Sociolinguistic and cultural histories of French as a heritage language in Cajun, African, and Native American communities on the road of the blues. Colonial to contemporary language contact situations (Du Sable in Chicago, French Saint-Louis, expulsion of the Acadians, Haitian and Congolese diasporas, Creole French in New Orleans). Dialectal variation based on archival texts, ethnographies, and 20th-century fieldwork recordings. Provides training to co-teach French Gen Ed and experiential courses. Synchronous, hybrid format. Taught in French and English, with readings in both. Meets with FR...

Study of one or several Francophone countries and cultures around the world through language, texts, images, film, and/or other media.