People
- Education
Language and literacies across the disciplines; Narrative studies; International education; Science literacy; Discourse as collaboration; Constructing assessments and measures
- Linguistics
Typological, functional, and community-based approaches to phonology, morphology, syntax, historical linguistics, language documentation, lexical semantics, lexicography, language and culture, especially regarding Otomanguean languages spoken in Mexico and California
- Education
Second language acquisition, L2 phonology and intonation, L2 reading and vocabulary acquisition, intercultural exchange, computer-assisted language learning, teaching and learning with digital media.
- Linguistics
Child language acquisition of signed languages, usage-based and ethnographic approaches to acquisition, language socialization and ideologies
- Education
Language and communicative development; gender differences in language and cognition; language socialization; cognitive science.
- Writing Program
Qualitative/ethnographic studies, business writing, technical writing, scientific writing, argumentation, knowledge ecologies, collaboration, multimedia communication.
- Spanish & Portuguese
- Director of Applied Linguistics Emphasis
Second language acquisition, language teaching methods and pedagogy, Spanish as a heritage language.
- Germanic & Slavic Studies
Slavic linguistics, discourse, language acquisition, language and gender, folklore, women in Russian and East European society and literature.
- French & Italian
- Director of French Language Program
Foreign language acquisition; cognitive aspects of foreign language learning; transition from language to literature study; foreign language writing.