Sharon Avni

Published Work (partial list)

Books

Benor, S., Krasner, J. & Avni, S. (May, 2020). Hebrew infusion: Language and community at North American Jewish summer camps, New Brunswick, NJ:  Rutgers University Press.

 Publications

Yares, L., Avni, S. “Saturday Night Seder” and the Affordances of Cultural Arts during COVID-19. Cont Jewry (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12397-021-09378-y 

Avni, S. & Menken, K. (2021). Hebrew dual language bilingual education: The intersection of race, language and religion. In N. Flores, A. Tseng & N. Subtirelu (eds), Bilingualism for All? Raciolinguistic Perspectives on Dual Language Education in the United States (pp. 156-176) Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Avni, S. & Finn, H. (2021). Combining developmental writing and first year composition classes: Faculty perspectives on what co-requisite teaching means for curriculum and pedagogy. In M. Siegal & B. Gilliland (eds) First Year Composition at the Community College: Empowering the Teacher (pp. 222-236). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

 Avni, S. & Finn, H.  (2020) Meeting the needs of English language learners in co-requisite courses at community college, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2020.1727383

Menken, K. & Avni, S. (2019). Language policy conflicts: New York City’s efforts to expand bilingual education amidst English-Only pressures. Ricento, T. (ed.) Language Politics and Policies: Perspectives from Canada and the United States (pp 153-172). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 Avni, S. & Menken, K. (2019) The expansion of dual language bilingual education into new communities and languages: The case of Hebrew in a New York City public middle school, Theory Into Practice, DOI: 10.1080/00405841.2019.1569378

Avni, S. (2018) What can the study of Hebrew learning contribute to applied linguistics? Modern Language Journal, 102(2), 446-448.

Avni, S. & Finn, H.  (2017). Pedagogy and Curricular Choice in Community College Accelerated Writing Courses. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2017.1398687

 Avni, S. 2017. Considering disruptive and transformative Jewish education. Journal of Jewish Education, 83(3), 170-173.

 Menken, K. & Avni, S. (2017) Challenging linguistic purism in dual language bilingual education:  A case study of Hebrew in a New York City public middle school. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 37, 185-202.

 Avineri, N. & Avni, S. (2017). Language socialization in Jewish communities: Sites of religious, cultural and national identities. In P. Duff & S. May (eds.) Language socialization. In Series: Encyclopedia of Language and Education. 3rd Ed. Cham: Springer International. 323-338.

 Jacknick, C. & Avni, S. (2016). Shalom, bitches: Epistemic stance and identity work in an anonymous online forum. Discourse, Context, and Media. 15, 54-64.

 Finn, H. & Avni, S. (2016) Negotiating Academic Literacy in Community College Developmental Writing, Current Issues in Language Planning 17(3-4), 369-384.

 Avni, S. (2016). Hebrew learning ideologies and the reconceptualization of American Judaism: Language debates in American Jewish schooling in the early 20th century.  The International Journal of Sociology of Language 2016, 119-138.

 Avni, S. (2015). Negotiating language ownership: Hebrew charter schools and the American Jewish Press. Language and Communication 45, 83-95.

 Avni, S. (2015) The meanings of Hebrew: Defining bilingual education in dual language charter school education. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 18(2), 188-202.

 Avni, S. (2014) Hebrew education in the United States: Historical perspectives and future directions. Journal of Jewish Education 80(3), 256-286.

 Avni, S. (2014) Hebrew in the North American linguistic landscape. In B. Spolsky, M. Tannenbaum, & O. Inbar (Eds.), Challenges for language education and policy: Making space for people (pp. 196-213). New York: Routledge.

 Avni, S. (2014) Homeland tour guide narratives and the discursive construction of the diasporic.  Narrative Inquiry 23 (2), 227-244.

 Avni, S. (2013). Becoming a people of the book: Interactional positioning of community in Bible discourse. Journal of Jewish Education 79(1), 4-23.

 Avni, S. (2013) Introduction. Rethinking Jewish education. Journal of Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2(1),1-5.

 Avni, S. & Menken, K. (2012). Educating for Jewishness: The teaching and learning of Hebrew in day school education. In O. Garcia, Z. Zakharia, & B. Otcu (Eds.), Bilingual community education for American children: Beyond heritage languages in a global city. (pp. 190-203). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

 Avni, S. (2012). Hebrew as heritage: The work of language in religious and communal continuity. Linguistics and Education, 23, 323-333.

Avni, S. (2012). Translation as a site of language policy negotiation in Jewish day school education. Current Issues in Language Planning, 13(2), 76-104.

 Avni, S. (2012). Hebrew-only language policy in religious education. Language Policy, 11, 169-188.

 Avni, S. (2011). Toward an understanding of Hebrew language education: Ideologies, emotions, and identity, International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2011(208), 53–70.

 Editorial Work

Avineri, N. & Avni, S. (2016). Introduction. Language Policy and the Reconceptualization of Religions as and in Institutions. Language Policy 15(2), 11, 117-221.

 Avni, S. & Bekerman, Z.  (2013). Special issue on Jewish education. Journal of Diaspora, Indigenous, Minority Education, 79(1).

 Reports

Avni, S. & Karpman, A. (2019). Mapping Hebrew education in public schools: A resource for Jewish educators. Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education. https://www.casje.org/sites/default/files/docs/casje_report_final_9-13_mapping_hebrew.pdf

 Avni, S. (2016) The Contributions of Second/Foreign Language Learning Scholarship to Identity Development and Hebrew Education. Invited research brief for the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education.

 Benor, S. & Krasner, J. & Avni, S. Connection, not proficiency: Survey of Hebrew at North American Jewish summer camps. Waltham, MA: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, Brandeis University. http://www.brandeis.edu/mandel/pdfs/2016-Hebrew-in-camp-survey-report.pdf.

 Avni, S. (2016). The Contribution of /Second Language Learning Scholarship to Identity Development. Invited research brief for the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education.

 Avni, S. Kattan, S. & Zakai, S. (2013). Purposes and practices of Israel/Hebrew Education: Towards a joint agenda for applied research.  Invited research brief for the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education.