Research interests: Sociolinguistics, raciolinguistics, multimodal critical discourse analysis, global hip hop cultures, popular cultures, postcolonial literature, (transnational) Indigenous studies, cultural studies, Black Studies,  

Education

Ph. D. Candidate in Cultural Studies, Queen’s University 2020-2024
M. A. English Language, Obafemi Awolowo University 2015
B. A. (Ed) Education English, Obafemi Awolowo University 2008

About

Adesoji Babalola is a PhD candidate in the Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at Queen’s University. His ongoing doctoral research explores the linguistic and cultural strategies of resistance, resurgence and decolonial politics in Indigenous hip hop music in Nigeria and Canada, to better understand how youth cultures contribute to the global movement of decolonization and language revitalization, especially in both exploitative and settler (post)colonial sites. He has published widely in reputable journals. His new publication entitled “Intimacies and Articulation in Nigerian Hip Hop Music” is in the journal of Asian and African Studies, published by Sage, United Kingdom. His forthcoming article and book review are in MUSICultures (Canada) and Language in Society (United Kingdom) respectively.

Teaching

LLCU 295: The Language and Cultures of Global Hip Hop (Fall 2023)
LLCU 111: Introduction to Cultures (Teaching Assistant: Fall & Winter 2021-22, Fall & Winter 2022-23). 

Research and teaching interests: Medieval Iberian Literature, Framed Tale Stories, Transmission and Translation of Stories and Exempla through the Middle Ages, History of Spain, Peninsular Literature, Comparative Literature, Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language.

Education

Ph.D. (ABD) in Hispanic Literature and Culture with specialization in Medieval Spanish Literature, University of Toronto.
M.A. in Hispanic Literature and Culture with specialization in Medieval Spanish Literature, University of Toronto, 2018.
B.A. in Literature, Magna Cum Laude, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), 2014.

About

Daniela Maldonado Castañeda earned her Bachelor's degree in Literature from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a meritorious thesis focused on Calila e Dimna, a collection of framed tale stories originally written in Sanskrit and translated from Arabic into Spanish during the Middle Ages on the Iberian Peninsula.

After several years of promoting writing and reading programs in vulnerable communities in Colombia, she relocated to Canada to pursue her M.A. and Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature and Culture at the University of Toronto. There, she has taught a variety of Spanish language and literature courses. Her doctoral dissertation centers on El Conde Lucanor by Don Juan Manuel, a well-known book written in Castile during the Middle Ages. Her research and teaching interests revolve around the rich literary culture and history of Medieval Iberia, with a particular emphasis on the interactions between cultures and languages that led to literary borrowings and adaptations. Her research has been supported by the Vanier Scholarship and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

Daniela is also deeply passionate about teaching Spanish as a foreign language. She served as the facilitator for the Community-Engaged Learning program of Spanish at the University of Toronto. Additionally, she was part of the team of authors who created "A parar bien la oreja: Cuaderno de comprensión auditiva" (OER Pressbooks, 2020), a handbook and open resource for intermediate and advanced-level Spanish learners focused on listening comprehension skills.

Publications

Maldonado Castañeda, Daniela et al. A parar bien la oreja: cuaderno de Comprensión auditiva. Spanish Listening Comprehension Handbook for Intermediate and Advanced Levels. OER Pressbooks, 2020. https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/slch/

Rocha Osornio, J. C., & Maldonado Castañeda, D. “Tender puentes de reciprocidad global en tiempos de pandemia: Diseño e implementación de un programa internacional de aprendizaje-servicio virtual (APSv)”. Decires, 24 (30), 109-134, 2023. https://decires.cepe.unam.mx/index.php/decires/article/view/363

Teaching

Professor Maldonado Castañeda teaches following courses:

SPAN 112: Beginn ing Spanish II
SPAN 302: Gramática avanzada y composición II
SPAN 380/LLCU 395: Classical Literature of Spain
SPAN 381/LLCU 395: Modern Literature of Spain
LLCU 247: The Dynamic History of Spain

Research Interests:  Land-Based Indigenous Knowledge, plant-based teachings, and pollinator gardens

Education

M. Ed. World Indigenous Studies in Education, Queen's University

About

O’nahkwi:yo Kelly Maracle is a Mohawk woman and member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte at Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Kelly has held numerous roles in the field of Indigenous education over the past 20 years including K-12, adult education, post-secondary education, and administration. She is a mother of three children and sits with the Turtle clan. Kelly’s areas of focus are developing culturally responsive, Land-Based educational programming and Trauma Informed Practice. She completed her Masters of Education in the World Indigenous Studies in Education program at Queen’s University, with research in plant-based teachings, Land-Based Indigenous Knowledge and pollinator gardens. “I am always inspired by my late father, who firmly believed in the power of education.”

Teaching

Professor Maracle teaches the following courses:
INDG 395: Special Topics: Learning Together from The Land
INDG 401: In Community Capstone: Research & Relationships

Research Interests:  semiotics; intertextuality; information circulation and sovereignty; Indigenous linguistic and cultural reclamation; functional approaches to grammar and discourse

Education

Ph.D (joint) Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Chicago, 2020
M.A. Communication Studies, McGill University, 2012
B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, University of Chicago, 2009

About

Hannah McElgunn is a linguistic anthropologist whose writing and teaching explores the dynamic relationship between language and culture. Her primary research and ethical commitments are centered at Hopi, an Indigenous community, language, and way of life in Arizona. Working in reciprocity with friends and colleagues, she studies the historical and contemporary appropriation of Hopi language, knowledge, and other “intangible” materials, and the various ways they might be reclaimed in the present. Her work seeks to support information sovereignty and strengthen connections between Indigenous languages and communities, while also fostering methodological and theoretical ties between the disciplines of Linguistics and Anthropology. Before coming to Queen’s, Hannah was a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Personal website:  www.hannahmcelgunn.com

Teaching

Dr. McElgunn teaches the following courses:
LLCU 395: Special Topics: Cultural Communications
LLCU 295: Special Topics: Multilingualism: Mixing, Purity, and Everything in Between 
LLCU 403: Stories that Matter: Connecting Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Research interests: language variation and change, sociolinguistics, socio-phonetics, dialectology, Canadian English.

Education

Ph. D. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, York University (ABD)
M. A. in Linguistics, University of Toronto, 2008
B. A. in Linguistics, McGill University, 2003

About

Professor Baxter’s current research focuses on different regional and ethnic varieties of Canadian English, including English spoken in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, and Black English in Toronto; as well as parodies and stereotypes of Canadian English, particularly those portrayed on American television.

Professor Baxter has previously taught a variety of linguistics and sociolinguistics courses at York University and Glendon College, including Language in its Social Context, Bilingualism, Canadian English, Varieties of English, The Structure of English, and Modern English.

Teaching

LING 202: Canadian English
LING 320: Phonology

Research interests: The intersection between culture, religion, politics and national identity in Mexico during the 20th century, focusing on the evolution of political and social imaginaries, modernity and secularism.

Education

Ph. D. Student, Queen’s University, 2020-2024
M. A. in Religious Studies, Queen’s University, 2020
M.B.A. Texas Tech University, 2004
B. A. in Philosophy, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico, 2001

About

Francisco Zepeda is a Ph.D. student in Cultural Studies and a teaching assistant in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen’s University. He is also a research fellow at the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI) and was a research assistant at SILS 27. Currently, he researches the evolution of political and social imaginaries, both religious and secular, in Mexico during the 20th century. On the one hand, he uses archive work and discourse analysis to explore the diary of debates of key legislative processes that led to promulgation or amendments of Mexican constitutions and shaped the political and economic systems. On the other hand, he investigates alternative social imaginaries, such as those of the Cristeros and the Zapatista Movement, which exemplify some voices traditionally excluded by the political elites that have contested the hegemonic narrative.

Teaching

SPAN 111: Beginning Spanish I (Winter 2022)
Teaching assistant for SPAN 111 Beginning Spanish I (Fall 2021)