Sandra DescourtisAssistant Teaching ProfessorFrench

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022

Sandra Descourtis (she/elle) is an interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner. Her research focuses on French language variations (especially argot) and teaching practices. She also works on multilingual language awareness and translanguaging in K-5 education. More broadly, her research interests include sociolinguistics, plurilingualism, as well as language ideologies and raciolinguistics. Professor Descourtis has presented at various national and international academic conferences and recently co-authored a chapter entitled « Utilisation du photocollage comme méthode réflexive sociales des enfants plurilingues. » (2022, EME Editions).