✅ #AAAL2024

This weekend, I presented my ongoing research at #AAAL2024 on how multilingual romantic couples leverage text messaging to invest in learning their partner's native language (or not!) and how memes, different smartphone keyboards, emojis, emoticons, gifs, code-switching, translanguaging, and facets of intercultural communication can play into each couple's creation of a unique, multilingual "code" as they navigate cultural and linguistic differences. 📲💕

Thank you to all who attended and brought such great and curious energy, who offered thoughtful feedback and thought-provoking questions, who shared personal anecdotes and insights (and laughter), and all those who enjoyed analyzing various memes and text messages with me in the context of multilingual, intercultural, and romantic communication! 😂

It was also amazing to attend the fascinating and inspiring colloquium on "Critical digital literacy at the nexus of language, technology, and power," organized by Professor Ron Darvin and Professor Christoph Hafner, and to hear about the recent work on this crucial topic amidst our current technological landscapes. Thank you so much for organizing this event! 🙏

👏 Absolutely an inspiring and productive weekend—looking forward to next year! 🤞

📲💕 As always, thank you for your support.

Best,
Kris Cook