UMass Boston

Sociolinguistics , discourse analysis, language and political economy, critical English for Academic Purposes

PhD, Second Language Education, OISE, The University of Toronto

MA, TESOL, California State University, Los Angeles

BA, Economics and Drama, Franklin and Marshall College

• Chun, C. W. (2023). English language teaching and resurgent nationalism: What is to be done? TESOL Quarterly, 57(3), 959-968.
• Chun, C. W. (2023). I ain’t your f*cking model minority! Indexical orders of ‘Asianness’, class, and heteronormative masculinity. Applied Linguistics Review.
• Chun, C. W. (2022). (Ed.). Applied linguistics & politics. London: Bloomsbury. 
• Chun, C. W. (2022). Encouraging critical and analytical skills in the classroom?: A rejoinder to "Between professionalism and political engagement in foreign language teaching practice" by Claire Kramsch. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice.
• Chun, C. W. (2021). A world without capitalism? Alternative discourses, spaces, and imaginaries. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2021). Foreword. In J. Crawford & R. A. Filback (Eds.), TESOL guide for critical praxis in teaching, inquiry, and advocacy (xix-xx). IGI Global.
• Chun, C. W. (2021). My tribute to Jan Blommaert. Diggit Magazine website: https://www.diggitmagazine.com/articles/my-tribute-jan-blommaert 
• Chun, C. W. (2021). Introduction to applied linguistics and politics. In C. W. Chun (Ed.), Applied linguistics and politics. London: Bloomsbury.
• Chun, C. W. (2021). Organic intellectuals or traditional intellectuals - critical discourse for whom? In C. W. Chun (Ed.), Applied linguistics and politics. London: Bloomsbury.
• Chun, C. W. (2020). The return of the ‘Yellow Peril’: The fear of getting sick from the Other. Journal of Language, Culture and Society, 2(2), 315-322.
• Chun, C. W. (2020). Representations of anorexia in an EAP classroom: Critically engaging with the body and its discourses. Classroom Discourse, 11(2), 164-180.
• Chun, C. W. (2020). Methodological issues in critical discourse studies. In J. McKinley & H. Rose (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (pp. 199-210). London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2019). Language, discourse, and class: What’s next for sociolinguistics? Journal of Sociolinguistics, 23(4), 332-345.
• Chun, C. W. (2019). Writing as resistance in an age of demagoguery. Journal of Writing and Pedagogy, 11(3), 311-328.
• Chun, C. W. (2019). EAP students co-constructing alternative narratives: Classroom discursive representations of Islam and democracy. TESOL Quarterly 53(1), 158-179.
• Chun, C. W., & Morgan, B. (2019). Critical research in English language teaching. In Gao X. (Eds.), Second Handbook of English Language Teaching (pp. 1091-1110). Norwell, MA: Springer Publishers.
• Chun, C. W. (2019). The intersections between critical pedagogy and public pedagogy: Hong Kong students and the Umbrella Movement. In M. E. López-Gopar (Ed.), International perspectives on critical pedagogies in ELT (pp. 79-98). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Chun, C. W. (2018). Critical pedagogy and language learning in the age of social media? Brazilian Journal of Applied Linguistics/Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, 18(2), 281-300.
• Chun, C. W. (2018). Critical English for Academic Purposes. In G. Noblit (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Oxford University Press. 
• Chun, C. W. (2017). The discourses of capitalism: Everyday economists and the production of common sense. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2017). Neoliberalism, globalization and critical discourse studies. In J. Flowerdew & J. E. Richardson (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2017). Critical literacy writing in ESP: Perspectives and approaches. In J. Flowerdew & T. Costley (Eds.), Discipline-specific writing: Theory into practice. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2016). Addressing racialized multicultural discourses in an EAP textbook: Working toward a critical pedagogies approach. TESOL Quarterly, 50(1), 109-131.
• Chun, C. W. (2016). Exploring neoliberal language, discourses and identities. In S. Preece (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2015) Power and meaning making in an EAP classroom: Engaging with the everyday. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
• Chun, C. W. (2014). Reflexivity and critical language education in Occupy L.A. In J. B. Clark & F. Dervin (Eds.), Reflexivity in language and intercultural education: Rethinking multilingualism and interculturality (pp. 172-192). London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2014). Mobilities of a linguistic landscape at Los Angeles City Hall Park. Journal of Language and Politics, 13(4), 653-674.
• Chun, C. W. (2013). The ‘neoliberal citizen’: Resemiotizing globalized identities in EAP materials. In J. Gray (Ed.), Critical perspectives on language teaching materials (pp. 64-87). Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Chun, C. W. (2012). The multimodalities of globalization: Teaching a YouTube video in an EAP classroom. Research in the Teaching of English, 47(2), 145-170.
• Chun, C. W., & Jang, E. E. (2012). Dialogic encounters with early readers through mediated think-alouds: Constructing the transactional zone. Language and Literacy Journal, 14(3), 61-82

Christian W. Chun is the author of three books; Power and Meaning Making in an EAP Classroom: Engaging with the Everyday (2015), The Discourses of Capitalism: Everyday Economists and the Production of Common Sense (2017), and A World without Capitalism? Alternative Discourses, Spaces, and Imaginaries (2021), and the editor of the volume, Applied Linguistics and Politics (2022). He is currently working on his next book, The Language of Our Politics for Cambridge University Press.

Research Interests

Discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, ethnography, class, race and identity, language and political economy, linguistic landscapes, urban studies, visual studies, Asian American studies. 

Classes Taught

APLING 603: Language, Culture, and Identity 
APLING 623: Sociolinguistics
APLING 637: Ethnography of Education: Culture, Language, & Literacy
APLING 643: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues in Critical Pedagogy and Critical Language Education
APLING 702: Issues in Sociolinguistics
APLING 703: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
APLING 705: Advanced Ethnography
APLING 707: Language and pedagogy

Social Media & Web

Academia site

YouTube channel

Sociolinguistics , discourse analysis, language and political economy, critical English for Academic Purposes

PhD, Second Language Education, OISE, The University of Toronto

MA, TESOL, California State University, Los Angeles

BA, Economics and Drama, Franklin and Marshall College

• Chun, C. W. (2023). English language teaching and resurgent nationalism: What is to be done? TESOL Quarterly, 57(3), 959-968.
• Chun, C. W. (2023). I ain’t your f*cking model minority! Indexical orders of ‘Asianness’, class, and heteronormative masculinity. Applied Linguistics Review.
• Chun, C. W. (2022). (Ed.). Applied linguistics & politics. London: Bloomsbury. 
• Chun, C. W. (2022). Encouraging critical and analytical skills in the classroom?: A rejoinder to "Between professionalism and political engagement in foreign language teaching practice" by Claire Kramsch. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice.
• Chun, C. W. (2021). A world without capitalism? Alternative discourses, spaces, and imaginaries. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2021). Foreword. In J. Crawford & R. A. Filback (Eds.), TESOL guide for critical praxis in teaching, inquiry, and advocacy (xix-xx). IGI Global.
• Chun, C. W. (2021). My tribute to Jan Blommaert. Diggit Magazine website: https://www.diggitmagazine.com/articles/my-tribute-jan-blommaert 
• Chun, C. W. (2021). Introduction to applied linguistics and politics. In C. W. Chun (Ed.), Applied linguistics and politics. London: Bloomsbury.
• Chun, C. W. (2021). Organic intellectuals or traditional intellectuals - critical discourse for whom? In C. W. Chun (Ed.), Applied linguistics and politics. London: Bloomsbury.
• Chun, C. W. (2020). The return of the ‘Yellow Peril’: The fear of getting sick from the Other. Journal of Language, Culture and Society, 2(2), 315-322.
• Chun, C. W. (2020). Representations of anorexia in an EAP classroom: Critically engaging with the body and its discourses. Classroom Discourse, 11(2), 164-180.
• Chun, C. W. (2020). Methodological issues in critical discourse studies. In J. McKinley & H. Rose (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (pp. 199-210). London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2019). Language, discourse, and class: What’s next for sociolinguistics? Journal of Sociolinguistics, 23(4), 332-345.
• Chun, C. W. (2019). Writing as resistance in an age of demagoguery. Journal of Writing and Pedagogy, 11(3), 311-328.
• Chun, C. W. (2019). EAP students co-constructing alternative narratives: Classroom discursive representations of Islam and democracy. TESOL Quarterly 53(1), 158-179.
• Chun, C. W., & Morgan, B. (2019). Critical research in English language teaching. In Gao X. (Eds.), Second Handbook of English Language Teaching (pp. 1091-1110). Norwell, MA: Springer Publishers.
• Chun, C. W. (2019). The intersections between critical pedagogy and public pedagogy: Hong Kong students and the Umbrella Movement. In M. E. López-Gopar (Ed.), International perspectives on critical pedagogies in ELT (pp. 79-98). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Chun, C. W. (2018). Critical pedagogy and language learning in the age of social media? Brazilian Journal of Applied Linguistics/Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, 18(2), 281-300.
• Chun, C. W. (2018). Critical English for Academic Purposes. In G. Noblit (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Oxford University Press. 
• Chun, C. W. (2017). The discourses of capitalism: Everyday economists and the production of common sense. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2017). Neoliberalism, globalization and critical discourse studies. In J. Flowerdew & J. E. Richardson (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2017). Critical literacy writing in ESP: Perspectives and approaches. In J. Flowerdew & T. Costley (Eds.), Discipline-specific writing: Theory into practice. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2016). Addressing racialized multicultural discourses in an EAP textbook: Working toward a critical pedagogies approach. TESOL Quarterly, 50(1), 109-131.
• Chun, C. W. (2016). Exploring neoliberal language, discourses and identities. In S. Preece (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity. London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2015) Power and meaning making in an EAP classroom: Engaging with the everyday. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
• Chun, C. W. (2014). Reflexivity and critical language education in Occupy L.A. In J. B. Clark & F. Dervin (Eds.), Reflexivity in language and intercultural education: Rethinking multilingualism and interculturality (pp. 172-192). London: Routledge.
• Chun, C. W. (2014). Mobilities of a linguistic landscape at Los Angeles City Hall Park. Journal of Language and Politics, 13(4), 653-674.
• Chun, C. W. (2013). The ‘neoliberal citizen’: Resemiotizing globalized identities in EAP materials. In J. Gray (Ed.), Critical perspectives on language teaching materials (pp. 64-87). Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Chun, C. W. (2012). The multimodalities of globalization: Teaching a YouTube video in an EAP classroom. Research in the Teaching of English, 47(2), 145-170.
• Chun, C. W., & Jang, E. E. (2012). Dialogic encounters with early readers through mediated think-alouds: Constructing the transactional zone. Language and Literacy Journal, 14(3), 61-82

Christian W. Chun is the author of three books; Power and Meaning Making in an EAP Classroom: Engaging with the Everyday (2015), The Discourses of Capitalism: Everyday Economists and the Production of Common Sense (2017), and A World without Capitalism? Alternative Discourses, Spaces, and Imaginaries (2021), and the editor of the volume, Applied Linguistics and Politics (2022). He is currently working on his next book, The Language of Our Politics for Cambridge University Press.

Research Interests

Discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, ethnography, class, race and identity, language and political economy, linguistic landscapes, urban studies, visual studies, Asian American studies. 

Classes Taught

APLING 603: Language, Culture, and Identity 
APLING 623: Sociolinguistics
APLING 637: Ethnography of Education: Culture, Language, & Literacy
APLING 643: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues in Critical Pedagogy and Critical Language Education
APLING 702: Issues in Sociolinguistics
APLING 703: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
APLING 705: Advanced Ethnography
APLING 707: Language and pedagogy

Social Media & Web

Academia site

YouTube channel