Faculty Members and Their Research Interests

Gabriela Alboiu
B.A., (University of Bucharest), Ph.D. (University of Manitoba); Associate Professor (Linguistics)
galboiu@yorku.ca / www.yorku.ca/galboiu
Syntactic theory, morphosyntax, syntax-semantics and syntax-pragmatics interfaces; Romance and Germanic languages; the Balkan Sprachbund; Onondaga (Iroquoian) and Ndebele (Bantu).

Philipp Angermeyer
M.A. (Cologne), Ph.D. (New York); Assistant Professor (Linguistics)
pangerme@yorku.ca / www.yorku.ca/pangerme/philipp.htm
Research interests include sociolinguistics, language contact, codeswitching, linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis, language and law, translation and interpreting, writing systems. Specific language interests: Slavic (Russian, Polish, Czech), Spanish, Haitian Creole and other Pidgins & Creoles, German.

Peter Avery
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Toronto); Associate Professor (Linguistics)
pavery@yorku.ca
Research interests include phonological theory, the phonology of voicing oppositions, Western Nilotic languages, Turkic languages. Secondary specialization in second language acquisition in particular the acquisition of phonology.

Khaled Barkaoui
B.A. (University of Tunis); M.A. (University of Manouba, Tunisia); Ph.D. (OISE/Toronto); Assistant Professor (Education)

kbarkaoui@edu.yorku.ca

 Current research interests include: assessment in education (alternative and dynamic assessment), program evaluation, research methodology (including mixed-methods research in education), second language learning and assessment, assessment of second language development, and second language writing.

Ellen Bialystok
B.Sc., M.A. Ph.D. (University of Toronto); Distinguished Research Professor (Psychology)
ellenb@yorku.ca
Research programme investigates the impact of bilingualism on cognitive processing across the lifespan and the development and functioning of executive processes in cognition. Specific topics include the acquisition of literacy in monolingual and bilingual children, the role of inhibitory control in children’s cognitive development, and the relation between inhibitory control and language proficiency for monolingual and bilingual children.

Susan Ehrlich, Graduate Program Director
B.A. (York), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto); Professor (Linguistics and Women's Studies)
sehrlich@yorku.ca
Research interests include: interactional sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language and gender, and language and the law.

Nicholas W. Elson
B.A. (Carlton), M.A. (New Brunswick); Emeritus (English as a Second Language)
nelson@yorku.ca
The broad field of second language teaching methodology and effective learning; teacher training/education; language assessment/testing; research methods; second language writing; the impact of sociopolitical factors on the ESL classroom; student perceptions of L2 learning and the impact of those perceptions on learning outcomes.

Sheila Embleton
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (University of Toronto); Professor (Linguistics)
embleton@yorku.ca
The application of mathematical and statistical techniques to various questions in historical linguistics, dialectology, and stylostatistics; in both sociolinguistics and onomastics, the changes of patterns over time, particularly when complex interactions between different political, social, and linguistic groups are involved; language families such as Indo-European, Uralic, and Wakashan; and (Peircean) semiotics.

Carol Fraser
B.A. (McGill), M Es Arts (Universite de Montreal), M. Ed. (McGill), D. Ed. (OISE/Toronto); Associate Professor (English)
cfraser@glendon.yorku.ca
Second language education (ESL); psycholinguistcs, literacy; bilingualism; classroom-based research; L2 methodology; the development of proficiency in an L2 with a particular focus on reading, writing, vocabulary and critical thinking in an academic setting; the impact of instruction (e.g., teacher presentation, learning tasks, teacher feedback, student practice) on learning.

Marina Frescura
Doctorate of Letters (U. of Genova, Italy) M.A., Ph.D (Toronto); Assistant Professor (Italian Linguistics)
frescura@yorku.ca
Discourse analysis; development of sociopragmatic competence and L2 acquisition;
cross-cultural communication; medical discourse / doctor-patient interaction.

Eve Haque
B.A., M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D (OISE/Toronto); Assistant Professor (English as a Second Language)
ehaque@yorku.ca
Language policy and planning; poststructuralist theory; language and the formation of social and national identities; ethnolinguistic nationalism; language rights; cosmopolitanism, global English/es and TEFL; English for academic purposes; language training for newcomers (LINC, ELT, etc.); TESOL teacher education.

Ruth King
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Memorial); Professor (Linguistics and Women's Studies)
rking@yorku.ca / www.yorku.ca/rking
Sociolinguistics; language contact; microvariation in syntax; feminist linguistics; Acadian French. Current research centers on grammatical variation in French and English.

Heather Lotherington
B.A. (New Brunswick), Cert. TESL (Carleton), M.A. (Lancaster), Ph.D. (Toronto); Professor (Education)
hlotherington@edu.yorku.ca
Language and literacy education in multicultural societies; multiliteracies; digital literacies; multiple language acquisition, maintenance, shift; and language policy issues.

Ian Martin
B.A., M.A. (Toronto); Associate Professor (English)
imartin@glendon.yorku.ca
Linguistic plus cultural ecology of English as an international/world language; English for specific purposes; intercultural communication; theory and practice of language teacher education; motivation of language learning; contrastive motivation; roles of teachers and learners; and evaluation and assessment.

Connie Mayer
B.M.A., BEd. (University of Western Ontario), M.Ed., Ed.D. (University of Toronto); Associate Professor (Education) cmayer@edu.yorku.ca

Language and literacy development in learners at risk (e.g., Deaf / Hard of Hearing); signed languages and literacy development; bilingual models of literacy education; sociocultural theory and its applications to language learning and teaching.

David J. Mendelsohn
B.A., Dip.T.E.F.L. (Hebrew), M.A. (Wales), Ph.D. (Edinburgh); Professor (English as a Second Language)
davidmen@yorku.ca
Second language acquisition; teacher education; the application of theory to the second/foreign language classroom; the application of the learning strategy research in the classroom; the teaching of listening comprehension; speaking and pronunciation; second/foreign language testing; accommodating the special needs of L2 students at university.

Brian Morgan
B.A. (York), M.Ed., Ph.D. (OISE/Toronto); Associate Professor (English as a Second Language)
bmorgan@yorku.ca / http://dlll.yorku.ca/bmorgan/index.htm
Critical applied linguistics; English for academic purposes; community-based adult ESL; language, culture, and identity; language teacher education; critical media literacies/ multiliteracies in ESL.

Raymond Mougeon
B.A., M.A. (Sorbonne), Ph.D. (McGill); Professor (French Linguistics)
rmougeon@yorku.ca / www.yorku.ca/rmougeon/
Variation in Ontario French; history of variation in European and Quebec French; acquisition of variation by advanced (F)SL learners; variation in minority languages; loss/maintenance of French in Ontario; loss/maintenance of minority languages.

Neil Naiman
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto); Professor Emeritus (English)
naiman@yorku.ca
Second language acquisition particularly in the classroom setting; the relationship between culture and second language acquisition; the relationship between second language and first language writing skills; language and power; and second language pronunciation.

Razika Sanaoui
Lic. (Nice), T.E.S.L. Cert. (Carlton), M.Ed., Ph.D. (Toronto); Associate Professor (Education)
razika_sanaoui@edu.yorku.ca
Processes of English as a second/foreign language learning and teaching; vocabulary acquisition and instruction; writing development, instruction and assessment; computer communications in second language education; issues in teacher research/ education/ certification; research methods and designs; sociopolitical contexts of second language education; French as a second/foreign language education; and heritage languages.

Sandra Schecter
B.A. (McGill), M.Ed. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Stanford University); Associate Professor (Education)
srs@edu.yorku.ca
Ethnolinguistics, language socialization, language policy; second language acquisition and bilingualism; teacher development; research methods and interpretive frameworks.

Ian R. Smith
B.Sc. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell); Associate Professor (Linguistics)
iansmith@yorku.ca
Processes and products of contact induced change, pidginization and creolization; historical linguistics; practical phonetics; field linguistics; South Asian linguistics; Australian linguistics; computer applications in linguistic research and teaching. Specific language interests: English contact varieties, Hindi/Urdu, Kugu Nganhcara, Sourashtra, Sri Lanka Portugese, Sri Lanka Malay, Tamil.

Linda Steinman
B.A. (McGill); M. Ed. (Brock); Ph.D. (OISE/Toronto); Assistant Professor (English as a Second Language)                                                                                                                                                                      lstein@yorku.ca
Second language acquisition and pedagogy; teacher education; contrastive rhetoric; narrative inquiry; and sociocultural theory.

Kiyoko Toratani

M.A. (Ohio), Ph.D. (University at Buffalo); Associate Professor (Japanese)

ktora@yorku.ca

Research interests include: syntactic theory, the syntax-semantics interface, lexical semantics, cognitive semanitcs and Japanese linguistics.

James Walker
B.A., M.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (Ottawa); Associate Professor (Linguistics)
jamesw@yorku.ca / www.yorku.ca/jamesw
Language variation and change; sociolinguistics; ethnicity; multilingualism and language contact; pidgins and creoles; language acquisition; prosodic phonology; aspectual semantics; verb-phrase syntax. Specific language interests include English (especially African American, Caribbean and Canadian English); Scots Gaelic; Sango; Cantonese.