Ethnicity, Race and Multilingualism Committee
Committee Chair
Bogum Yoon (2018 - 2021) State University of New York at Binghamton [email protected]
Committee Members
Xia Chao, ([email protected]), Committee Member Laura Jimenez, ([email protected]), Committee Member Tiffany Flowers, ([email protected]), Committee Member Carol Brochin, ([email protected]), Committee Member Kwangok Song ([email protected]), Committee Member Allison Briceno, ([email protected]), Committee Member
Standing Member Support
Byeong-Young Cho (2019 - 2022) Hanyang University [email protected]
Purpose
The Ethnicity, Race, and Multilingualism Committee has four main objectives:
- To increase awareness and knowledge of members about issues of diversity and equity in literacy research and education.
- To promote an interest in conducting or supporting literacy research aimed at improving educational opportunities, access, achievement, and empowerment of students of diverse, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- To increase the participation of scholars of diverse cultural backgrounds in LRA as members, Annual Conference presenters, Committee members, and officers.
- To assist and advise the Board of Directors in monitoring LRA’s progress in meeting goals of equity.
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