Dr. Julia Spiegelman
Assistant Professor of French Education and Teacher Education
she / elle
Gender, sexuality, and queer inclusion
French language education
Teacher education
Race and antiracism
Language ideologies
Biography
Julia Donnelly Spiegelman (she/elle) is a critical applied linguist, French teacher, and anti-bias teacher educator whose research seeks to understand and counter the workings of racism and transphobia in language classroom contexts. She earned her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Boston and holds an M.A. in French Linguistics and Pedagogy from Middlebury College and a B.A. in Music from Bryn Mawr College. For fifteen years in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, Julia has taught languages and language pedagogy in contexts ranging from K-12 to higher education, along with countless workshops for teachers on gender-expansive and antiracist language teaching.
Julia’s engaged and impactful teaching, research and advocacy have been recognized by many organizations, including honors such as the Distinguished Service and Engaged Research Graduate Student (DSERG) Award and Graduate Student Award (GSA) from the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), the Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace from Middlebury College, and the Courtenay Martin Award for Exceptional Spirit, Commitment, and Vision from the Meadowbrook School of Weston.
Julia’s research investigates nonbinary gender identities and dynamics of racialization in French education settings to understand how ideologies of exclusion are reproduced and how they can be disrupted and transformed. As a queer, cisgender, white, non-Indigenous scholar, Julia critically engages with questions of positionality and ethics, employing a reflexive, relational approach and collaborative methods in both research and teaching. Julia’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including The French Review, L2 Journal, Critical Multilingualism Studies, the International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education, and TESOL Quarterly.
Selected Publications
