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Richmond Embeywa is a scholar of German Studies and applied linguistics with specific interests in language pedagogy, critical textbook analysis, sociolinguistics, migration, and Black German studies. With his colleague Daniel Walter, his current book (under contract with De Gruyter), Haven? Forced Migration and German Language Learning in Hamburg, investigates language experiences and beliefs of persons with a refugee background in Germany. His earlier project on culture teaching in the German integration course appeared in the German Studies Review, with an article under review in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German. He remains keen and active in current discussions around collegiate German language/culture teaching, with his recent open educational resource multilingual handbook Multiliteracies at the Museum: A Resource Book for Language Teachers, co-authored with Chantelle Warner, published through CERCLL (Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy, University of Arizona). He has two forthcoming projects: the first is tentatively titled Symbolic Tensions of State-sponsored Integration in Germany and explores symbolic fissures around concepts of integration and belonging in the last decade (2015–2025) in relation to mandates, multilingualism, and cultural nationalism, and the other is an autoethnography that explores the intersections of power and linguistic (dis-)obedience.

Richmond’s teaching and his work on curriculum development draws from his research, and his experiences as an educator and multilingual speaker. He has gained critical insights into social justice and inclusive pedagogies from his involvement in several workshops such as the Intention Foundry, organized by the American Council of Learned Society (ACLS) to discuss advancing equity, justice, and anti-racism in the academy. He enjoys teaching at all levels of German, including thematically driven courses that inspire students to critically engage with topics in the German-speaking world while also advancing their language abilities. He has recently worked with multiliteracies and genre-based teaching approaches and looks forward to working with the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ curriculum and collaborating with students and faculty at º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ as a colleague, teacher, and scholar.

Richmond Embeywa’s research engages different social justice projects that explore humanistic concerns to language and culture learning, mindful that language is not a neutral medium, but a powerful tool enmeshed with ideologies that can reinforce hierarchical power structures in society. As a scholar of German Studies and applied linguistics, his interests include language pedagogy, critical textbook analysis, sociolinguistics, migration, and Black German studies.