Michele Back

648 total citations
24 papers, 377 citations indexed

About

Michele Back is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele Back has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 377 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Linguistics and Language, 13 papers in Language and Linguistics and 11 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Michele Back's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (14 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (11 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (9 papers). Michele Back is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (14 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (11 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (9 papers). Michele Back collaborates with scholars based in United States. Michele Back's co-authors include Sally Sieloff Magnan, Joseph Dean, Dianne Pelletier, Virginia Zavala, Manuela Wagner and Anna McCormick and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Michele Back

23 papers receiving 329 citations

Peers

Michele Back
María del Carmen Méndez García Spain
Nicholas Close Subtirelu United States
Angelica Galante Canada
Geneviève Zarate France
Rob A. Martinsen United States
Margaret A. DuFon United States
Donna Starks Australia
Anne Pitkänen-Huhta Finland
Natasha Lvovich United States
Manel Lacorte United States
María del Carmen Méndez García Spain
Michele Back
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Back, Michele. (2025). From problem to right: Imaginative speculation on translanguaging in the world language classroom. Modern Language Journal. 109(3). 632–650. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Michele. (2024). Interrogating Racialized Discourses in Educator-Focused Study Abroad: An Ecological Approach. Frontiers The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. 36(1). 202–228.
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Back, Michele. (2023). Identity Work and Intercultural Awareness Through Cultural Excavation: Teacher Candidates Studying Abroad. The New Educator. 19(4). 368–387. 2 indexed citations
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Back, Michele, et al.. (2022). Homestays as a resource for preservice teachers studying abroad. Teaching and Teacher Education. 119. 103849–103849. 2 indexed citations
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Back, Michele, et al.. (2021). Enhancing Orientation to Cultural Difference: The Role of Reentry Work for Teacher Candidates Studying Abroad. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. 35(2). 297–310. 4 indexed citations
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Back, Michele & Joseph Dean. (2020). ¡Profesores Adelante! Recruiting teachers in the target language. Foreign Language Annals. 53(3). 613–633. 4 indexed citations
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Back, Michele. (2020). “It Is a Village”: Translanguaging Pedagogies and Collective Responsibility in a Rural School District. TESOL Quarterly. 54(4). 900–924. 25 indexed citations
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Back, Michele, et al.. (2020). Emotional scaffolding for emergent multilingual learners through translanguaging: case stories. Language and Education. 34(5). 387–406. 46 indexed citations
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Back, Michele & Manuela Wagner. (2019). Languages for all: World languages for meaning-making and intercultural citizenship. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 2019. 176–198. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Michele, et al.. (2017). Racismo y lenguaje. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Michele. (2016). Symbolic Competence in Interaction: Mutuality, Memory, and Resistance in a Peer Tutoring Context. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Back, Michele. (2015). Transcultural Performance. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Back, Michele. (2015). Positioning language proficiency. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice. 1–22. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Michele. (2013). “La Orquesta”: Symbolic Performance in a Multilingual Community of Practice. Modern Language Journal. 97(2). 383–396. 9 indexed citations
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Back, Michele, et al.. (2013). Performing and Positioning Orthography in Peruvian CMC. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 18(2). 119–135. 3 indexed citations
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Back, Michele. (2013). Using Facebook Data to Analyze Learner Interaction During Study Abroad. Foreign Language Annals. 46(3). 377–401. 26 indexed citations
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Back, Michele. (2011). Legitimate Peripheral Participation and Language Learning: Two Quichua Learners in a Transnational Community. Language Learning. 61(4). 1039–1057. 16 indexed citations
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Magnan, Sally Sieloff, et al.. (2009). Reasons Students Take Courses in Less Commonly Taught and More Commonly Taught Languages. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Magnan, Sally Sieloff & Michele Back. (2007). Social Interaction and Linguistic Gain During Study Abroad. Foreign Language Annals. 40(1). 43–61. 197 indexed citations

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