Taylor Lewis centers her research of Black queer geographies of language and education in her Maryland and Pennsylvania Black genealogies. Through this research, she works to honor the relationships of Piscataway and Susquehannock land, intergenerational knowledge-passing, and Black Language in the words of Black people. She currently works as a TLPL Instructional Assistant and Research Assistant for the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity (MILE).
Taylor holds a B.A. in Journalism and French from the University of Maryland, as well as an M.A. in Second Language Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi. She previously worked as a middle school teacher of French and English Language Arts in Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
In attending to her rest and joy, Taylor spends her non-academic/professional time playing The Sims, baking for family and friends, and exploring the depths of Crunchyroll and Tubi.
Harry Whitten Prize for Scholarly Excellence (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Second Language Studies)
Lewis, T. (2019). #Blacklanguagematters: A case study of Black identities in an L2 isiXhosa classroom. Second Language Studies, 37(2), 35-73.
Tare, M., Bonilla, C., Clark, M., Cook, S., Lewis, T., Jackson, S., & Doughty, C. (2015). Supporting Tailored Language Training Initiative 2.0: Documenting cognitive tailoring (DO0052). University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language. College Park, MD