Excerpt from new chapter 3: Is Okama Okay?

Is Okama Okay?
“it is through language that a person negotiates a sense of self within and across different sites at different points in time”[1]&
I met Minori where else but at karaoke. Having always loved to sing, especially around others who enjoy the hobby just as much as I do, Japan was a great place for [...]

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Marlen is interviewed by Folake Abass of GALE

Excerpt from forthcoming interview with Folake Abass of the JALT Gender Awareness in Language Education (GALE) sig. More info on viewing the entire interview to be posted soon!

FA: Thank you for agreeing to do this interview with us. To begin with, can you tell us about the research you are doing for your [...]

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Re-positioning queer identity as a ‘non-issue’ in TESOL instruction

The Closet in the Classroom: Re-positioning queer identity as a ‘non-issue’ in TESOL instruction
Click the link above to read my 2007 manuscript concerning the positioning of queer sexuality in TESOL methods and approaches. Note that my own narrative “The Closet in the Classroom” was originally part of this manuscript.

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My Own Multiple Selves

Learner, Teacher, Foreigner, Queer: A narrative examination of identity performance
The above is a manuscript I wrote as part of an identity course I participated in during my doctoral studies at IUP. The narrative used for consideration was published in the May, 2008 issue of ESL Magazine.
In asking my participants to consider their own voices and [...]

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Linguistic Research and Queer Identities: Performance and perception

linguistic-research-and-queer-identities
Here are the slides from my 2007 presentation for the Linguistics Colloquium at Simon Fraser University, an examination of linguistic research ad queer identities.

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JALT/JACET 2008

JALT/JACET2008 Presentation
The above are the slides from my June presentation in Nagoya entitled “Synergistic Collaboration: Language teaching and the transmission of ideas about sexuality“. This presentation examines a hypothetical situation where the inclusion of queer sexuality in the EFL classroom in Japan becomes a point of conflict and opportunity for collaboration.

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2008 Nagoya Retreat

DISCOVERING VOICES Nagoya Presentation
Thank you for attending today’s discussion of autonomy, language learner identities and sexuality. I’ve posted the slides from the presentation power point above.
Please consider sharing your stories by clicking the SHARE YOUR STORY tab at the top of this page, or by emailing Marlen at m dot e dot harrison at iup [...]

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