Xun Yan to be Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Language Learning

October 13, 2026

We are excited to announce that UIUC's own Xun Yan will serve as the next Editor-in-Chief of Language Learning.

According to Wiley Publishing: 

Language Learning is a scientific journal dedicated to the understanding of language learning broadly defined. It publishes research articles that systematically apply methods of inquiry from disciplines including psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, educational inquiry, neuroscience, ethnography, sociolinguistics, sociology, and anthropology. It is concerned with fundamental theoretical issues in language learning such as child, second, and foreign language acquisition, language education, bilingualism, literacy, language representation in mind and brain, culture, cognition, pragmatics, and intergroup relations.

Xun's term as editor will start in July 2027, and will last 4 years. Congratulations to Xun on this new position!