Shannon Halicki

Shannon Halicki is a Professor of French and Spanish at West Liberty University, affiliated with the College of Liberal and Creative Arts. She serves as Director of the Honors Program, Coordinator of the Advanced Academy of West Virginia, and Director of the WLU Study in France program in Strasbourg.

• Ph.D. in French Linguistics (Indiana University, 2009)
• M.A. in French Linguistics (Indiana University, 2002)
• B.A. in French and Linguistics (University of Iowa, 1999)

Her research focuses on Second Language Acquisition, Phonology, and Sociolinguistics, with pedagogical expertise spanning French/Spanish language instruction, linguistic history, and sociocultural language studies. She teaches courses such as Advanced French Grammar, French Culinary Tradition, and African American Vernacular.