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Dr. Samira Hassa Assistant Professor, Modern Foreign Languages Department

 

Education:

• Ph.D. in French Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
• Diploma in Business French [Diplôme de Français des Affaires DFA-1], Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris, 2004
• DEA [Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies], Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III, France, 2000
• M.A [Maîtrise] in Linguistics, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, France, 1997
• Bachelors' degree in Communication and Linguistics, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, France, 1995
• nternational Baccalauréat (bilingual, French and Arabic) Lycée Paul Valéry Mission Française, Meknès, Morocco, 1993

Research and Scholarly Interests:

Basic language instruction, composition, literature, language and culture, ethno-sociolinguistics, language variation, language stereotypes, code switching and code mixing.

Publications and Scholarly Activity:

Books:

Hassa, S, De La Médina à la Ville Nouvelle:Etude Ethnolinguistique de la Ville de Fes. Paris LINCOM Europa,2008

Articles and book reviews :

Review of Garbato, CA, and H Boyer, Les langues de France au XXIe siècle vitalité sociolinguistique et dynamiques culturelles. L'Harmattan: 2007. French Review (2009).

Review of Fagyal, Z, D Kibbee and F Jenkins, French: A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. French Review (2008).

Review of Eloy, J.M. Des Langues Collatérales: Problèmes Linguistiques, Sociolinguistiques et Glottopolitiques de la Proximité Linguistique, L'Harmattan, 2004. French Review (2006).

Review of Caubet, D. Les Mots du Bled. L'Harmattan, 2004. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences (2005).

Review of Kline, M and N. Mellerski. Issues in the French-Speaking World. Greenwood Press, 2004. Contemporary French Civilization (2005).

Translation from French to English: "Realpolitik and Utopias of Universal Bonds: for a Critique of Technoglobalism." Mattelart, A. A Companion to Media Studies. Blackwell 548-564, (2005).

With Fagyal, Z. and F. Ngom, "L'opposition [E] Et [*E] en Syllabes Ouvertes de fin de Mot en Français Parisien: Etude Acoustique Préliminaire.] Distinction in Word-Final Open Syllables InE" [The [E] - [ Parisian French: Preliminary Acoustic Data]. Journées d'Etudes sur la Parole, Nancy France, 165-168, (2000).

Presentations in Academic conference :

Westernity, authenticity, diversity and nationalism: An analysis of selected Moroccan rap lyrics. Arizona Linguistics and Anthropology Symposium, University of Arizona, Tucson, May 2008.

My language is in your language: A discussion of languages in contact in France, Spain, and the Maghreb. Guest speaker at the College of New Rochelle, NY, September 2008.

Give Me My Space Back! Viewing Colonization and Decolonization through the Toponymia of Fes (Morocco.) Mid-America Alliance for African Studies 12th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, November 2006.

Perceiving Cultural Differences: From a Fieldwork, a Study Abroad to Service Learning Program Led in Paris, with French 276 students, Speakers Series, Rockford College, October 2006.

From a French Civilization Course to Civic Engagement and Short-Term Study Abroad: A Pilot Study. Strengthening Civic Engagement and Spirituality in Higher Education: A One Day Conference. DePaul University, Chicago, September 2006.

Moroccan Students' Attitudes toward French. MLA (Modern Languages Association), Washington, D.C., December 2005.

Black, Blanc, Beur; du Rap à l'identité. With Christopher Stewart. Conference on Diversity and Difference in France and the Francophone World, Florida State University, Tallahassee, April 2004.

De l'Avenue de France au Boulevard Hassan II: 50 ans de transformation dans les dénominations de l'espace urbain de Fes (Maroc). Conference on Diversity and Difference in France and the Francophone World, Florida State University, Tallahassee, April 2004.

L'opposition [E] Et [e] en Syllabes Ouvertes de Fin de Mot en Français Parisien: Etude Acoustique Préliminaire. With Zsuzanna Fagyal. Journées d'Etudes sur la Parole, Nancy, 2002.

Designing and Teaching a Legal French Course. Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), University OF Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, September 2004.

Francophonia Policy, Colonialism and Identity. Guest speaker for Francophone Literature course. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2004.

L'islam, la Femme et le Voile Au Maroc. Guest speaker for Survey of French Literature course, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2002.

Women in Morocco: Between the Veil and Modernity. Guest speaker for Women's Issues course, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2002.

On the Prosodic Conditioning of the [E]et [e] Merger in Open-Syllables in Parisian French. With Zsuzanna Fagyal and Fallou Ngom. NWAVE (New Ways of Analyzing Variation) 30, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 2001.

Multilinguism in Morocco. Guest speaker for Study of Language course, College of William and Mary, November 2001.

 

Courses Taught at Manhattan College:

• Arabic 101/ 102 Beginning Arabic I and II
• French 209-French 210 Speaking and Writing French
• French 303 Advanced Grammar and Composition
• French 301 Advanced French conversation and phonetics
• French 307 Advanced Grammar and Composition
• French 320 Francophone Culture

Courses Taught at other Institutions :

• Beginning French I and II
• Intermediate French
• French Phonetics
• Survey of French literature
• Practicum (taught in English)
• First-year seminar (taught in English)
• Foreign Language Teaching Methods
• French Civilization and Culture (taught in English)
• French for Specific Purposes (French for Engineers, French for Architects and Legal French)
• French Lexicology (Graduate web-based course)
• Introduction to French Linguistics (Graduate web-based course)

Contact Information:

• Telephone: (718) 862-7917
• Office: Memorial 416
• Fax: (718) 862-8044
• e-mail: samira.hassa@manhattan.edu

 

Page last updated by K. Balaj on August 20, 2008