Sharon Avni, Professor of Academic Literacy and Linguistics at BMCC at the City University of New York (CUNY), is an applied linguist whose research focuses on language ideology, socialization, policy, and discourse in language education. Combining ethnographic fieldwork, sociolinguistic theory, and discourse analysis, Avni’s research primarily examines the field of Hebrew teaching and learning, use, and ideologies in informal and formal contexts in the US. Avni’s coauthored book, Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps was the winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity. Her current book project Speaking of Hebrew: Language and the American Jewish Community explores the discursive, ideological, historical, and policy perspectives of contemporary Hebrew learning and usage in the United States.