Description: Presenters from various types of institutions explore the dynamics at play in interdisciplinary departments in which languages form a significant component, ask how the study of languages and diverse disciplines factor into departmental identity and the composition of majors, and consider the challenges currently facing language teaching and methods to address them.

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Speakers

Mark Conliffe, U of Calgary

Muriel Cormican, Texas Christian U

Kent L. Dickson, California State Polytechnic U, Pomona

Pieter Keulemans, Princeton U

Mark J. Mascia, Sacred Heart U

Melek Ortabasi, Simon Fraser U

Kathleen Stein-Smith, Fairleigh Dickinson U, Teaneck

Presider

Christopher M. Lupke, U of Alberta