College Mourns Loss of Linguistics Professor Emeritus
June 16, 2022
The College of Arts & Letters is saddened by the passing of Dr. Grover M. Hudson, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, who passed away on June 12, 2022, he was 82…
Jonathan Choti Receives Carnegie Fellowship for Educational Project in Kenya
June 7, 2022
Jonathan Choti, an African-born scholar and Assistant Professor of African Languages and Cultures at Michigan State University, will engage with counterparts in Kenya this summer as part of the 2022 Carnegie…
IAH Faculty Teaching Award Winners Announced
May 13, 2022
The Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH) recently announced the winners of this year’s Faculty Teaching Awards, which include the Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in…
Chinese Program Talent Show: Cultural Immersion through Language and the Arts
April 29, 2022
The Chinese Program held its first annual talent show on April 8, 2022 at the MSU International Center, featuring Chinese songs, dances, calligraphy, traditional storytelling, Chinese tongue twisters, poetry reading, and language games led by program faculty.
Assistant Professor of Hebrew wins MSU Award for Outstanding Service to Education Abroad
April 14, 2022
Dr. Yore Kedem, who leads the Jewish Studies Summer Program at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was honored with MSU’s Award for Outstanding Service to Education Abroad.
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LiLaC Faculty Promote Open Pedagogy Beyond MSU
April 1, 2022
The world of language teaching has faced enormous challenges in delivering quality education due to the abrupt transition to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the major challenges…
Assistant Professor of Russian’s Ukrainian Easter Egg Event Supports Ukraine Relief
March 22, 2022
Ukrainian Easter eggs; photo by Kim Finison Assistant Professor of Russian Shannon Donnally Quinn partnered with Eastminster Presbyterian Church in East Lansing to host a Ukrainian Easter Egg event on…
Assistant Professor of Hindi Interviewed on UCLA International Institute Podcast
March 22, 2022
Rajiv Ranjan, Assistant Professor of Hindi and Urdu in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, was interviewed by the UCLA International Institute in a podcast on the topic of…
Second Language Studies Professor Recognized for Social Justice Work and Leadership
March 22, 2022
As an applied linguist with interests in language education, Peter De Costa is interested in how policy decisions impact language learning and teaching and is drawn to the identity, ideological, and emotional consequences of these decisions.
MSU Faculty Member and Alum Win National Foreign Language Education Award
February 21, 2022
The highest national research award for foreign language education recently was awarded to the team of Xiaowan Zhang, MSU Ph.D. alumna in Second Language Studies; Paula Winke, Professor in MSU’s…