Robin Turner (she/elle/ella)

Selected research presentations: 

Turner, R. (2023, May). Linguistic pasts and ideological futures. Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes Annual Conference, York University, Toronto.

Turner, R. (2023, April). Intimacies of recent past and identity of empire: Linguistic anthropological considerations. Paper presentation at Medusa Graduate Conference, University of Toronto. 

Turner, R. (2022, July). A critical exploration of scale and chronotope in shifting discourses of oppression. Paper presentation at Sociolinguistics Symposium 24, Universiteit Ghent. [Accepted] 

Turner, R. (2022, May). Power dynamics of migrant linguistic strategies in Montreal. Paper presentation at the 18^th annual International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [Accepted]

Turner, R. (2022, May). Thinking with the past through discourse. Paper presentation at the 23^rd annual Michicagoan graduate student conference in linguistic anthropology, University of Michigan and University of Chicago. [Accepted]

Turner, R. (2022, May). “Violent enforcement of a category violently constructed”: The power of language as an agent of violence. Paper presentation at Language, Literature, Power, University of Niš. [Accepted]

Turner, R. (2022, April). The Queer Archive as a Site of Intervention and Resistance. Paper presentation at the 2022 meeting of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder. [Accepted]

Turner, R. (2021, October). Les identités sexuelles et linguistiques marquées après la Révolution tranquille. Paper presentation at Colloque du réseau de la recherche sur la francophonie Canadienne, Université d’Alberta, Campus Saint-Jean. [cancelled due to covid-19 pandemic]

Turner, R. (2021, May). Ethics of the Queer Archive: Minoritized Language, Queer Time, & Archival Activism. Paper presentation at the 17^th annual International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Turner, R. (2021, May). Publicly Circulating Discourses of Racialization in Quebec Media. Paper presentation at the 17^th annual International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Turner, R. (2020, March). Galician education influences on neofalante identity, attitudes, and language practices. Poster presentation at the Georgetown University Round Table 2020, Georgetown University.

Turner, R. (2020, February). Linguistic Constructions of Agency in the Grassroots Political Movement. Paper presentation at the twelfth annual meeting of Illinois Language and Linguistics Society, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Turner, R. (2020, February). Indexicalities of Community Membership in Multilingual Political Campaigning. Paper presentation at the second annual Sociolinguistic Symposium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Selected pedagogical practices presentations: 

Turner, R. (2022, November). A critical examination of bridging courses in university French curricula. Poster presentation at the 2022 ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Boston, Massachusetts. 

Turner, R. (2022, April). Critical Reflections of Cultural Knowledges in French Bridging Courses. Paper presentation at the 2022 SLA Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison. [Accepted]

Turner, R. (2020, November). Bridging the Gap: Looking at language and literature courses in French program curricula. Paper presentation at Diversity, Decolonization, and the French Curriculum (DDFC) Conference. Online, Sam Houston State University & University of Louisiana-Lafayette.

Turner, R. (2020, February). Authentic texts: What do you adapt and how do you use them?. Presentation at the Spring 2020 Language Teaching Share Fair, Center for Language Instruction and Coordination, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Turner, R. (2019, November). Co-constructing a World: Global Simulation in the Elementary FL Classroom. Presentation at the 2019 ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Washington DC. 

Turner, R. (2019, November). Global Simulation Strategies for the FL Classroom. Presentation at the 2019 Language Teaching Share Fair, Center for Language Instruction and Coordination, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Turner, R. (2019, October). Global Simulation as a Vehicle for Oral Proficiency. Presentation at the 2019 ICTFL Fall Conference, Naperville, IL. 

Roncoroni, F. & Turner, R. (2019, May). A Study of Global Simulation for Engagement, Intercultural Awareness, and Fluency in Spontaneous Speech of Intermediate II French Learners. Poster Presentation at the 11th Annual SLATE Graduate Research Symposium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Workshops & Panels: 

Turner, R. (2021, March). A Sociolinguistic Approach to Bilingual LGBTQ+ Communities & their Histories. Panel presentation at the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, California Institute of Integral Studies. 

Turner, R. (2020, April). Indexicalities of Queerness and Personhood in “Emergent” Bilingual Montréal. Workshop presentation at the North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) Research Incubator, The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference at the University of Kentucky. 

Turner, R. (2019, September). Temporal Perspectives on Language and Queer Identities. Panel presentation at the Solidarities of Difference Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Invited talks:

Callesano, S., Maroun, D., Pye, J., Smalls, K., & Turner, R. (September, 2023) Raciolinguistics and Decolonization in Academia. Individual panel presentation on The Role of Student Agency in Diversifying Curriculum. Doctoral Research Support Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Turner, R. (2023, May). Practical Pedagogies and Linguistic Justice. Graduate Engineering Equity Committee, McGill University.  

Turner, R. (2023, April). Resources for gender inclusive langauge in the French language classroom. Roundtable on Linguistic Discrimination, University of Iowa. 

Turner, R. (2022, November). Le langage et la mode : Introduction à la théorie barthésienne. FR 337: Contemporary France, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Turner, R. (2022, October). Pedagogical strategies for teaching and implementing gender-inclusive language in the world language classroom. FR 505: Teaching College and Secondary Foreign Language, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Turner, R. (2022, February). Le Paris parlé. FR 156: Exploring Paris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Turner, R. (2021, October). Technology and Community-building in Language Research and Education. WLLC 5000: Teaching and Learning Languages, University of Iowa.

Morgan, W.J., Robertson, W.B., & Turner, R. (2019, February). Navigating Linguistic Research and the Graduate Student-Faculty Dynamic. Panel presentation at The University of Alabama Languages Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Turner, R. (2018, April). The Foundation of Emoji Social Semiotics. Presentation at The Mallet Assembly, The University of Alabama.