Episode 63: Developod Episode 63 - From Teaching to Publishing: Jumping in and Speaking up with Dr JPB Gerald

29/09/2025 32 min Episodio 63
Episode 63: Developod Episode 63 - From Teaching to Publishing: Jumping in and Speaking up with Dr JPB Gerald

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In this episode, Helen & JPB Gerald discuss his professional foundation in ELT and his current work writing articles, essays, and books, focusing on language, race, neurodivergence, and critiquing the ELT industry. Justin talks about motivation, personal struggles, his writing process and style, and shares his evolution as a writer. He shares his perspectives on academic writing and the importance of grounding theory and personal connections in research. He also discusses slavery along with overt and subtle racism and oppression. and self-identifies as a "heckler", pointing out that if we don’t jump in and speak out, nothing will change. Check out his website: https://jpbgerald.com/To find the complete archive of Developod episodes, go to tdsig.org/developod-tdsigs-podcast 

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