Dr. Shawna Shapiro teaches academic writing and linguistics at Middlebury College in Vermont. Her research focuses on college transitions for immigrant/refugee students and on innovative approaches to working with linguistically diverse writers. Dr. Shapiro’s work has appeared in many peer-reviewed journals, including College Composition and Communication, WAC Journal, and Research in the Teaching of English. Her most recent book, Cultivating Critical Language in the Writing Classroom (Routledge, 2022) will have a 2nd edition in 2027. (see https://clacollective.org/) Dr. Shapiro has also written for more public audiences, through Inside Higher Ed, The Conversation, and other venues. More at https://sites.middlebury.edu/shapiro