Spring 2025
Office hours:
Wednesdays, 10 AM–12 PM and by appointment
English 3304: Language in Society (T/Th 9:30–11:45 AM)
English 3304 takes a sociolinguistic approach to the investigation of language variation and change in society, including: intersections of language and identity, culture, race, gender, socioeconomic status, and other social factors; language ideologies; multilingualism; language standardization; pragmatics; and language policy and planning. The course will also focus on various methodologies for conducting sociolinguistic research (including ethnography, discourse analysis, and perceptual dialectology, among others), and students will design, implement, analyze, and produce their own sociolinguistic research project.
English 1160: Writing and Research (T/Th 11 AM–12:15 PM)
Practice in techniques of analytical writing and in methods of research. Course goals are as follows:
1. Acquire information literacy (the ability to locate and evaluate sources of information)
2. Investigate and apply conventions from different research-based genres for different audiences
3. Develop one’s own research process
4. Compose effective, coherent academic writing
5. Practice revising for research writing
