SLATSA is organized and directed by SLAT students for SLAT students, and represents the group’s interests to the SLAT Executive Council. Among its various functions and activities, SLATSA elects two student representatives to serve for one year on the SLAT Executive Council. This election takes place each spring for the upcoming academic year. SLATSA also arranges for students to serve as peer mentors for new students; and to serve as managing editors for the Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (JSLAT).
Information about upcoming SLATSA events is communicated through university email.
SLATSA maintains a Facebook page with regular updates about social events, and a WhatsApp group for students to communicate with each other in a more informal way. Students can join the group by contacting one of the SLATSA officers.
The current version of the SLATSA constitution can be found here.
Students are strongly encouraged to be active members in the SLAT student association (SLATSA).
Find the current SLATSA Constitution and description of officer duties here.
Co-Chair
Mukaddes Coban Postaci
mukaddescoban@arizona.edu
Co-Chair
Bernard Cassie
bbcassie@arizona.edu
Recorder
Serdar Sen
serdarsen@arizona.edu
Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Co-Editor
Alona Kladieva
kladieva@arizona.edu
Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Co-Editor
Vacant
(Please contact Mukaddes, Bernard, or Alona if you're interested in serving as JSLAT co-editor!)
SLATSA Liaisons/ExCo Representatives
Angus Leydic
leydic@arizona.edu
Sara Matsumura
saramats@arizona.edu
Social Coordinator
Lucia Velazquez Encinas
velazquezencinas@arizona.edu
Vacant - Second Social Coordinator position
(Contact Mukaddes or Bernard if you're interested in serving in this role!)
Webmaster
Vacant
(Contact Mukaddes or Bernard if you're interested in serving in this role!)
Roundtable Committee
Nena Choi
nechoi0202@arizona.edu
Caroline Scheuer Neves
carolinesn@arizona.edu
Henry Aberle
hmaberle@arizona.edu
Sara Leila
saraleila@arizona.edu
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Borbala Gaspar
bgaspar@arizona.edu
The SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable is a free student-run annual conference at the University of Arizona. The conference is open to scholars around the world, and the topics that are usually covered fall under the different Second Language Acquisition and Teaching areas of specialization (Instructional Dimensions of L2 Learning, Sociocultural Dimensions of L2 Learning, Cognitive Dimensions of L2 Learning, and Linguistic Dimensions of L2 Learning).
The conference is mostly funded through the fundraising efforts of SLATSA, with support provided by the College of Humanities, the College of Social and Behavioral Studies, the College of Science, the College of Education, the Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC), the English/EAL program, the Department of French and Italian, the Department of Russian and Slavic studies, the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies, the Department of East Asian Studies, the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Department of Linguistics, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Department of German Studies, CERCLL, CEAS, CMES, CLAS, and SLAT.
The 24th Annual SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable was held in person on February 7 and 8, 2025, with the theme of Interdisciplinarity in Language Research, Leadership and Pedagogical Practices.
The dates for the 25th Annual SLAT Roundtable for the 2025-2026 academic year have not been announced yet, but will be posted here in late Fall 2025.
Statement of Purpose
The Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (JSLAT) is a publication of the University of Arizona Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT). JSLAT was conceived as a source for scholarly dialogue among SLAT students, SLAT faculty, and the second language research community at large. They are intended as an opportunity for doctoral students in the field of second language studies to experience the publishing process as well as an outlet for established second language researchers to present work in progress.
Who may submit?
JSLAT invites students, faculty, and scholars at any stage of their academic career who are working in Second Language Acquisition or related fields to submit original manuscripts for consideration for publication in the Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. Papers could be empirical research studies (i.e. work with human subjects, corpus data, or textual analysis) or more theoretical in nature; but should focus on issues related to second language acquisition and teaching.
You can find current and archived volumes of the journal at this link: JSLAT
Please contact the 2024-2025 JSLAT Co-Editors, Dilara Avci (dilaraavci@arizona.edu) and Onur Ural Burns (onurural@arizona.edu), or the 2025-2026 Editor, Alona Kladieva (kladieva@arizona.edu) for questions about JSLAT and how to submit an article.