8legs: Bridges symposium on individual differences in bilingualism

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St. John’s Hosts National Science Foundation-Supported Conference on Bilingual Research

NSF-supported BRIDGES Symposium on Bilingualism brought U.S. scholars and students to St. John’s May 7–8.
The two-day event was hosted in the D’Angelo Center Ballroom in Queens, drawing 150 attendees in person or online.
Keynote speakers challenged myths about bilingualism and discussed its teaching and development implications.
St. John’s Provost Simon G. Møller highlighted the university’s role in studying language, culture, and identity in Queens.
NSF support enabled travel stipends and recruitment of top-tier researchers across education, psychology, and communication.
Student researchers presented posters on topics like media consumption’s impact on bilingualism and metalinguistic awareness.
Participants discussed language development, mental health, and classroom teaching strategies in bilingual settings.
The event emphasized the intersection of language, tradition, culture, and identity in a diverse community.
The conference offered travel stipends to students to showcase their work to professionals.
NSF funding helped bring international and domestic researchers together to discuss bilingualism.

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