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| Bilingual Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | Bilingual Review |
| Discipline | Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Literature |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Abbreviation | BR |
| Editor | Rosa María** |
| Publisher | California State University, Northridge |
| Country | United States |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| History | 1974–present |
Bilingual Review
Bilingual Review is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal founded in 1974 that publishes research and literary work on bilingualism, biculturalism, and literatures in two languages. It serves as a forum for scholars, writers, and educators associated with Hispanic, Native American, and other multilingual communities, and it intersects with studies carried out by institutions such as California State University, Northridge, University of California, Los Angeles, Harvard University, Yale University and Columbia University. Contributors have included researchers linked to Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Modern Language Association, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, and cultural organizations like Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and League of United Latin American Citizens.
The journal was established in the mid-1970s amid debates involving César Chávez, bilingual education legislation including the Bilingual Education Act (Title VII), and policy shifts influenced by cases such as Lau v. Nichols and legal frameworks like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Early issues featured dialogues with figures associated with movements connected to Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, Gloria Anzaldúa, Tomas Rivera, and scholars from University of New Mexico, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University, and Michigan State University. Over successive decades the journal documented responses to federal policies under administrations of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, while engaging with literary trends influenced by writers such as Sandra Cisneros, Junot Díaz, Isabel Allende, and Octavio Paz.
The journal covers empirical studies, theoretical essays, bibliographies, and creative writing related to bilingual and bicultural experience across contexts like urban schools in Los Angeles, community programs in Chicago, and transnational migrations between Mexico and the United States. It foregrounds work on Spanish–English bilingualism, Indigenous language revitalization connected to communities such as the Navajo Nation, research affiliated with centers like Center for Applied Linguistics, and comparative perspectives involving languages studied at University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. The scope includes intersections with literary criticism on authors linked to Caribbean, Latinx, Chicana/o, and Latino cultural production and with pedagogy practiced in institutions such as City University of New York and New York University.
The editorial board typically comprises scholars from universities including University of Arizona, Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and University of Michigan. The editor-in-chief collaborates with associate editors, book review editors, and advisory members representing departments of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American studies at institutions like Princeton University, Brown University, Duke University, and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The journal appears biannually and accepts submissions from academics, independent researchers, and creative writers; it follows peer-review procedures commonly practiced by journals such as Language, Modern Language Quarterly, and Hispania.
Bilingual Review is abstracted and indexed in bibliographic services and databases that track humanities and social science periodicals, including aggregators comparable to ERIC, JSTOR, Project MUSE, and indexing authorities akin to Scopus and Web of Science coverage for arts and humanities. Library cataloging records appear in systems maintained by institutions such as the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, and university consortia including OCLC.
Noteworthy contributions have explored founding topics like transitional bilingual programs, heritage language maintenance, sociopolitical dimensions of language policy, and literary bilingualism. Seminal articles referenced work by scholars associated with James Crawford, Ofelia Garcia, José Limón, and Jean S. Phinney and engaged debates surrounding landmark court decisions including Plyler v. Doe and educational initiatives endorsed by Title I. The journal has published creative pieces and critical essays on authors such as Rudolfo Anaya, Ana Castillo, Reinaldo Arenas, and scholars with affiliations to Brown University and University of California, Berkeley.
Scholars in Hispanic Studies, Bilingual Education Research, and comparative literature have cited the journal in discussions of language rights, curriculum design, and translational poetics. Its influence is visible in syllabi at programs like University of California, San Diego and policy reports produced by organizations including Pew Research Center and Migration Policy Institute. Reviews in periodicals akin to The Chronicle of Higher Education and responses from professional bodies such as the National Association for Bilingual Education attest to its role in shaping debates on language instruction and multicultural literary canons.
Comparable journals include Language Teaching Research, Hispania, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, and International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Relevant conferences and associations encompass meetings organized by the Modern Language Association, American Association for Applied Linguistics, National Association for Bilingual Education, and regional gatherings hosted at institutions like University of Texas, University of Arizona, and University of California, Los Angeles.
Category:Academic journals