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Education

  • Ph D, Philosophy, English, Language and Rhetoric, University of Washington, 2023
  • MA, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (M.A. TESOL), University of Washington, 2013
  • BA, Theatre (with Honors) and Anthropology (with Honors), Grinnell College, 2008

Awards

  • Heilman Dissertation Prize - UW Department of English, 2022-2023

Publications and Contributions

  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    “Think out of the box”: Opportunities from COVID-19 for libraries. (2025)
    International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Authors: Charles Bugre, Renee Lynch, Chris Jowaisas, Jason Young
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Epistemological entanglements: Decolonizing understandings of identity and knowledge in English language teaching. (2023)
    International Journal of Educational Research, 118(Unknown Issue) Authors: Renee Lynch, Suhanthie Motha
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    ‘The tears don’t give you funding’: data neocolonialism in development in the Global South (2023)
    Third World Quarterly, 44(5), pp. 911-929 Authors: Renee Lynch, Jason Young, Chris Jowaisas, Joel Sam, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Maria Garrido, Chris Rothschild
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    What Makes an Ideal Partner? African Libraries and Neoliberal Discourses in International Development (2022)
    Applied Linguistics, 43(5), pp. 958-977 Authors: Renee Lynch, Jason Young, Chris Jowaisas, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Joel Sam
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Public Libraries and Development across Sub-Saharan Africa: Overcoming a Problem of Perception (2021)
    Libri, 71(4) Authors: Jason Young, Renee Lynch, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Chris Jowaisas, Joel Sam
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    African Libraries in Development: Perceptions and Possibilities (2020)
    The International Information & Library Review, 53(4), pp. 277-290 Authors: Renee Lynch, Jason Young, Chris Jowaisas, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Joel Sam
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Benefits of crowdsourcing for libraries: A case study from Africa (2020)
    International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 47(2) Authors: Renee Lynch, Jason Young, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Chris Jowaisas, Joel Sam, Bree Norlander
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Data challenges for public libraries: African perspectives and the social context of knowledge (2020)
    Information Development, 37(2) Authors: Renee Lynch, Jason Young, Chris Jowaisas, Chris Rothschild, Maria Garrido, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Joel Sam
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Volunteer geographic information in the Global South: barriers to local implementation of mapping projects across Africa (2020)
    GeoJournal, 86(Unknown Issue), pp. 2227-2243 Authors: Jason Young, Renee Lynch, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Chris Jowaisas, Joel Sam, Bree Norlander

Presentations

  • “Not wrong, but not shared:” Decoloniality as Dialogue with the Global South (2025)
    AAAL Conference - Denver, CO
  • Decolonizing Education and Advancing Equity in Academic Spaces: Innovating Funding Models for Decolonial and Ethical Education Initiatives (2025)
    The Africa-US University Networks Conference - University of the Witwatersrand
  • Joint Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation: Participatory Grant-making as a Tool for Equitable Distribution of Funding (2025)
    The Africa-US University Networks Conference - University of the Witwatersrand (virtual)
  • The Multiplicity of Truth: Engaging Emotion and Community in Critical Digital Media Literacy (2025)
    UW Praxis Conference - Seattle, WA
  • Working Together Across Dif erences: Lessons from a U.S.-Tanzania Collaboration (2025)
    Africa ELTA Conference - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Autoethnography Alongside: Inviting Relationality into Ethnography (2024)
    CCCC - Spokane, WA
  • Nice White Ladies: Decolonizing Identities of White Women in Education in Africa (2024)
    CIES - Miami, FL
  • Collaboration in practice: Insights from a U.S.-Tanzania research project in applied linguistics (2023)
    AAAL Conference - Portland, OR
  • Coping with Large Classes in Tanzania: Communicative Language Teaching Approach (2023)
    TESOL Convention - Portland, OR
  • Epistemological entanglements: Decolonizing understandings of identity and knowledge in English language teaching (2023)
    AAAL Conference - Portland, OR
  • African Libraries as Development Partners in Education Panel Discussion (2021)
    CIES Virtual conference - Virtual
  • Libraries for Development: An Update from the ALVA Project (2021)
    4th AfLIA Conference & 6th African Library Virtual Summit - Virtual
  • Neoliberal Partnerships in African Development: Lessons from Libraries (2021)
    CIES Virtual conference - Virtual
  • What makes an ideal partner? African Libraries and Neoliberal Discourses in International Development (2021)
    AAAL Virtual Conference - Virtual
  • The Power of Teachers: Postcolonial Hybridity in Tanzania (2020)
    AAAL Conference – canceled due to COVID-19 - Denver, CO
  • Who We Think We Are: Narratives of Researcher Practice (2020)
    CIES Conference - canceled due to COVID-19 - Miami, FL
  • From the Outside In: Empowering Learner-Centered Education in East Africa (2017)
    TESOL Convention - Seattle, WA
  • The English Language Club Movement: From Africa to WAESOL (2016)
    WAESOL Conference - Spokane, WA
  • Learner Centered Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems and Possibilities (2015)
    English for Effective Communication Conference at Strathmore University - Nairobi, Kenya
  • Learner Centered Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems and Possibilities (2015)
    Burkina English Teachers Association Conference - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  • A Worthy Investment?: ELL Student Perceptions of Critical Thinking (2013)
    Spokane Regional ESL Conference - Spokane, WA
  • A Worthy Investment?: ELL Student Perceptions of Critical Thinking (2013)
    University of Washington IELP In-Service - Seattle, WA
  • A Worthy Investment?: ELL Student Perceptions of Critical Thinking (2013)
    TESOL Convention - Dallas, TX