Janet Cowal, Senior Instructor

Janet Cowal


Senior Instructor II and Undergraduate Advisor

Applied Linguistics - Liberal Arts & Sciences

Courses Taught

  • LING 232         Language and Society
  • LING 332U      “Do I Speak Wrong?”: Language Myths in the USA
  • LING 334U      “You have the Right to Remain Silent”: Language and the Law
  • LING 390          Introduction to Linguistics
  • LING 391          Introduction to Applied Linguistics
  • LING 407          Seminar: Critical Applied Linguistics
  • LING 4/509       Practicum: Activist Applied Linguistics
  • LING 4/535       Theory and Practice of Applied Linguistics
  • LING 4/572       Teaching Pronunciation

Research Interests

  • Activist Applied Linguistics
  • Critical Applied Linguistics
  • Integrating visual and performing arts with applied linguistics
  • Integrating applied linguistics in civic engagement, service learning, and community-based participatory research

Current Projects:

  • $PEAK OUT
  • OregonWaterStories.com
  • House-less-ness narratives
  • Oregon State Bar website accessibility
  • LAMP (Language Around Metropolitan Portland)

Past projects:

Education
  • M.A. TESOL, Portland State University 1994
  • B.A. Linguistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook 1982