Tamara Lindner Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies Willis Granger & Tom Debaillon BORSF Professorship in Francophone Studies II French Language Program Coordinator and TA Supervisor, Department of Modern Languages Ph.D. in French Linguistics; Indiana University, Bloomington; December 2008 Dissertation: Attitudes toward Cajun French and International French in South Louisiana: A Study of High School Students Publications: “Access to French Education and Attitudes toward International French and Cajun French among South Louisiana High School Students.” The French Review, Volume 86.3, February 2013. Co‐Authored Publications: Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole and American Indian Communities. (2010). Editors: Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Barry Jean Ancelet, Richard Guidry, Amanda LaFleur, Tamara Lindner, Michael D. Picone, Dominique Ryon. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. À la découverte du français cadien à travers la parole / Discovering Cajun French through the Spoken Word [CD‐Rom]. (2003). Editors: David M. Rojas, Deborah Piston‐Hatlen, Kathryn Propst, Madeleine Gonin and Tamara Lindner (Project Director: Albert Valdman, in collaboration with Barry Jean Ancelet, Amanda LaFleur, Michael D. Picone, Kevin J. Rottet & Dominique Ryon); Bloomington: Indiana University Creole Institute. Recent Submission under Consideration: Manuscript entitled Anthologie de Littérature Louisianaise (304 pages), co‐edited with Barry Jean Ancelet and May Gwin Waggoner, submitted to Tintamarre Press in July 2013. Grant: Summer 2012‐Summer 2014 with Co‐PIs Mark F. DeWitt, Barry Jean Ancelet, and Amanda LaFleur. Board of Regents Traditional and Undergraduate Enhancement Grant for The UL Lafayette Cajun and Creole French Language Reservoir Project. ($19,000.00). Selected Conference Presentations: “Cajun French in South Louisiana: Language, Culture, Identity” in “Frenchness in Louisiana” panel at the Annual South Central Modern Language Association Conference (SCMLA), New Orleans, LA, October 3‐5, 2013. “It was like going from safety to being thrown to the wolves: Using Student Feedback to Inform Language Program Articulation” presented at the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL), Spartanburg, SC, April 4‐6, 2013. “The Role of Cajun French in Cajun Identity: Student Opinions.” SCMLA, November 8‐10, 2012, San Antonio, Texas. Co‐authored with Anna Howell: “Testing the Waters: Integrating Louisiana French into the Standard French Curriculum.” SECOL, April 12‐14, 2012, Lexington, Kentucky. “Cajun French Revitalization: Investigating University Student Interest.” American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference (AAAL), March 24‐27, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts. Co‐authored with Anna Howell: “Introducing Louisiana French in the Beginning University French Classroom.” Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers’ Association (LFLTA) Annual Conference, March 2‐3, 2012, Lafayette, Louisiana. “Learning Cajun French at the University: Student Opinions,” SECOL, April 13‐15, 2011, Pineville, Georgia. “What is Cajun French?: Definition of a Dialect by Young Community Members.” Annual Meeting of the American Dialect Society (ADS), January 6‐9, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “Focus on Louisiana French: Resources and Possibilities for Incorporating this Variety in the Francophone Classroom” (1‐ hour presentation; proposal co‐authored with Barry Jean Ancelet). Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), July 5, 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Co‐Authored with Barry Jean Ancelet: “Alternative Standards: Developing a Written Code for Cajun French.” SECOL, April 27‐28, 2010, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi. “The Role of Cajun French in Cajun Identity: Opinions of South Louisiana High School Students.” SECOL, April 8‐10, 2009, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. “Access to French Education and Attitudes toward Cajun French in Acadiana, Louisiana’s French Triangle.” AAAL, March 21‐24, 2009, Denver, Colorado.