Erina Iwasaki

Erina Iwasaki is a postdoctoral research fellow specializing in international education, poverty, and language and literacy. Her research focuses on first language (L1)-based bi- and multilingual education policy and practices, language activism, decoloniality, and language-in-education policy change in the global South.

Iwasaki’s interests stem from her own schooling experiences in the United States, the Republic of Congo, France, and Myanmar, as well as her 15 years of professional experience. She has worked as a language instructor, preschool and elementary school teacher for a diverse range of multilingual students, and as a multilingual education consultant for NGOs and INGOs in various parts of the world.

Focus: International Education Research