Dr. Christine Schreyer, PhD Anthropology
Associate Professor
endangered languages, language revitalization and documentation, constructed languages, language planning, language policy, Indigenous languages, land planning, knowledge mobilization, community-engaged research,
Patrick Moore
Associate Professor
Anthropological linguistics, languages of North America, sub-Arctic ethnography, ethno-history, gender
Stefan Dollinger, PhD
Associate Professor
English language, World Englishes, Canadian English, dialectology, sociolinguistics, multilingualism, historical linguistics, lexicography, lexicology, dictionaries, Oxford English Dictionary, World English, language variation and change, orthography, Canada, North America, English, American English, sociolinguistics, society and language, dialects, identity, history of English, English as a Lingua Franca, German language, Austrian German, German German.
Carla Hudson Kam, PhD
Professor & Canada Research Chair
Language development, second language acquisition, critical periods for learning, input and language learning, language learning and language change, children’s books
Gunnar Hansson
Associate Professor
Phonetics (speech sounds), phonology (sound patterns, sound systems), language change, linguistic relationships (language families), reconstruction of proto-languages, language contact, Scandinavian languages (esp. Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish), Athabaskan (Dene) languages, Saami (Lapp) languages, Russian
Dr. Luisa Canuto, PhD
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Second Language Acquisition, Service-Learning, Experiential Education, Language Education,
Jon Beasley-Murray, PhD in Literature (Duke)
Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies; Chair, Latin American Studies Program
Latin America, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Central America, Mexico, politics, political theory, cultural studies, literature, culture, film, history, the Left, revolution, revolutionary movements, populism, civil society, affect, habit, multitude, posthegemony, educational technology, blogs, Wikipedia
Lee Gunderson, PhD
Professor
Department Head, pro tem
Language, ESL, reading, immigrant students, academic achievement
Patricia Duff, PhD
Professor
Applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, multilingualism and work, sociocultural and sociopolitical aspects of languages in education
Duanduan Li, Ed.D
Associate Professor
Chinese linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, Chinese language and culture, second language acquisition, language socialization, Chinese heritage language education, bilingualism and multilingualism
Rob Tierney, PhD
Professor
Global epistemologies and cross-cultural research in education and literacy, social science research, diversity, social justice, equity, indigenous matters, digital literacies, nature of literacy, meaning making, reading comprehension, reading-writing relationships, teaching, learning, educational assessment, teacher education
Wendy Carr, EdD
Professor of Teaching
Dept. of Language and Literacy Education
mental health literacy education, youth mental health
Molly Babel, PhD
Associate Professor
Speech, language change, accommodation, voice, language stereotypes, sound change, sociolinguistics, phonetics, speech styles, dialects of English, language variation, speech intelligibility
Annette Henry, PhD
Professor, David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education
Race, gender, language, culture in education, equity and diversity
Mark Turin, PhD
Associate Professor
Himalaya, Nepal, First Nations, indigenous, anthropology, linguistics, endangered languages, digital, archives, museums, Bhutan, India, Tibet, technology
Darko Odic, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cognitive development, language acquisition, mathematics, perception of time and space, psychophysics, visual cognition, preschoolers, confidence, statistics
Scott Douglas, PhD
Associate Professor
Teaching English as an Additional Language (TEAL), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), English Language Teaching (ELT), Curriculum and Materials Design, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), English Language Learning (ELL), Short-Term Study Abroad
Adheesh Sathaye
Associate Professor of Sanskrit Literature and South Asian Folklore
Sanskrit literature, ancient India, Asian folklore, digital humanities, manuscripts, Hinduism, caste, Hindu mythology, Sanskrit theater, Sanskrit poetry
Jonathan Berkowitz, PhD
Full-time Instructor
Statistics, word puzzles, wordplay
Gaoheng Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Italian Studies
Italian-Chinese cultural relationships, Chinese migrations to Italy, gender in Italy, Italian media and cinema, Italian literature and culture, Italian colonial and postcolonial cultures, Italian travel and migration literature and cinema