2026 December AAALetter Table of Contents

Volume 38, Number 1

Table of Contents

Feature Articles

1. You Don’t Need Optimism for Hope | Daniel Silva & Jerry Won Lee

2. Racialized French Immersion Students Speak Back: Representation, Racism, and French Proficiency| Kunnis Marika Kunnas

3. Centering Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in AAAL | Ashley R. Moore, M. Sidury Christiansen, Brittany Frieson, Aline Godfroid, Okim Kang, Pia Lane, Wesley Y. Leonard, Luke Plonsky, Tracy Quan, & Manka Varghese

AAAL Leadership Updates

4. A Continued Engagement with Relational Accountability | Manka Varghese

5. AAAL Conference Updates  | Mari Haneda & Francis Hult

6. 2027 Virtual Conference Updates| Melanie Wong & Ryuko Kubota

Standing Committee Updates

7. AAAL Conference Connections: Building Bridges, Strengthening Community | Juyeon Yoo

8. Applied Linguistics in Unsteady Times | Uju Anya & Rima Elabdali

News from Sibling Organizations

9. AIALA: Multilingualism in Applied Linguistics | Michel Riquelme-Sanderson

From the Editors

10. AAAL 2026 In-person (Chicago) Conference at a Glance| Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer

11. AAAL 2026 Virtual Conference at a Glance | Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer

12. The AAALetter Editorial Team | Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer, Shuyi Yang, Ava Becker & Elizabeth Lee