Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies; Director, World Languages Center
Stacey Katz Bourns teaches courses in French language, linguistics, and culture. Her research focuses on the grammar of spoken vs. written French, syntax, pragmatics, applied linguistics, and curriculum development. She is a member of the ADFL Executive Committee and the former president of the AAUSC. She was the series editor of the annual volume Issues in Language Program Direction from 2011-2017 and currently holds the post of Assistant Editor (Linguistics) for the French Review.
Books:
- Perspectives on Teaching Language and Content. 2020 (co-authored with Cheryl Krueger and Nicole Mills): https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300223293/perspectives-teaching-language-and-content
- Perspectives on Linguistic Structure and Context. 2014 (co-edited with Lindsy Myers): https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.244
- Contextualized French Grammar. 2013: https://www.cengage.com/c/contextualized-french-grammar-a-handbook-1e-bourns/9781111354145PF/
- Conceptions of L2 Grammar: Theoretical Approaches and their Application in the L2 Classroom. 2008. (co-edited with Johanna Watzinger-Tharp): https://www.amazon.com/AAUSC-2008-Conceptions-Theoretical-Application/dp/1428231498
- Teaching French Grammar in Context: Theory and Practice. 2007. (co-authored with Carl Blyth): https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300109511/teaching-french-grammar-context
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Education
PhD, French Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
MA, French Literature, University of Michigan
BA, French, Tufts University -
Contact
617.373.3131 s.bourns@northeastern.edu -
Address
400 Meserve Hall,
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115 -
Office Hours
Professor Bourns is on sabbatical for the fall 2022 semester.