Sociolinguistics

Lanugage shift: issues, motivations, and results in heritage language communities

Historical sociolinguistics: heritage language ego-documents, forensic linguistics, language & religion

Heritage languages: permeability of the grammar in language contact, linguistic landscapes

Language pedagogy

Culturally relevant pedagogy: diversity through formal and symbolic curricula, teaching with cultural realia

Proficiency: Acquisition of written and oral proficiency

American Studies / Material Studies

Pennsylvania Dutch Studies: Material culture, history

Folk craft: Weaving techniques, gravestones, folk art and craft