M. M., Meixi & McKenzie, J., 2023, In: Cognition and Instruction. 41, 1, p. 1-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Land as interlocutor: A study of Ojibwe learner language in interaction on and with naturally occurring 'materials'
Engman, M. & Hermes, M., 11 Mar 2021, In: Modern Language Journal . 105, S1, p. 86-105Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Everyday stories in a forest: Multimodal meaning-making with Ojibwe Elders, young people, language and place
Hermes, M., *, M., Engman, M. M. & McKenzie, J., 24 Sep 2021, In: WINHEC: International Journal of Indigenous Education Scholarship. 2021, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-conspiring with land: What decolonizing with indigenous land and language has to teach us
Engman, M. M., Hermes, M. R. & Schick, A., 25 Aug 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Language and the Global South/s. Makoni, S., Kaiper-Marquez, A. & Mokwena, L. (eds.). Routledge, p. 95-109 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A diffractive reading
Engman, M., Ennser-Kananen, J. & Saarinen, T., 02 Jan 2023, New materialist explorations into language education. Ennser-Kananen, J. & Saarinen, T. (eds.). Springer, p. 175-186Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open AccessFile40 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Best of MLJ
Engman, Mel (Recipient) & Hermes, Mary (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Research Article Award
Engman, Mel (Recipient) & Hermes, Mary (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Top Cited Article 2021-2022 (WILEY)
Guerrettaz, Anne Marie (Recipient), Engman, Mel (Recipient) & Matsumoto, Yumi (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Top Cited Article 2021-2022 (WILEY)
Engman, Mel (Recipient) & Hermes, Mary (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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University of Glasgow
Mel Engman (Visiting researcher)
15 Jan 2022 → 14 Jan 2023Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Indigenous language revitalization and decolonization panel and networking event (AAAL 2021)
James McKenzie (Host) & Mel Engman (Host)
22 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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CHERIF 2023 Symposium (Consortium of Higher Education Researchers in Finland)
Mel Engman (Speaker) & Johanna Ennser-Kananen (Speaker)
15 Aug 2023 → 16 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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An Díchoilíniú: Teanga, Cultúr agus Pobal (Decolonisation: Language, Culture and People)
Mel Engman (Participant)
05 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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The question of decolonisation at a Northern Ireland university: Reflections of migrant academics within law, language education and higher education studies (ESAI 2023)
Dina Belluigi (Contributor), Mel Engman (Contributor) & Amanda Kramer (Contributor)
30 Mar 2023 → 01 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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BBC Radio 3 (Arts & Ideas podcast) Language Loss and Revival
13/01/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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BBC Radio 3 (Free Thinking podcast) Language Loss and Revival
12/01/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Interview with Dr. Mel Engman, Queen's University Belfast (08.04.2022)
Sin Wang Chong & Mel Engman
08/04/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities