Ph.D. Germanic Linguistics 1997
Dissertation: Geographic and Socio-Political Influences on
Language Ideology and Attitudes Toward Language Variation in
Post-Unification Germany
Committee: Rosina Lippi-Green (chair), Lesley Milroy, Dennis Preston,
Robert Kyes
M.A. Germanic Linguistics 1993
Project: Sociolinguistic and Theoretical Aspects of Swiss German
Diglossia
Committee: Rosina Lippi-Green (chair) and Robert Kyes
2023. Identity Construction Through Multimodal Positioning in
Intercultural Interaction (with Kerry Sluchinski). In: Multimodal Communication in Intercultural
Interaction, edited by Ulrike Schröder, Elisabetta Adami,
and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain. London, New York: Routledge (Studies in
Language and Intercultural Communication).
2023. Introduction: Multimodal Communication in Intercultural
Interaction (with Ulrike Schröder and Elisabetta Adami). In: Multimodal Communication in Intercultural
Interaction, edited by Ulrike Schröder, Elisabetta
Adami, and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain. London, New York: Routledge (Studies
in Language and Intercultural Communication).
2023. Concluding Remarks (with Ulrike Schröder and Elisabetta
Adami). In: Multimodal Communication in Intercultural
Interaction, edited by Ulrike Schröder, Elisabetta Adami,
and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain. London, New York: Routledge (Studies in
Language and Intercultural Communication).
2021. Constructing the Motherland: German-Canadian
Positioning and the Tensions Between Place and Space (with Grit
Liebscher). In: Journal of Belonging, Identity, Language, and
Diversity, (special issue on Boundaries and Belonging:
Language, Diaspora, and Motherland, edited by Alla Nedashkivska and
Holger Kuße), 5 (1): 11-31.
2019. Introduction: Multilingualism, (Im)mobilities and Spaces of
Belonging (with Kristine Horner). In: Multilingualism, (Im)mobilities and Spaces of
Belonging (edited with Kristine Horner). Bristol, Buffalo,
Toronto: Multilingual Matters (Encounters Series).
2017. Contextualizing Language Attitudes: An Interactional
Perspective (with Grit Liebscher). In: Language and Linguistics Compass 11, 9
(September): 1-14.
2017. Sprechen über Essen: Konstruktion von Raum und
Gruppenzugehörigkeit im Migrationskontext (with Grit Liebscher).
In: Intra- und interlinguale Zugänge zum kulinarischen
Diskurs, edited by Joanna Szczek und Marcelina Kalasznik, in Beiträge zur
Fremdsprachenvermittlung, Sonderheft 24, Band 1, 43-56.
2015. A Comparison of Heritage Language Ideologies in Interaction
(with Katharina König and Grit Liebscher). In: Journal of Sociolinguistics, 19, 4
(September): 484-510.
2014. Primary Language Use in Foreign Language Classrooms. (with Grit
Liebscher) In: The Routledge Handbook of Educational
Linguistics, edited by Martha Bigelow and Johanna Enser-Kananen.
London, New York: Routledge. 327-338.
2013. The Use and the Discursive Functions of English in
Native-Language Online Conversations Among Dutch and German Youth. In:
Sociolinguistica 27 (special issue New
Media Spaces, New Media Practices, and New Language Communities,
edited by Sue Wright, Sari Pietiekäinen, Suzanne Hilgendorf, and
Kati Kauppinen). 147-167.
2013. Constructing Identities Through Laughter. (with Grit Liebscher)
In: Studies of Laughter in Interaction, edited
by Phillip Glenn and Liz Holt. London, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury
Academic. 237-254.
2012. Global English in the Online Conversations of Dutch and German
Youth. In: Papers of the Anéla 2012 Applied Linguistics
Conference, edited by Nel de Jong, Kasper Juffermans, Merel
Keijzer, and Laurent Rasier. Delft: Uitgeverij Eburon. 318-325.
2011. Germans From Different Places: Constructing a German Space in
Urban Canada (with Grit Liebscher). In: Journal of Germanic Linguistics 23, 4: 315-344.
(special issue on Germanic languages and migration in North America)
2010. Negotiating Identities Through Pronouns of Address in an
Immigrant Community (with Grit Liebscher, Mareike Müller, and Tetyana
Reichert). In: Pragmatics 20, 3: 375-400.
2010. Neue Welt, alte Welt: ein Vergleich der perceptual
dialectologies des deutschsprachigen Kanada und Deutschlands (with
Sarah Darling). In: Perceptual Dialectology--Neue Wege der
Dialektologie, edited by Christina A. Anders, Markus Hundt, and
Alexander Lasch. Amsterdam, Netherlands: de Gruyter. 315-327.
2009. Teacher and Student Use of the First Language in Foreign
Language Classroom Interaction: Functions and Applications (with Grit
Liebscher). In: First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language
Learning, edited by Miles Turnbull and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain.
131-144. Bristol, Buffalo, Toronto: Multilingual Matters.
2009. Concluding Reflections: Moving Forward (with Miles Turnbull).
In: First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language
Learning, edited by Miles Turnbull and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain.
182-186. Bristol, Buffalo, Toronto: Multilingual Matters.
2009. Language Attitudes in Interaction (with Grit Liebscher). In:
Journal of Sociolinguistics 13, 2: 195-222.
2008. Canadian German Identity In Language (with Grit Liebscher).
In: German Diasporic Experiences: Identity, Migration, and
Loss, edited by Mathias Schulze, David John, Grit Liebscher,
Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach, and James Skidmore. 73-82. Waterloo, ON:
Wilfred Laurier Press.
2007. Sprachattitüde und Wissensdarstellung in
Nach-Wende-Interaktionen und die verbale Konstitution von
Gruppenzugehörigkeit (with Grit Liebscher). In: Akten des XI.
Internationalen Germanistenkongresses Paris 2005 "Germanistik im Konflikt
der Kulturen," edited by Jean-Marie Valentin and Brigitte
Scherbacher-Posé. 347-350. Peter Lang.
2007. Interculturality and Code-Switching in the German Language
Classroom (with Grit Liebscher). In: Intercultural Literacies and
German in the Classroom. Interkulturelle Kompetenzen im
Fremdsprachenunterricht, a Festschrift for Manfred Prokop, edited by
John Plews, Chris Lorey, and Caroline Rieger. 49-67. Giessen: Gunter Narr
Verlag (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).
2006. Soziale Positionierung in Nach-Wende-Interaktionen (with Grit
Liebscher). In: Zeitschrift
für angewandte Linguistik, 45, 89-106. Themenheft: Deutsche
Sprache nach der Wende.
2006. Language Learners' Use of Discourse Markers as Evidence for a
Mixed Code. (with Grit Liebscher) In: International
Journal of Bilingualism, 10, 1, March: 89-109.
2005. West Germans Moving East: Place, Political Space, and
Positioning in Conversational Narratives. (with Grit Liebscher) In: Dislocations/Relocations: Narratives of
Displacement, edited by Mike Baynham and Anna deFina. St. Jerome.
61-85.
2005. Learner Code-Switching in the Content-Based Foreign Language
Classroom. (with Grit Liebscher) In: Modern Language Journal,
89, 2, summer: 234-247. [reprint]
2004. Learner Code-Switching in the Content-Based Foreign Language
Classroom. (with Grit Liebscher) In: Canadian Modern Language
Review, 60, 4: 501-525.
2003. Conversational Repair as a Role-Defining Mechanism in Classroom
Interaction. (with Grit Liebscher) In: Modern Language Journal,
87: 375-390.
2002. A Perceptual Dialectology of Anglophone Canada from the
Perspective of Young Albertans and Ontarians. (with Meghan McKinnie)
In: Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology, volume II,
edited by Dennis Preston. Benjamins. 277-294.
1996. "That Terrible Saxon Dialect": Standard Language Ideology in
Post-Unification Germany. In: Texas Linguistics
Forum 36,
ed. by Risako Ide, Rebecca Parker, and Yukako Sunaoshi. Austin, Texas:
University of Texas Department of Linguistics.
Book reviews and conference reports
2001. Review of Dauses, August, Einführung in die allgemeine
Sprachwissenschaft, 1997. In: Language.
2001. Review of Miller, Jim and Weinert, Regina, Spontaneous
Spoken Language: Syntax and Discourse, 1998. In: Language.
2001. Review of Milroy, James and Lesley, Authority in Language:
Investigating Standard English,1999. In: Journal
of Sociolinguistics, volume 5, number 2.
1996. Conference report on the Germanic Linguistics Annual
Conference 2, Madison, Wisconsin. (with Bruce Spencer) In:
California
Linguistic Notes, volume 35, number 1.
Translations
1999. On the Value of Subjective Dialect Boundaries. Translation of
"Zum Wert subjektiver Dialektgrenzen," by Antonius A. Weijnen. In:
Handbook of
Perceptual Dialectology, volume I, edited by Dennis
Preston: 135-137. Benjamins.
1999. The Netherlands-German National Border as a Subjective Dialect
Boundary. Translation of "Die niederländisch-deutsche Staatsgrenze
als subjektive Dialektgrenze," by Ludger Kremer. In: Handbook of
Perceptual Dialectology, volume I, edited by Dennis Preston.
Benjamins: 31-36.
PRESENTATIONS
2023
"Identity and interaction in the linguistic landscape: (with
Richard Feddersen and Grit Liebscher) Language and Identity Workshop
IV, Tokyo College (at the University of Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan (virtual).
2022
"Interaction in the linguistic landscape" (with Grit Liebscher,
Richard Feddersen, and Regan Kat) Canadian Association of Applied
Linguistics Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social
Sciences, Canada.
2021
"The appropriative use of English in Dutch social media discourse"
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of
Netherlandic Studies, Congress of the Humanities and Social
Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2019
"Multimodal approaches to intercultural identity in spoken
interaction and the linguistic landscape: an initial report on two
emerging projects" Workshop on Intercultural Communication in
Interaction: Multimodal Approaches, Sheffield, UK.
"Ideologies of English in the transnational linguistic practices of
two European social media communities" Workshop on Multimodal
Approaches to International Communication in Interaction, Belo
Horizonte, Brazil.
"The use of knowledge in constructing migrant German identities"
(with Grit Liebscher) Language and Society in the German-Speaking
World: Symposium in Honour of Winifred Davies and Patrick Stevenson,
London, England, UK.
2018
"German in Canada" (with Grit Liebscher) The German Language in
(North) America Revisited, Austin, TX, USA.
"Practices of appropriation: trans-national English in Dutch social
media discourse" Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, Auckland, New Zealand.
2017
"The sociopragmatic functions of English-origin transidiomatic
practices in Dutch social media discourse" International Pragmatics
Association Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
2015
"The functions and ideologies of English in the networked discourse
of Dutch and German youth" International Pragmatics Association
Conference, Antwerpen, Belgium.
"National spaces, trans-national language: English, European youth,
and social media" WUN workshop on Multilingualism and Mobility,
Sheffield, United Kingdom.
2014
"Differing ideologies of international English in the online
conversations of Dutch and German young people" Multidisciplinary
Approaches in Language Policy and Planning, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada.
"Language ideologies and individual constructions of multilingual
spaces in Germany and Canada" (with Katharina König and Grit
Liebscher) Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, Jyväskylä,
Finland.
2013
"Code-switching and hesitation phenomena: A mixed-method analysis"
(with Grit Liebscher) Interdiciplinary Approaches to Multilingualism
Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
"The notion of sociolinguistic space in the analysis of migrant
identities" Invited talk, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Münster, Münster, Germany.
2012
"'My German is not as good as theirs': proficiency, attitudes and
sense of place in Canadian German language biographies" (with Grit
Liebscher) Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, Berlin, Germany.
"Emotions and identity in language use among multilinguals" (with Grit
Liebscher) American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual
Conference, Boston, USA.
"Global English in the online conversations of Dutch and German youth"
Anéla Conferentie Toegepaste Taalwetenschap (Dutch Society
of Applied Linguistics Conference), Lunteren, the Netherlands.
"Sociolinguistic space and language in migrants' interactions"
(with Grit Liebscher) Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of
Applied Linguistics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
2011
"Repair, language alternation and the construction of identity and
ideology" (with Grit Liebscher) International Pragmatics Association
Conference, Manchester, UK
"Constructing identities through laughter" (with Grit Liebscher)
International Pragmatics Association Conference, Manchester, UK
(Panel on Laughter in Interaction, organized by Liz Holt and Rebecca
Clift)
"English as a force for glocalization in the Internet-based
communities of Dutch and German youth" Conference in Language Contact
in Times of Globalization 3, Greifswald, Germany
"Language, migrant identity, and sociolinguistic space" (with Grit
Liebscher) Conference in Language Contact in Times of Globalization
3, Greifswald, Germany
2010
"The role of laughter in negotiating identities" (with Grit
Liebscher) International Conference on Conversation Analysis 10,
Mannheim, Germany
"Negotiating a multilingual space in Dutch and German Internet
communities" (with Roel Vismans) Sociolinguistics Symposium 18,
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
"Language attitudes in interaction: negotiating a transnational space
in Canada" (with Grit Liebscher) Panel on New Approaches in the Study of
Language Attitudes. Sociolinguistics Symposium 18, Southampton,
England, United Kingdom
2009
"Using the L1 in the bilingual foreign language classroom" (with Grit
Liebscher) Conference on First and Second Languages: Exploring the
Relationship in Pedagogy-Related Contexts, Oxford, England
"German language and identity in urban Canada: center and periphery"
(with Grit Liebscher) Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 15,
Banff, Alberta, Canada
"'Siezen ist eingebildet': Pronoun address use in the German diaspora
in Canada" (with Grit Liebscher, Mareike Müller, and Tetyana
Reichert) Canadian Association of University Teachers of German Annual
Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"Second language socialization and identity construction of adult
immigrants" (with Mareike Müller and Grit Liebscher) Canadian
Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada
2008
"German-Canadian language attitudes and identities in discourse."
(with Grit Liebscher) Sociolinguistics Symposium 17, Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
"Neue Welt, alte Welt: ein Vergleich der perceptual
dialectologies des deutschsprachigen Kanadas und Deutschlands." (with
Sarah Darling) Tagung der Perceptual Dialectology-Neue Wege in die
Dialektologie Kiel, Germany
"Linguistic heterogeneity among German-Canadians: language attitudes
in language use." (with Grit Liebscher) International Association of
Applied Linguistics Triannual Meeting Essen, Germany
2007
"Distinguishing L1 uses in the language classroom: the language
learner and the bilingual speaker." (with Grit Liebscher) Symposium
on First-Language Use in Second-Language Learning at the Intersection of
Theory, Practice, Curriculum, and Policy, Irvine, California, United
States
"The use of English in the German foreign language classroom." (with
Grit Liebscher and Barbara Schmenk) Canadian Association of University
Teachers of German Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
"Dialect use and discursive identities of migrant western Germans in
eastern Germany." (with Grit Liebscher) Language, Discourse, and
Identity in Central Europe, Southampton, England
"Interculturality and code-switching in the German language
classroom." (with Grit Liebscher). Symposium Honouring Manfred
Prokop, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2006
"Mixing languages: linguistic behaviour, attitudes and reports on
language behaviour." (with Grit Liebscher) Diaspora Experiences:
German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants, Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada
"Learner talk and teacher talk: using the L1 in the bilingual foreign
language classroom." (with Grit Liebscher) American Association of
Applied Linguistics Annual Conference/Canadian Association of Applied
Linguistics Annual Conference, Montréal, Québec,
Canada
2005
"Identity and contact in dialect and discourse: migrant western
Germans in eastern Germany." (with Grit Liebscher) International
Conference on Methods in Dialectology, Moncton, New Brunswick,
Canada
"Sprachattitüde und Wissensdarstellung in
Nach-Wende-Interaktionen und die verbale Konstitution von
Gruppenzugehörigkeit." (with Grit Liebscher) Internationaler
Germanistenkongress 11, Paris, France
2004
"What Language Attitudes in Discourse Can Tell Us." (with Grit
Liebscher) Sociolinguistics Symposium 15, Newcastle, England
2003
"West Germans Moving East: Migrant Identity as Interactional Resource
and Constraint." (with Grit Liebscher) International Pragmatics
Association Triannual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
"Discourse Markers in Classroom Talk: From Code-Switching to Mixed
Code." (with Grit Liebscher) American Association of Applied
Linguistics, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
2002
"It Was Indescribable: Negotiation of Terms of Reference for the 2001
Attacks on the World Trade Center." New Ways of Analyzing Variation
31, Stanford, California, USA.
"The Study of Language Contact, Variation, and Change: Where We Are,
Where We're Going." Initial paper in the colloquium on Language Contact,
Variation, and Change. International Association of Applied
Linguistics Triannual Meeting, Singapore.
2001
"Code-Switching and Conversational Repair in Advanced Classroom
Discourse" (with Grit Liebscher) International Symposium on
Bilingualism 3, Bristol, England
2000
"Code Choice and Conversational Repair: an Indication of Bilingual
Ability in the Advanced Foreign Language Classroom?" (with Grit Liebscher)
New Ways of Analyzing Variation 29, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
"Conversational Repair and Code-Switching in the Advanced Foreign
Language Classroom" (with Grit Liebscher) Canadian Association of
Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"Guesses of Where Speakers of Standard German are From and the
Implications for the Study of Language Standardization" Germanic
Linguistics Annual Conference 6, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
"When East Meets West: Competing Language Ideologies in
Post-Unification Germany" University of Waterloo, Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada
"The Effect of Misidentifying Speakers' Origins on the Study of
Language Attitudes" American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual
Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1999
"Misidentification of Where Speakers are From and the Effect on the
Use of the Matched-Guise Technique" New Ways of Analyzing
Variation 28, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Code-Switching in the Advanced Foreign-Language Classroom" (with
Terry Nadasdi) AILA: International Association of Applied Linguistics
Triannual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan
"'Rednecks,' 'Americans,' and 'Newfies': Western and Central Canadian
Perceptions of Canadian English" (with Meghan McKinnie) Methods X:
Tenth International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, St. Johns,
Newfoundland, Canada
"'If Schüler unerfolgreiche Schulerfahrungen haben'": The Use of
German-English Code-Switching by Advanced Students of German" (with Terry
Nadasdi) Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 5, Austin, Texas,
USA
1998
"A Perceptual Dialectology of Anglophone Canada from the Perspective
of Young Albertans and Ontarians" (with Meghan McKinnie) New Ways of
Analyzing Variation 27, Athens, Georgia, USA
"What Does the Second-Language Learner Know About Sociolinguistic
Stereotypes in the Target Language?" Trends/Tendances: International
Congress on Trends in Second Language Teaching and Learning, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada
"Unification of Linguistic Ideologies: Eastern and Western Perceptions
of 'Correct' German" Dis-Unification: Competing Constructions of
Contemporary Germany, Southampton, England
"Language Attitudes in Post-Unification Germany: The Native German and
the Second-Language Learner" American Association of Applied
Linguistics Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington, USA
1997
"Eastern Language, Western Language: Variation in Perceptions of
'Correct' Language in a Unified Germany" New Ways of Analyzing
Variation 26, Quebec City, Québec, Canada
"Labels Used for Varieties of German: Northern 'sauber', Southern
'Babbeldialekt', and Eastern 'Niemandsland'" Germanic Linguistics
Annual Conference 3, Los Angeles, California, USA
"'No Way! We Speak Standard German!': Language Ideologies in Contact
in a Unified Germany" Chicago Linguistic Society Annual Conference
33, Chicago, Illinois, USA
"When East Meets West: Competing Language Ideologies in
Post-Unification Germany" Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
USA
1996
"Hanover German as 'Standard' German: The Origin and Scope of a
Linguistic Urban Legend" Modern Language Association Annual
Convention 112, Washington, D.C., USA
"'I Don't Want to Sound Like Stupid': The Influence of Gender and Age
on the Use of 'Like' as a Discourse Marker and The Effect on Language
Attitudes" New Ways of Analyzing Variation 25, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA
"Socio-Political Influences on Attitudes Toward Stigmatized Varieties
of German" Michigan Linguistic Society Annual Conference, East
Lansing, Michigan, USA
"The Perception of Varieties of German in Post-Unification Germany"
Sociolinguistics Symposium 11, Cardiff, Wales
"The Sociolinguistic Distribution of and Subjective Attitudes Toward
the Discourse Marker 'Like'" Linguistics Association of Great Britain
Autumn Meeting, Cardiff, Wales
"The Perception of German Regional Speech" AILA: International
Association of Applied Linguistics Triannual Meeting,
Jyväskylä, Finland
"Attitudes Toward Language Variation in Post-Unification Germany:
Bridge or Barrier?" Between Confrontation and Understanding: Bridges
and Barriers to Communication in Eastern Germany: New Hampshire
Symposium 22, Conway, New Hampshire, USA
"'Die Bayern klingen alle wie Kabarettisten': Factors Influencing
Germans' Sociolinguistic Stereotypes Germanic Linguistics Annual
Conference 2, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
"Social and Political Influences on Germans' Sociolinguistic Stereotypes"
University of Michigan Germanic Colloquium Series, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, USA
1995
"The Emergence of a New 'Standard' German?: Similarities and
Differences in the Language Attitudes of Easterners and Westerners in
Post-Unification Germany" Modern Language Association Annual
Convention 111, Chicago, Illinois, USA
"The Question of the German 'National Language' Revisited:
Attitudes Toward Language Variation in Post-Unification Germany" German
Unification Five Years Later: An Interdisciplinary Conference,
Washington, D.C., USA
"
'Canadian' Raising in the Northern Midwest of the United States"
New Ways of Analyzing Variation 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
USA
"
'Canadian' Raising in Ann Arbor, Michigan," University of
Michigan Linguistics Colloquium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
"Language, Ideology, and Unification: The Politics of Germans'
Language Attitudes" Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 1, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, USA
"'That Terrible Saxon Dialect': Standard Language Ideology in
Post-Unification Germany," Symposium About Language and Society 3,
Austin, Texas, USA
"Language Attitudes and Social Change in Present-Day Germany"
University of Michigan Germanic Colloquium Series, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, USA
1994
"Teaching Children How to Discriminate: Standard Language Ideology
and the Perpetuation of Sociolinguistic Stereotypes in Disney Animated
Films" (with Carlee Arnett, Rosina Lippi-Green, and Rita Simpson) New
Ways of Analyzing Variation 23, Stanford, California, USA
"The Wall in the Mind: Language Attitudes in Eastern and Western Germany"
New Ways of Analyzing Variation 23, Stanford, California, USA
1993
"The Structure of Narrative in Computer Conferencing Discourse and the
Use of the Historical Present" New Ways of Analyzing Variation 22,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught:
Applied Linguistics: Research Methods (Fall 2017, Fall
2018) Graduate seminar. With a focus on three areas of applied
linguistics (variationist sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and
second language acquisition and pedagogy), this course teaches students
how to describe and assess the methodologies of data collection and
analysis, as well as assess the best possible methodology (or
combination of methodologies) to answer students' questions in their own
future research. Taught in English.
Applied Linguistics (Winter 2000, Fall 2000, Winter 2003,
Fall 2009, Fall 2013, Fall 2014) Graduate seminar. A general
introduction to graduate study in the department's different areas of
applied linguistics, including second language acquisition,
sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, second language pedagogy, and
bilingualism. Taught in English.
Discourse Analysis (Winter 2005)
Graduate seminar. An advanced introduction to the theories and
methodologies used in discourse analysis. Course material is taken from
current and seminal research in both written and oral discourse analysis.
Taught in English.
Sociolinguistics (Winter 1998, Fall 2000, Winter 2003, Winter
2006) Graduate seminar. An advanced introduction to the concepts and
methods used in sociolinguistic research. Course material is taken from
current research in German, French, Spanish, and English sociolinguistics.
Taught in English.
Language Planning (Winter 2002, Winter 2007) Graduate
seminar. An advanced introduction to language planning and policy
throughout the world, with a primary focus on the languages studied in our
department. Course material is taken from current and seminal research in
the field. Taught in English.
Multilingualism in the German-Speaking World (Fall 1999,
Winter 2002) Graduate seminar. Begins with a look at some of the
theoretical principles behind the study of multilingualism, and then
proceeds to an analysis of case studies of multilingual situations
throughout the world in which one of the languages is German. Taught in
German and English.
Language and Power in the German-Speaking World (Fall
1998) Graduate seminar. Introduces students to the study of how
language affects and is affected by politics and power relationships, both
on the level of the individual and on the level of society. Course
material is taken from current research on German. Taught in English and
German.
German Dialects (Winter 2000, Winter 2002, Winter 2005,
Winter 2009, Fall 2011, Winter 2019) Fourth-year German linguistics
course. A close look at some widely differing German dialects and the
broad features of the dialect map of German, first from the perspective
of traditional dialectology, and then from the perspective of
sociolinguistic dialectology. Taught in German.
The Acquisition of German as a Second Language (Fall 1998,
Fall 2002, Fall 2006, Fall 2008, Fall 2013, Winter 2017, Winter
2020) Fourth-year German linguistics course. This course deals with
the principles and processes in language learning both in and out of the
classroom, and with the different hypotheses and theories concerning
language learning, in particular German. Taught in German.
German Sociolinguistics (Winter 1999, Winter 2001, Fall
2004, Winter 2007, Winter 2009, Winter 2011, Fall 2014) Fourth-year
German linguistics course. This course introduces students to
sociolinguistic research with a special focus on German. Taught in
German.
German-English Contrastive Phonetics and Phonology (Fall
1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007,
Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Winter 2015, Fall
2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Winter 2020) Third-year
German linguistics course. German and English sound systems are
analyzed according to phonemic theory. Taught mainly in German.
German-English Contrastive Grammar (Winter 2001, Winter 2003,
Winter 2006, Winter 2010) Third-year German linguistics course.
German and English grammatical systems are analyzed and compared. Taught
mainly in German.
Introduction to German Applied Linguistics (Fall 1997, Fall
2001, Fall 2005, Fall 2007, Winter 2010, Fall 2010, Winter 2013, Winter
2015, Fall 2017, Winter 2019, Winter 2021) Third-year German
linguistics course. Discussion of concepts in multilingualism, second
language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis, as
related to the German language. Taught mainly in German.
Introduction to German Applied Linguistics II: Practical
Aspects (Winter 1998, Winter 2000, Fall 2002) Third-year German
linguistics course. Discussion of concepts in teaching methodologies,
social factors in foreign language education, translation, language for
special purposes, and aphasia, as related to the German language. Taught
mainly in German.
Language and Power (Winter 2011, Winter 2014, Winter 2021)
Second-year linguistics and cultural studies course. Exploration of how
economic and social power is reflected in and created through language,
both in talk and in writing. Taught in English.
Third-Semester German (Winter 1994, Winter 1996, Fall
1996) Textbooks used: Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik,
Mitlesen-Mitteilen.
Intensive First-Year German (Winter 1993, Fall 1993, Fall
1994) Textbooks used: Deutsch heute, Deutsch: Na klar!
Second-Semester German (Winter 1992, Winter 1999, Winter
2017) Textbooks used: Treffpunkt Deutsch, Deutsch: Na klar!,
Kontakte
First-Semester German (Fall 1991, Summer 1992, Fall 1997,
Fall 2013, Fall 2016, Fall 2017) Textbooks used: Treffpunkt
Deutsch, Deutsch: Na klar!, Kontakte
ACADEMIC AWARDS
National/International:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight
Grant (with Grit Liebscher, University of Waterloo) to support the
project "Ideologies of English in the Linguistic Landscape": 2021-2025.
Amount: $93,215.00.
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund
Grant (with Ulrike Schröder, Universidade Federal de Minas
Gerais, Brazil) to support the project "Intercultural Communication in Interaction:
Multimodal Approaches": 2019-2020. Amount: GBP£16,200.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Standard Research Grant (with Grit Liebscher, University of
Waterloo) to support the project "German identity in urban Canada: A
qualitative and quantitative study of language and discourse":
2007-2011. Amount: $109,830.00.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard
Research Grant (with Grit Liebscher, University of Waterloo) to
support the project "(Inter)acting identities in dialect and discourse:
migrant western Germans in eastern Germany": 2003-2007. Amount:
$73,900.00.
Liga für Völkerfreundschaft Fellowship for study in
Magdeburg, East Germany: 1990
University of Alberta:
Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Teaching Award for 2018
Killam Operating Grant to support the project "Language
ideologies in the linguistic landscape": 2018-19
Killam Small Research Operating Grant to support the project
"The Use of English in German and Dutch online communities": 2009-10
Strategies for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant to support
fieldwork in Alberta: 2004-05
Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences Operating Grant to
support fieldwork in Alberta: 2004-05
Strategies for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant to support
fieldwork in Germany: 2001-2002
Humanities and Fine Arts Operating Grant to support fieldwork
in Alberta: 2000
SSHRC-sponsored Developmental Grant for Junior Faculty to
support development of SSHRC grant: 1999-2000
Strategies for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant to support
fieldwork in Germany: 1999-2000
Strategies for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant to support
fieldwork in Alberta and Germany: 1997-1998
Humanities and Fine Arts Operating Grant to support fieldwork
in Alberta and Germany: 1997-1998
University of Michigan:
Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship: 1995
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Neuchterlein
Fellowship to support dissertation fieldwork in Germany: 1995
Rackham Dissertation/Thesis Grant to support dissertation
fieldwork in Germany: 1995
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Neuchterlein
Fellowship to support dissertation pilot study in Germany: 1994
SERVICE
National/International:
Convenor of the AILA Scientific Commission for Language Contact and
Language Change: 2001-2004.
Member of the Executive Committee for the Society for Germanic
Linguistics (elected position): 1998-2001.
University of Alberta:
Member of the MLCS Research Committee: 2021-present.
Member of the MLCS Awards Committee: 2018-2020.
Coordinator of the German area within MLCS: 2009-2020.
Member of the Faculty of Arts' Research Committee (elected position):
2014-15.
Member of the Faculty of Arts' Faculty Evaluation Committee (elected
position): 2008-11.
Member of the university-wide Writing Studies Council: 2008-2015.
Member of the university-wide Task Force on Writing (appointed by the
Dean of Arts): 2005-07.
Member of the Writing Task Force's Steering Committee (appointed by
the Dean of Arts): 2005-07.
Member of the Writing Task Force's subcommittees on Successful WAC/WID
Programs, Outcomes, and ESL/EAL Student Needs: 2005-06.
Member of the Faculty of Arts Teaching and Learning Committee (elected
position): 2004-07.
Member of the faculty-wide Selection Committee for SAS internal
grants: 2003.
Graduate Advisor for German within MLCS: 2004-06.
Undergraduate Advisor for German within MLCS: 2002-03, 2011.
Member of the MLCS Graduate Committee (elected position):
1998-2000, 2004-06.
Chair of the MLCS Teaching Awards Committee (appointed by chair):
2004-06.
Member of the MLCS Teaching Awards Committee (elected position):
2002-03, 2004-06.
Member of the Staff Selection Committee for the position of MLCS
Chair: 2010-11.
Member of the Staff Selection Committee for the MLCS position in
German Applied Linguistics: 1997-1998, 2000-01.
Secretary and Executive Committee Member for the Academic Women's
Association (elected position): 2000-01.
Member-at-large on the Executive Committee for the Academic Women's
Association (elected position): 1999-2000; 2001-03.
Departmental Representative (one of three) on the Arts Representative
Council (elected position): 1998-1999.
Member of the MLCS Chair's Advisory Committee on Governance: 1998.
Constructed and maintained Internet World Wide Web site for MLCS's
applied linguistics programme: 1997-2003.
University of Michigan:
Member of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures'
Graduate Recruitment Committee: 1996-97.
Constructed and maintained Internet World Wide Web site for University
of Michigan's Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures: 1996-97.
Graduate student-faculty liason for the Department of Germanic
Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan: 1995-96.
Coordinator and organizer of the University of Alberta Linguistic
Circle applied linguistics lecture series: 1999-2005.
Member of the organizational committee for the Germanic Linguistics
First Annual Conference (GLAC 1): 1995.
Creator, coordinator, and organizer of the University
of Michigan Germanic Colloquium Series with Brigitte Kallmann:
1993-94, with Gita Rajan: 1994-95.
Member of the organizational committee for the Fourth Annual
Michigan-Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable: 1993.