Keynote Speaker

Adam Schwartz
Oregon State University

The SCFLLF keynote speaker is Adam Schwartz (Associate Professor of Language, Culture & Society, Oregon State University). Dr. Schwartz's research addresses Spanish language education and Spanish-English multilingualisms in the U.S. He takes particular interest in intersections of language, race and racism, wherein questions of identity, responsibility and justice persist. In addition to various articles and chapters, he has authored three books. These include Spanish So White: Conversations on the Inconvenient Racism of a 'Foreign' Language Education (2023). He is also the co-author of Aquí se habla: Centering the Local and Personal in Spanish Language Education (2025) as well as Language, Identity and Justice: The Anthropolitical Worlds of Ana Celia Zentella (2026).