Dr. Jessica Miller |
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| Jessica Sertling Miller, a native of Strasbourg, France, joined the Department in 2006 as an Assistant Professor of French. She has a diverse background in language studies, with a Master’s in English Linguistics (Université Marc-Bloch, 2001), a Master’s in French Literature (St. Louis University, 2001), and recently finished her doctoral dissertation in French Linguistics on Swiss French intonation (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Her current research involves the study of Swiss French dialects, with an emphasis on intonation, as well as the use of phonetic symbols in the foreign language beginner classroom. She applies methods used in her research, such as computerized speech analyzing, to the classroom as a way to enhance the students’ learning experience. | |
