Home Department: French and Italian
SLAT Areas of Specialization: Instructional Dimensions of L2 Learning, Linguistic Dimensions of L2 Learning, Sociocultural Dimensions of L2 Learning
Dr. Kris Aric Knisely (PhD, Emory University, French and Educational Studies, 2015) is Assistant Professor of French and Intercultural Competence in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Arizona. He is also a faculty member of the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Graduate Interdisciplinary Program and is a member of the Trans Studies Research Cluster (TSRC).
His primary line of research focuses on gender and sexuality in sites of language teaching, learning, and use. In a secondary line of research, he explores educational technology and teacher education as they relate to language education. Dr. Knisely has published in the fields of applied linguistics, CALL, cultural studies, education, and measurement. You can find details for many of his publications both here and below.
His current project investigates the linguistic practices of nonbinary French language users, building on his previous work on learner identities and gendered language attitudes. The primary objective of this project is to describe how nonbinary gender identities can be expressed in a grammatically binary language in order to develop a resources for supporting non-binary students of French as a second or additional language.
Dr. Knisely has a broad range of teaching interests including French language, linguistics, intercultural communication, gender and sexuality, and education, among others.