Language Matters

Applied Language Solutions: I Say 'Tomato' (Free Movement, March 2012) [text]

"The Complexities of Interpreting in Refugee Contexts: An Examination of Issues and Practice," Chapter in Proceedings of the "Synergise!" Biennial National Conference of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011) [info]
- See earlier version here.

"Discursive Deracialization in Talk about Asylum Seeking," Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, vol. 21, no. 2 (March/April 2011) [full-text]

"How Language Testing Used to Authenticate Asylum Claims Fails to Recognise the Reality and Complexity of Language," Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 23 (Feb. 2012) [full-text]

"Ruling: The State is Obligated to Provide Adequate Translation Services in RSD Interviews," Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 27 (June 2012) [full-text]

"A Truthful Accounting of Events": The Roles of Linguistic Strategy, Narrative, and Performance in United States Asylum Hearings, Senior Projects Spring 2012 (Bard College, May 2012) [text]

And finally, watch for a future special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication, the theme for which will be "Migrating Languages: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Refugees, Asylum and Migration."

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