Welcome to Michael Newman's pages. Here you can find information about my research interests, classes I teach, professional services perform, and look at my CV .
Affiliations:
Queens College
I am associate professor in the Department of Linguistics and Communication Disorders of Queens College/CUNY.
I am also affiliated with the Doctoral Programs in Linguistics and in Speech and Hearing Sciences of the CUNY Graduate Center
I am an Associate of the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society, which is housed at the CUNY Graduate Center
Research Interests:
On-going Research
My current research is focused on two areas, both involving linguistic consequences of immigration, with a focus on adolescents. Why adolescents? Because it is at this life stage that linguistic patterns are set for life, and so passed on to the next generation. Besides, fieldwork with teens is just great fun! Click on the links for descriptions of my two on-going research projects.
Language Choice of Immigrants to Barcelona
Finished Research
Singular they and epicene pronouns
Advocacy
I am currently engaged in an effort, together with David Hanauer of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, to reform the poorly designed TESOL/NCATE Standards. We have one critique published in the NYS-TESOL Newletter Idiom and another accepted for publication in the "Forum" section of TESOL Quarterly. The link below leads you to our Idiom paper.
The NCATE/TESOL Teacher Education Standards: Why they don't work and how to fix them