SERVICE

Ad Hoc Manuscript Review

Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, December 2024
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, September 2024
Linguistics and Education, August & December 2024
Reconceptualizing Language Norms in Multilingual Contexts (Edited Volume), June 2023
Journal of Literacy Innovation, May 2023
NUGSE Research in Education, 2017–2021
Qazaqstani high-school student manuscripts for galymind.com, June 2025

Advising

Students’ Transition and Navigation of Language, Identity and Culture in Academic Texts: Exploring Systemic Functional Linguistics and Bourdieu, CARCEIT 2024 Education Impact Project 3 (Co-PIs: Assel Sadykova, Michelle Bedeker)

Expert Review

The Concept of Multilingual Education, Altynsarin National Academy of Education, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Qazaqstan, March 2023

Conference Proposal Review

BC Teachers of English as an Additional Language (BCTEAL) Annual Conference, February 2026
Canadian Association for Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) Annual Conference, January 2026
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) Conference, December 2024
American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, September 2023
TESOL Doctoral Research Forum, October 2022

Conference Organization and Facilitation

Session Chair, Language Planning and Policy; English as an Additional Language, ACLA Annual Conference 2025
Session Chair, Teacher Education, ACLA Annual Conference 2024
Facilitator, Global South Scholars' Affinity Group Networking Event, AAAL Annual Conference 2024
Member of Dr. Ryuko Kubota’s Core Conference Organizing Team, AAAL Annual Conference, 2022–2024
Co-organizer, UBC LLED Student Conference 'Language and Literacy Education: Creating Access for All', 2022–2023

Committees and Community Service

Member, UBC Green College Academic Committee, 2024–2025
Member, Green College Sustainability Committee, 2023-2025
Member, UBC Green College Membership Committee, 2023
Member, AAAL Online Education and Outreach Committee (Webinar Committee), 2022–2023
Member, Faculty of Education Student Leads, UBC, 2022–2023
PhD Student Representative, UBC Graduate Curriculum Advisory Committee, 2022–2023
Co-chair, UBC Green College Pride Collective, 2021-2023
Member, NU Student Association GradUnion, 2018-2019
Graduate Student Representative, NU Innovative Learning Committee, 2017–2019

Public Scholarship

Organizer and Facilitator, Multilingual Education Thinktank (Qazaqstan), 2022–2025
Organizer and Facilitator, NUGSE MA in Multilingual Education Reunion, May 18, 2025
Organizer, UBC Public Humanities Hub Public Scholarship Series: Arts-Based Approaches to Public Engagement with Research, March 11, 2025
Discussant, 'From Baselines to Decolonizing Standards: What Does Language Have to Do with It?' [Panel Discussion], UBC Green College, April 19, 2023
Invited Alum, Nazarbayev University Instagram Takeover for One Day with NU Alum, 2020
Instagram blog (@iam.serikbolsyn): Free professional development content for English language teachers, education researchers, and graduate school applicants, 2020–present
YouTube channel (@iam.serikbolsyn): Free professional development content, including the Multilingual Education Thinktank recordings and the series 'Learn with Serikbolsyn,' 2020–present