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Research Focus
Drawing on years of experience with Indigenous and settler educators in the Upper Midwest of the United States, my research takes a relational approach to issues that emerge from indigenous, minoritised, and displaced language communities aiming to maintain and reclaim their languages. Some of these issues include languaging in interaction, migration, ideology, identity, and materials use in teaching and learning contexts.
I am particularly interested in understanding the role of language (as 'languaging') in constructing and sustaining human relationships in and with the natural world. Though I am primarily a qualitative researcher, I have experience with a variety of methodologies and I am interested in exploring how methods used more widely in other disciplines can benefit community-based applied linguistics research.
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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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Projects
- 2 Active
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R8896SES: Foghlaim thumoideachais idirghlúine: A study of family language development in Northern Ireland
Engman, M. (PI) & MacKenzie, A. (CoI)
05/10/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R3501SES: The Additional Competences and Associated Workloads of the Irish-medium Practitioner
O'Boyle, A. (PI), Engman, M. (CoI), Ortega, Y. (CoI) & Turkan, S. (CoI)
13/03/2023 → …
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. M. & Hermes, M., 01 Feb 2021, In: Modern Language Journal . 105, S1, p. 86-105 20 p.Research 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 Sept 2021, In: WINHEC: International Journal of Indigenous Education Scholarship. 2021, 1, 35 p.Research 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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Indigenous and minoritized languages education
Engman, M. M., Jun 2026, International encyclopedia of language and linguistics . Nesi, H. & Milin, P. (eds.). 3 ed. Elsevier, Vol. 8. p. 719-723Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Prizes
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Best of MLJ
Engman, M. (Recipient) & Hermes, M. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Research Article Award
Engman, M. (Recipient) & Hermes, M. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Top Cited Article 2021-2022 (WILEY)
Guerrettaz, A. M. (Recipient), Engman, M. (Recipient) & Matsumoto, Y. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Top Cited Article 2021-2022 (WILEY)
Engman, M. (Recipient) & Hermes, M. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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University of Glasgow
Engman, M. (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)
McKenzie, J. (Host) & Engman, M. (Host)
22 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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International Students’ Perceptions of the Ecology of English Language Learning and Teaching in an Irish Higher Education EAP Context – A Q Methodological Study
Engman, M. (Examiner)
04 Aug 2026Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
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Relationships, belonging, and the 'researcher-learner' in language reclamation
Engman, M. (Invited speaker)
18 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Languaging with the more-than-human world
Engman, M. (Advisor)
16 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Press/Media
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Diari di la llengua (Language diary): Entrevista a Mel M Engman
01/07/2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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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)
Chong, S. W. & Engman, M.
08/04/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities