Please join SLAT in congratulating Asya Gorlova and Mukaddes Coban-Postaci! Asya and Mukaddes have each won a AAAL 2026 Graduate Student Award, and we are incredibly proud of the stellar work each of them has accomplished.
Asya is a 5th year PhD candidate who has been awarded the AAAL Graduate Student Award - Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (GSA-JEDI), which recognizes students who demonstrate exceptional commitment to promoting social justice, equity, and inclusion, particularly through research, service, and advocacy within their academic communities. Asya's research focuses on language education in contexts of displacement and migration. Her dissertation project explores how refugee resettlement policies, teacher professional learning, and instructional practices shape teaching and learning in adult language and literacy programs in the United States.
Mukaddes is a 4th year PhD candidate who has been awarded the AAAL Duolingo Award. This award recognizes excellence in research, and recipients are chosen based on the academic merit of their accepted conference paper or poster proposal. Mukaddes's research focuses on critical applied linguistics, identity, L2 writing, and intersectionality.
Congratulations, Asya and Mukaddes!