Kirby Chazal

Kirby Chazal is a Lecturer in French at Boston University, where she teaches courses in French and Language Teaching. She coordinates the first-semester French language program and holds office hours via Zoom on Wednesdays 9:00am-12:00pm (Fall 2024) and in-person by appointment. Her office is located at 718 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 501D.

Education:

• BA, University of Iowa
• MA, University of Nebraska at Omaha
• PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (French with a concentration in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education)

Research Interests: Dr. Chazal focuses on applied linguistics, particularly language and social interaction through conversation analysis. Her work examines second language interactional competence, digital technology in classrooms, and embodied talk-in-interaction. She also explores second language pedagogy and teacher education.

Awards: No awards explicitly mentioned in the text.

Advising/Grants: No advising records or grant information provided. Contact via email: kchazal@bu.edu or phone: 617-358-0595.

Labs/Teams: No specific laboratories or research teams mentioned.