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Trans and Queer Terrains Lab (TQT) (pronounced like "ticket") is an interdisciplinary research lab and reading group exploring questions around boundaries within fields such as applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, and trans and gender studies. Convened by Dr. Ariana Steele at Penn State, we are a collectively run group dedicated to advancing necessary conversations within our interdisciplines through critical inquiry, collaboration, and dialogue.
Trans and Queer Terrains Lab (TQT) (pronounced like "ticket") is an interdisciplinary research lab and reading group exploring questions around boundaries within fields such as applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, and trans and gender studies. Convened by Dr. Ariana Steele at Penn State, we are a collectively run group dedicated to advancing necessary conversations within our interdisciplines through critical inquiry, collaboration, and dialogue.
People
People
Director: Dr. Ariana Steele (they/them)
Director: Dr. Ariana Steele (they/them)
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
Research areas: language and gender, nonbinary language, trans studies, subjectivity/agency
Julian Canjura (he/him)
Julian Canjura (he/him)
Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics
Research areas: social media studies, interactional sociolinguistics, language and gender subjectivity and governmentality
Jung In Lee (she/her)
Jung In Lee (she/her)
Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies
Research areas: critical discourse analysis, language, gender, and sexuality, L2 Korean
Yi-Fan Li (they/them)
Yi-Fan Li (they/them)
Ph.D. candidate in Curriculum and Instruction and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Research areas: Trans studies, Youth activism, community-based education
Hannah Lukow (she/they)
Hannah Lukow (she/they)
Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics
Research areas: second language socialization, language and political participation, queer and trans linguistics
Elanur Sönmez (she/her)
Elanur Sönmez (she/her)
Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics
Research areas: Migration, Multilingualism, Translanguaging, Identity
News and Events
News and Events
Our colloquium, Translanguaging with(out) trans people: Exploring translanguaging through trans studies, is Tuesday, March 24 at 10:10am. Emerging from synergistic discussions in our group, this colloquium asks what productive tensions arise between translanguaging and trans studies, and what this may tell us about the roles of subjectivity, relationality, embodiment, and more.
We are excited to invite PhD students whose research pertains to normativities to join us for a full-day retreat on Saturday, April 11. The retreat will include roundtable research discussions, a writing workshop, and community building, followed by drag performances and a dinner.
We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and much needed rest! Check out our first group photos at the PSU Applied Linguistics holiday party in December 2025 :)
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