Michele Back
Associate Professor/Ed Curriculum and Instruction

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Scholarly Contributions

106 Scholarly Contributions

46
Poster/Presentations
35
Journal Articles
12
Book Chapters
6
Books
5
Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blog, Podcast, Magazine/Trade Publications
1
Other Scholarly Work
1
Editorship
“We were told that the content we delivered was not as important:” disconnect and disparities in world language student teaching during COVID-19
2021
Karli Golembeski, D. Lanie Pelletier, Sean Miller, Alexander Gutiérrez, Michele Back, Tyler Macko
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2021.102679
“The role of languages and languaging in the world languages classroom: An intercultural approach.”
2017
Michele P Back, Manuela M Wagner
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

“Siempre adistanciados:” Ideology, equity, and access inPeruvian emergency distance education for Spanish as a second language.
2022
Virginia Zavala, Michele P Back, Raíza Franco
Research Type: Journal Article

“Siempre adistanciados:” Ideology, equity, and access in Peruvianemergency distance education for Spanish as a second language.
2021
Michele P Back, Raiza Franco
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

“Siempre Adistanciados”: Ideology, Equity, and Access in Peruvian Emergency Distance Education for Spanish as a Second Language
2021
Michele Back, Raiza Franco, Virginia Zavala
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1558/cj.19665
“Nunca olvides de donde vienes:” Cultural excavation for language teachers’ critical global competence.
2022
Michele P Back
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

“No nos pueden tratar como se les dé la gana:” Empowering Spanish heritage  language learners through human rights education. 
Michele Back, Amber Dickey
Research Type: Journal Article

“My whiteness is very prominent in Cusco”: Cultural excavation among teacher candidates studying abroad in Peru.
2021
Michele P Back
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

“La Orquesta”: Symbolic Performance in a Multilingual Community of Practice
2013
Michele P Back
Research Type: Journal Article

“It is a village:” Translanguaging pedagogies and collective responsibility in a rural K-8 school district.
2020
Michele P Back
Research Type: Journal Article

“I have more awareness of myself in context”: A comparative analysis of pre-service teachers’ engagement with race in study abroad.
Douglas Kaufman, Michele P Back, David M Moss, Jonathan Simmons
Research Type: Journal Article

‘They say I’m like that but they don’t know me’: transcultural discourses of masculinity
2013
Michele P Back
Research Type: Journal Article

¡Profesores adelante! Recruiting teachers in the target language.
2020
Michele P Back, Joseph Dean
Research Type: Journal Article

World language teachers performing and positioning agency in classroom target language use
2019
Michele P Back
Research Type: Book Chapter

World language teacher agency and classroom target language use: A comparative case study
2018
Michele P Back
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

When multilingualism fails: Working through distress and negative perceptions of language in multilingual research.
2023
Michele P Back
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

When Multilingualism Fails: Positioning “Failure” in Intergenerational Language Transmission, Language Learning, and Language Teaching
2025
Michele P Back
Research Type: Book Chapter

https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/Researching-Multilingually/?k=9781788925709
What if the coronavirus could change high school for the better?
2020
Michele P Back
Research Type: Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blog, Podcast, Magazine/Trade Publication

Using student home languages for academic and socioemotional success.
2019
Michele P Back
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Using Facebook data to analyze learner interaction during study abroad
2013
Michele P Back
Research Type: Journal Article