Keith Walters, Ph.D.

Professor of Applied Linguistics

Teaching Interests

• African Americans in their Speech Communities
• Arguing about Language: Public Debates about Language Issues
• Bilingualism
• Introduction to Sociolinguistics
• Language, Gender, and Sexuality
• Language and Nationalism in the Arab World
• Research Design/Research Methods

Courses Taught

• Curriculum Design and Materials Development
• Introduction to Graduate Study
• Project Workshop
• Research Design
• Research Methods
• Sociolinguistics
• Thesis Writing

Research Interests

• Sociolinguistics
• Codeswitching and Diglossic Switching
• Language, Gender, and Identity in North Africa
• Language Rights
• The Needs of English Language Learners Employed in Healthcare

Contact

• waltersk@pdx.edu

Research Projects

•  Education for Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Girls in 19th Century Tunis and the early spread of French in Tunisia
• (with Tasneem AlSultan) The Experiences of Saudi Female Students in US Intensive English Programs
• (with Kirsten Jagne, OHSU) Needs Analysis of English Language Learners at OHSU Institutions