Janet Cowal Senior Instructor II and Undergraduate Advisor Applied Linguistics - Liberal Arts & Sciences Courses Taught LING 232 Language and Society LING 332U “Do I Speak Wrong?”: Language Myths in the USA LING 334U “You have the Right to Remain Silent”: Language and the Law LING 390 Introduction to Linguistics LING 391 Introduction to Applied Linguistics LING 407 Seminar: Critical Applied Linguistics LING 4/509 Practicum: Activist Applied Linguistics LING 4/535 Theory and Practice of Applied Linguistics LING 4/572 Teaching Pronunciation Research Interests Activist Applied Linguistics Critical Applied Linguistics Integrating visual and performing arts with applied linguistics Integrating applied linguistics in civic engagement, service learning, and community-based participatory research Current Projects: $PEAK OUT OregonWaterStories.com House-less-ness narratives Oregon State Bar website accessibility LAMP (Language Around Metropolitan Portland) Past projects: Atkinson Elementary School multicultural garden RHYTHM Project (Reaching Hearts of Youth Through Home-grown Music) CLEAR Project (Community and Language Enhancement through Arts Resources) Stories of PLACE (People Language Art Culture Environment) Applied Linguistics Education M.A. TESOL, Portland State University 1994 B.A. Linguistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook 1982