Full Name
Immaculee Harushimana
Job Title
Professor
Company
Lehman College
Speaker Bio
Immaculée Harushimana is Professor of English Education and TESOL at Lehman College, CUNY. A recipient of 1993 and 2019 Fulbright awards, Professor Harushimana teaches Language and Literacy and TESOL courses in the Department of Middle and High School Education. Her major area of inquiry is in critical linguistics, with a special interest in multilingual identities, linguistic justice, and alternative discourses. Related research features: English Language Instruction in Burundi Elementary Grades in JEIL, Reprocessing Race, Language and Ability: African-Born Educators and Students in Transnational America (2013), and African Immigrants’ Experiences in American Schools (2016). Professor Harushimana is a member and facilitator of the department’s anti-racism/DEI advocacy taskforce.