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Stay up-to-date with expertise related to activities in areas/locations around the world where elements of ethno-linguistic conflict exist.
Past Projects
Report for the Department of State on public/open source data sets regarding civilian casualties.
Report to AECOM (global infrastructure firm) for projects in South Sudan, regarding “hate speech” as a component of ethnolinguistic conflict.
Study Abroad Country-level Report for the University of South Carolina, regarding study abroad potentialities in Indonesia.
Report for the Castleberry Peace Institute at the University of North Texas on the research viability of witness testimony given to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugolavia (ICTY).
Study Abroad Program Assessment for the University of South Carolina, regarding a study abroad program site in the Peloponnese Region of Greece.
Engaging with Linguistics Expert, Professor Stanley Dubinsky
https://www.roundtablegroup.com/engaging-experts/engaging-with-linguistics-expert-professor-stanley-dubinsky/
Read MoreISA 2021 Annual Convention panel: The Politics of Language or the Language of Politics? Political Linguistics and Conflict
Stanley Dubinsky and Leah Windsor presented papers at an ISA Annual Convention panel organized by Harvey Starr, titled The Politics of Language or the Language of Politics? Political Linguistics and Conflict. April 6, 2021.
Read MoreThe Language Conflict Project: Analyzing politicized ethnolinguistic conflict in the 21st century
Stanley Dubinsky presented an Invited talk at the Penn State University Center for Language Science: The Language Conflict Project: Analyzing politicized ethnolinguistic conflict in the 21st century. April 16, 2021.
Read MoreUSC researchers examine how coronavirus increases bias against other languages and accents
Fleming Smith, May 30, 2020 in The Post and Courier [Charleston, SC]
The coronavirus pandemic carries more dangers than the risk of infection, some researchers have found — prejudices are intensifying against those viewed as “other” and therefore potential carriers of the virus.
Read MoreLanguage differences as shibboleths in a pandemic
Stanley Dubinsky and Mike Gavin, May 22, 2020 in FifteenEightyFour: Academic Perspectives from Cambridge University Press
With nearly every country in the throes of the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s not surprising that people seek strangers to blame. … Often, differences that separate ‘them’ from ‘us’ are not visible. Sometimes the difference is how they speak.
Read MoreLanguage differences spark fear amid the coronavirus pandemic
Stanley Dubinsky et al., April 30, 2020 in The Conversation
As the coronavirus spreads … preliminary research and anecdotal evidence reveal … discrimination against people who speak a language or dialect associated with an epicenter of infection. …