History


Projects 1994 - 2008:  Director,  Kathryn A. Davis

From 1994 to 2008 the CSLR received $2.2 million in grants from Federal, State, and private foundation funding agencies.  Sponsored projects drew on multiple language, literacy, educational, and social theories to develop educational programs, workshops, seminars, and conferences (state and international) to support indigenous, Local (Hawai`i born), and immigrant/migrant populations.  CSLR staff also theorized situated practices through interpretive qualitative research involving critical analysis of discourse, narratives, and participatory action research.  This dynamic process of interpretation, collaboration and model building has resulted in ongoing adaptations of CSLR projects both locally (in Hawai`i) and globally and contributed to language, literacy, and sociopolitical theory-building.  The following are the project titles and key publications. For a project summary, please click the link. 
  • - Ke A`a Makalei Hawaiian Language Regenesis Projects.  [Project summary]
  • - Careers in Language Education and Academic Renewal. [Project summary]
  • - Studies of Heritage & Academic Languages & Literacies. [Project summary]
  • - Inspiring Multiliterate Participation in Academics & Communities through Technology (IMPACT) [Project summary]
  • - Generation 1.5 in Hawai`i: Gaining Critical Tools for Reading the World. [Project summary]
  • - The Foreign Language Partnership Project. [Project summary]

Key publications

- Cho, H.S. (forthcoming).  Transformation and agency: Critical bilingual studies through participatory action research.  In K. Davis (Ed.), Critical qualitative research in second language studies:  Agency and advocacy on the Pacific Rim.  In T. Osborn (Series Ed.). Contemporary Research in Education Series. Greenwich, CN: Information Age Publishing.

- Cho, H.S.  (2008).   Exploring critical literacies and social identites with linguistic minority undergraduates: A participatory action research study. Unpublished Dissertation, University of Hawai`i.

- Davis, K.  (In press a).  Towards agentive youth research:  Individual, collective, and policy transformations.  In T. G. Wiley, J. S. Lee, and R. Rumberger (Eds.), The education of language minority immigrants in the United States.  Clevedon, UK:  Multilingual Matters.

- Davis, K. (Ed.) (In press b).  Critical qualitative research in second language studies:  Agency and advocacy on the Pacific Rim.  In T. Osborn (Series Ed.). Contemporary Research in Education Series. Greenwich, CN: Information Age Publishing.

- Davis, K. (In press c).  Commentary on Language Policy Issues.  Journal of Language Problems and Planning.  Special Issue.  Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

- Davis, K. (Ed.).  (1999a).  Foreign language teaching and language minority education.  SLTCC, NFLRC.  Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press.

- Davis, K.  (1999b).  The Sociopolitical Dynamics of Indigenous Language Maintenance and Loss:  A Framework for Language Policy and Planning.  In Huebner, T. & Davis, K. (Eds.) Sociopolitical perspectives on language policy and planning in the U.S.A.(pp. 67-97).  John Benjamins Publishing Company. 

- Davis, K., Cho, H., Ishida, M., Soria, J., & Bazzi, S.  (2005a).  “It’s Our Kuleana”:  A Critical Participatory Approach to Language Minority Education.  In L. Pease-Alvarez and S. R. Schecter (Eds.) Learning, teaching, and community (pp. 3-25).  Mahway, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 

- Davis, K., Cho, H., & Bazzi, S. (2005b).  “Where I’m from”:  Transforming Education for Language Minorities.  In B. Street (Ed).  Literacies across educational context (pp. 188-212)..  Philadelphia:  Caslon Publishing. 

- Henze, R. & Davis, K. (Eds.). (1999a).  Anthropology and Education Quarterly (AEQ) Special Issue on “Authenticity and Identity in Indigenous Language Education.” Vol 30, No 1.

- Henze, R. & Davis, K.  (1999b).  Authenticity and Identity: Lessons from Indigenous Language Education.  Anthropology and Education Quarterly Special Issue: Authenticity and Identity in Indigenous Language Education.  Vol 30, No 1, 3-21.

- Huebner, T. & Davis, K. (Eds.). (1999).  Sociopolitical Perspectives on Language Policy and Planning in the U.S.A..  Amsterdam/Philadelphia:  John Benjamins Publishing Company.