Honoring Richard Ruiz and his Work on Language Planning and Bilingual Education

Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Chair of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. She is a three-time recipient of the Fulbright Senior Specialist Award, which has taken her to Paraguay, New Zealand and South Africa respectively, and she teaches, lectures and advises on multilingualism and education throughout the world. Her research interests include educational linguistics and sociolinguistics, educational ethnography and anthropology, bilingualism and biliteracy, multilingualism and language education policy, Indigenous education and language revitalization. She has authored or edited over two dozen books, including Sociolinguistics and Language Education (Multilingual Matters, 2010).

Richard Ruiz’s influence on the fields of language policy and language education has been immense. His scholarship was always especially elegant and insightful. It was also, crucially, always grounded in social justice and a related commitment to effecting positive change for bilingual and minoritized students. His untimely death has robbed us of not only a great academic but also a remarkable person. But this is all the more reason why this collection is so important, because in reading it we can still clearly hear his voice, see his vision, and understand the significance, reach and influence of his work.

• DedicationIntroduction: Richard Ruiz and his Legacy -- Nancy H. HornbergerAcknowledgementsPart I: Language Planning1. Teresa L. McCarty: “Language Planning Is Social Planning”: Reflections on the Language Planning Contributions of Richard Ruiz2. Orientations in Language Planning. 1984b. NABE Journal, 8(2), 15-34.3. Official Languages and Language Planning. 1990. in K. Adams & D. Brink, Eds. Perspectives on Official English: The Campaign for English as the Official Language of the USA, 11-24. Berlin: Mouton. 4. Language Planning Considerations in Indigenous Communities. 1995. Bilingual Research Journal 19, 71-81.5. Threat Inversion and Language Policy in the United States. 2006, Unpublished. 6. English Language Planning and Transethnification in the USA. 2010. Telescope. (Aménagement Linguistique De L’anglais Et La Transethnification Aux États-Unis).Part II: Bilingual Education7. Norma González and Eric J. Johnson: Richard Ruiz and Bilingual Education8. Language Teaching In American Education. 1984a. Washington, DC: National Institute of Education Report.9. Bilingual Education. 1997. In C. Grant & G. Ladson-Billings, Eds. Dictionary Of Multicultural Education, 29-31.10. The Paradox of Bilingualism. 2008c. in J. Gonzalez, Ed. Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education, 645-650. Sage.11. The Knowledge Base of Bilingual Education. Review Of González (2008) The Encyclopedia Of Bilingual Education. Education Review, November 8, 2008a.Part III: Language Fun12. Perry Gilmore, Brendan H. O’Connor and Lauren Zentz: Taking “Language Fun” Seriously13. The Parable of the Pigs. 1992/1996, Unpublished14. Jesus Was Bilingual. 2003, Unpublished15. The Ontological Status of Burritos. 2008b, UnpublishedPart IV: Language Minority Education16. Luis C. Moll and D.Lane Santa Cruz: Introductory Reflection17. Ethnic Group Interests and the Social Good: Law and Language in Education. 1983. in W. Van Horne, Ed., Ethnicity, Law and the Social Good, 49-73. Milwaukee: American Ethnic Studies Coordinating Committee. 18. The Empowerment of Language Minority Students. 1991. in C. Sleeter, Ed., Empowerment through Multicultural Education, 217-227. Albany: SUNY Press.19. Asymmetrical Worlds: The Representation of the Ethnic in Public Discourse. 2000, Unpublished.20. The Educational Sovereignty of Latino/a Students in the United States, By L. Moll and R. Ruiz. 2005. in P. Pedraza & M. Rivera, Eds. Latino Education: An Agenda for Community Action Research, 295-320. Erlbaum.Part V: Perspectives on Language Planning Orientations and Language Threat Inversion21. Erin Mackinney: Language Ideologies and Bilingual Realities: The Case of Coral Way22. Julia Richards and Janelle Johnson: Language Orientations in Guatemala: Toward Language As Resource?23. Olga Bever: ‘Language-As-Catalyst’: Exploring the Role of Linguistic Landscapes in the Framework of Richard Ruiz’s’ Orientations in Language Planning’24. Kevin S. Carroll and Joyce Pereira: Threat Inversion and Language Maintenance in Puerto Rico and ArubaPart VI:                 Communities As Linguistic Resources Across The Americas: A Symposium Of Essays25. Mary Carol Combs and Sheilah E. Nicholas: Language, Voice and Empowerment Frameworks26. Leisy Wyman, Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla and Luz Jiménez-Quispe: Indigenous Youth Language Resources, Educational Sovereignty, and Praxis: Connecting a New Body of Language Planning Research to the Work of Richard Ruiz27. Amparo Clavijo Olarte and Ángela Pamela González: The Missing Voices in Colombia Bilingüe: The Case Of Ӗbӗra Children’s Schooling in Bogotá28. Iliana Reyes and Ana Christina Da Silva Iddings: Learning about Linguistic Resources through Home Engagements: Opportunities for Latina Pre-Service Teachers to Shape Their Language OrientationsAfterword: Richard Ruiz - Colin BakerAuthor BiosRuiz CV 2015