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LJ CON
Free Online

Linguistic Justice Conference

From the Streets to the Syllabus and Back
April 17, 2026
9 AM - 3:15 PM

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Keynote

Dr. Mike Mena

Academic Influencer & Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY 

We're excited to announce that our keynote speaker is Dr. Mike Mena, an academic influencer and CUNY faculty. His YouTube Channel, 'The Social Life of Language,' is designed to bring complex theoretical academic work on language into the realm of public discourse in a way that is “simple, but never simplified.”  This lines up nicely with our theme, From the Streets to the Syllabus and Back. A lil more on Dr. Mike Mena.

Check out materials from our past conferences!

  • Conference Playlist
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