Uju Anya

Biographic Data

ID955256
NAMEUju Anya
GIVEN NAMESUju
FAMILY NAMEAnya
SIGNATUREANYA U
AFFILIATIONSCarnegie Mellon University
ORCID0000-0001-6395-2621
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS24
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Emergent Quilombos

    Uju AnyaARTICLEHispania2025

  • World languages for Black Linguistic Reparations

    Open AccessTasha Austin, Uju AnyaARTICLEForeign Language Annals2024Cited by: 12References: 62

    This conceptual work highlights the history of Black erasure throughout the existence of world languages (WLs) as a field of study in the United States. It outlines the unique challenges faced by African descended learners who have and continue to pursue WL study in US classrooms. These include but are not limited to reduced local funding and programmatic expectations due to the remnants of anti‐Black educational policies, monolingual and imperia…

  • The United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent

    Uju Anya, J Maddox et al.ARTICLEHispania2024Cited by: 1

    The United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent:Reflections, Challenges, and Future Directions Uju Anya, John T. Maddox IV, and N. Michelle Murray In Memory of Georgina Herrera (1936–2021), one of many among the Ancestors after COVID-19 (Diario de Cuba) The years 2015 to 2024 were declared by the United Nations to be "The International Decade for People of African Descent" (United Nations). This initiative is rooted in the U…

  • The Unbearable Whiteness of Communicative Competence Research

    Open AccessUju AnyaARTICLELanguage Learning2023

    During my second year as a doctoral student in applied linguistics, I discussed my interest in exploring the language learning experiences of African American students with one of my professors—a foundational scholar in second language acquisition. He was pleased that I had settled on a topic of inquiry but also asked why I was limiting myself to such a niche concern instead of conducting research with universal relevance. He then advised me to d…

  • Racial Equity on College Campuses

    Royel M Johnson, Uju Anya et al.BOOKRacial Equity on College Campuses2022

  • Racial Equity on College Campuses

    Royel M Johnson, Uju Anya et al.BOOKRacial Equity on College Campuses2022

  • Critical Race Pedagogy for More Effective and Inclusive World Language Teaching

    Open AccessUju AnyaARTICLEApplied Linguistics2021

    To address racial inequity and the exclusion of African Americans in applied linguistics, second-language acquisition, and world language (WL) education, our field must reckon with social justice problems of racism and anti-Blackness. Theoretical frameworks of critical race theory (CRT) and critical race pedagogy (CRP) elucidate how such injustices are perpetuated, plus, propose solutions for them. This article discusses racism and anti-Blackness…

  • African Americans in World Language Study

    Open AccessUju AnyaARTICLEAnnual Review of Applied…2020

    This article examines the history of African Americans in the academic study of world languages and presents an overview of inquiry on the topic. The paper focuses on the impact of race in second language acquisition (SLA) as exemplified through the experience of black students in language education and study abroad. It discusses objectives, policies, instructional priorities and strategies, conditions, and materials related to how black students…

  • Connecting With Communities of Learners and Speakers

    Open AccessUju AnyaARTICLEForeign Language Annals2011Cited by: 11References: 31