Trauma-Informed Applied Linguistics

Maybritt D. Woodcock is a PhD candidate in the Department of British and North American Studies at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Her research interests lie in language equity, migration, multilingualism and the interdisciplinary field of community-engaged research. Her PhD focuses on language barriers of modern slavery survivors in England.Emily M. Feuerherm is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. Her research interests include second language acquisition, language policy, citizenship, intersections of language and health, and engaged research methodologies.

As the world reels from the remaking of the global order, we have much to learn from the resilience strategies of migrants and refugees. This edited collection foregrounds these strategies as it accounts for a trauma-informed applied linguistics, one in which scholars of language form new communities of practice to ensure ethically charged research about migration.

• Maybritt D. Woodcock and Emily M. Feuerherm: IntroductionPart 1: NarrationChapter 1. Elena Foulis, Kelly Guzman and Rachel Showstack: Trauma-Informed Oral History Practices for Social Justice in Multilingual CommunitiesChapter 2. Jeremy A. Rud: Practicing Trauma-Informed Listening in Asylum Application InterviewsChapter 3. Diana Camps: Competing Conceptions of Childhood: Implications for Trauma-Informed Approaches to Policy and Practice for Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum in the UKChapter 4. Johanna Holzer: Linguistic Perspectives on Young Migrants’ Discursive Reconstructions of Migration-Related ExperiencesPart 2: InterpretingChapter 5. Maybritt D. Woodcock: Interpreting Services for Modern Slavery Survivors in England as a Matter of Trauma-Informed CareChapter 6. Chiara Rao and Koen Kerremans: The Helper’s Hidden Burden: Vicarious Trauma in Interpreters Involved in Humanitarian AidChapter 7. Kendra V. Dickinson, Belem López and Glenn Martínez: Trauma-Informed Practices in Interpreter Training with Latinx High School StudentsPart 3: L2 EducationChapter 8. Mirjam Broersma: Trauma and Second Language Acquisition: Socio-Emotional Wellbeing, Cognition, Motivation and ParticipationChapter 9: Francesca La Morgia: Integrating Language, Art and Wellbeing: Reflections on a Trauma-Informed Collaborative Project for Families Seeking International Protection in IrelandChapter 10. Melisa Miralles: Healing and Social Justice: Transformative Practices in the Heritage Language Classroom    Ava Becker: Afterword: Bringing a Trauma-Informed Lens to Applied Linguistics Research