Alison M. Turner

Exploring and “Crafting” Teacher Identity through Critical Personal Narratives

TESOL 2025 International Convention & Expo. Presented at the TESOL 2025 International Convention & Expo, Long Beach, CA.

Multimodal Identity Text Projects: Tapping into Learners

Community Cultural Wealth. TESOL 2024 International Convention & Expo. Presented at the Community Cultural Wealth. TESOL 2024 International Convention & Expo, Tampa, FL.

Opportunities and challenges of U.S.-based professional development for English language teachers in Azerbaijan

International Journal of Educational Researchers, 15(4), 1–19.

Reflection on Roots While Forging the Future: Exploring Teacher Identity

Carolina TESOL Conference. Presented at the Carolina TESOL Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.

A community-based organization in North Carolina: Facilitating transitions from high school to college for refugee-background students

School and Community Journal, 33(2), 63–95.

Community-Based Organizations Facilitating College Access as Literacy Brokers for Refugee-Background Students

Literacy Research Association Conference. Presented at the Literacy Research Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Connecting with Multilingual, Immigrant, and Refugee Students: A Semester-Long Project to Engage English Students with their Community

NC State Conference on Faculty Excellence. Presented at the NC State Conference on Faculty Excellence, Raleigh, NC.

Digital history for multilingual learners: Utilizing inquiry kits

Social Education, 87(2), 124–128.

Innovative Language Experiences

SETESOL Conference. Presented at the SETESOL Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Portraits of young refugee women’s identities, experiences, and beliefs in relation to college-going

English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 22(3), 368–380.

Young Refugee Women’s Paths to College: Identities, Experiences, and Beliefs

TESOL 2023 International Convention & English Language. Presented at the TESOL 2023 International Convention & English Language, Portland, OR.

A Portrait of an Afghan Refugee’s Journey to Higher Education: A Convergence of the Power of Critical Literacy and the Potential of Community Cultural Wealth

2022 Literacy Research Association Annual Convention. Presented at the 2022 Literacy Research Association Annual Convention, Phoenix, AZ.

Engaging Linguistically-Diverse Families for Multilingual Student Success

Fall 2022 Carolina TESOL Conference. Presented at the Fall 2022 Carolina TESOL Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Factors of Success for College-Going Immigrant/Refugee-Background Students

Carolina TESOL Conference. Presented at the Carolina TESOL Conference, Greensboro, NC.

StoryCorps and TED Talks: Communicative Language Teaching Strategies for ESL

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Convention. Presented at the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Convention, Pittsburg, PA.

A teacher’s guide to Sabrina & Corina

A teacher’s guide to Sabrina & Corina. Penguin/ Random House.

Navigating Around Communication Breakdowns

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Convention. Presented at the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Convention.

“What I learn is: Be brave and never give up!” Supporting students’ resilience in the classroom.

Carolina TESOL Annual Conference. Presented at the Carolina TESOL Annual Conference.

Moving and Talking: Communicative Language Activities for the ESL Classroom

Carolina Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference. Presented at the Carolina Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.

A teacher’s guide to Under the Feet of Jesus

Penguin/ Random House.

Countering Silence and Reconstructing Identities in a Spanish/English Two-Way Immersion Program

Cervantes-Soon, C. G., & Turner, A. M. (2016, January 1). SensePublishers EBooks.

Cross-Cultural Learning in Two-Way Language Immersion Programs: Student, Parent, and Teacher Perspectives

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference: Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies. Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference: Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies, Washington, D.C.

Self-Authoring the Meaning of Student Teaching in China: Impacts on First-Year Teaching Practices

Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 28(1), 78–98.

Third space openings at a two-way immersion elementary school in North Carolina: Lessons from parent language classes

Turner, A. M. (2016, April 2). Bilingual Research Journal, Vol. 39, pp. 107–120.

Book Review of A Cord of Three Strands: A New Approach to Parent Engagement in Schools

[Review of A Cord of Three Strands: A New Approach to Parent Engagement in Schools]. The School Community Journal, 25(2), 243–246.

Building Connections by Teaching Language at a Two-Way Immersion School in the Southeast: Laying the Groundwork for Third Spaces among Parents

AERA Annual Conference: Toward justice: Culture, language, and heritage in education research and praxis. Presented at the AERA Annual Conference: Toward justice: Culture, language, and heritage in education research and praxis, Chicago, IL.

Reimagining Third Space Theory with Latino Families: Moving to a Continuum for Creating Equity

Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference. Presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference, Carlsbad, CA (accepted but did not present).

Teaching Newcomers Inclusively: Social Studies in a New Gateway State

Social Studies Research and Practice, 10(1), 41–64.

Countering Silence and Reconstructing Identities in a Dual Language Program: Latina Mothers Pedagogies in El Nuevo Sur

AERA Annual Conference: The power of education research for innovation in practice and policy. Presented at the AERA Annual Conference: The power of education research for innovation in practice and policy, Philadelphia, PA.

Así no se dice: Silencing Immigrant Students in a TWI Classroom in the New Latino South

AESA Annual Conference: Risk and new spaces of collaboration. Presented at the AESA Annual Conference: Risk and new spaces of collaboration, Baltimore, MD.

No te quedes callado: Mexican Immigrant Mothers Breaking the Silence in the New Latino South

AERA Annual Conference: Education and poverty: Theory, research, policy and praxis. Presented at the AERA Annual Conference: Education and poverty: Theory, research, policy and praxis, San Francisco, CA.

Student Teaching Abroad in Beijing, China

North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators (NC-ACTE) Conference: Embracing the future: Living and learning in the context of globalization. Presented at the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators (NC-ACTE) Conference: Embracing the future: Living and learning in the context of globalization, Raleigh, NC.

What contributes to social studies teachers’ inclusiveness in teaching immigrant students in a new gateway state?

AERA Annual Conference: Education and poverty: Theory, research, policy and praxis. Presented at the AERA Annual Conference: Education and poverty: Theory, research, policy and praxis, San Francisco, CA.

Bridging the poverty gap in the United States

Language Experience Forum Journal: A Journal of the International Reading Association’s Language Experience Special Interest Group, 42(1), 1–3.

Letter from the Editorial Board

The High School Journal, 95(4), 1–3.

Widening classroom practices for English language learners through Third Space

Language Experience Forum Journal: A Journal of the International Reading Association’s Language Experience Special Interest Group, 41(2), 9–12.

Widening classroom spaces for ELLs through Third Space

Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference: Widening the circle for literacy research and practice: Expanding access, knowledge and participation. Presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference: Widening the circle for literacy research and practice: Expanding access, knowledge and participation, Jacksonville, FL.

El uso del diminutivo en la telenovela mexicana Bajo las riendas del amor

Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC). Presented at the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC), Wilmington, NC.

Las peregrinaciones en Las soledades de Góngora y en el Primero Sueño de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures: Questioning textualities: A transatlantic approach? Presented at the Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures: Questioning textualities: A transatlantic approach?, Chapel Hill, NC.

Project-Based Teaching in the Spanish Classroom

Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) Annual Conference. Presented at the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) Annual Conference, Winston Salem, NC.

Using Children’s Books in the Spanish Classroom

International Reading Association Annual Conference (IRA). Presented at the International Reading Association Annual Conference (IRA), Orlando, FL.