Janice McGregor
· Associate ProfessorUniversity of Arizona · German Studies
Active 2012–2025
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About
Janice McGregor is an Associate Professor of German Studies and a faculty member in the Interdisciplinary PhD program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) at the University of Arizona. She completed her PhD in German Applied Linguistics at Penn State and previously held the position of Assistant Professor of German at Kansas State University from 2012 to 2018. Her research focuses on identity, authenticity, and multilingualism, with particular attention to the construction of ideologies and beliefs around language learning and teaching, discourses surrounding language and intercultural learning—especially in study abroad contexts—and qualitative research methods in German applied linguistics. Her work emphasizes the importance of understanding social interactions, the concept of 'authentic' language within communities, and the examination of beliefs about intercultural learning to better articulate and assess these phenomena.
Research topics
- Sociology
- Social Science
- Political Science
- Pedagogy
- Linguistics
- Computer Science
- Law
- Psychology
- Physics
- Communication
Selected publications
Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts
Multilingual Matters eBooks · 2016-12-31 · 25 citations
bookSenior author* Remi A. van Compernolle and Janice McGregor: Introducing Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts * Remi A. van Compernolle and Ashlie Henery: Evaluating L2 Pragmatic Appropriateness and Authenticity in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Strategic Interaction Scenarios * Lawrence Williams: Authenticity and Pedagogical Grammar: A Concept-Based Approach to Teaching French Auxiliary Verbs * Remi A. van Compernolle: Sociolinguistic Authenticity and Classroom L2 Learners: Produ…
Theorizing Qualitative Interviews: Two Autoethnographic Reconstructions
Modern Language Journal · 2019-02-06 · 19 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingAbstract The present study takes a reflexive approach to the analysis of coordinated identity work in qualitative interviews in 2 study abroad (SA) contexts, Argentina and Germany. To do this, the authors bring together 2 autoethnographic projects and take a collaborative approach (Chang, Ngunjiri, & Hernandez, 2013; Lapadat, 2017) to the analysis of semi‐structured interviews and identity memos (Maxwell, 2013) collected in their respective SA contexts. The results of an interactionally grou…
1 Introducing Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts
Multilingual Matters eBooks · 2016-12-31 · 17 citations
book-chapterSenior author3 An Investigation of L2 Learning Peer Interactions in Short-Term Study Abroad
Multilingual Matters eBooks · 2021 · 8 citations
1st authorCorrespondingDesigning Second Language Study Abroad Research
2022-01-01 · 7 citations
book1st authorCorresponding
Frequent coauthors
- 3 shared
Julieta Fernández
University of Arizona
- 3 shared
Rémi A. van Compernolle
- 2 shared
John L. Plews
University of Alberta
- 2 shared
Emma Trentman
University of Colorado System
- 1 shared
Nichole Neuman
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- 1 shared
Nicole Coleman
Wayne State University
- 1 shared
A. Kh. Yuldashev
- 1 shared
Regine Criser
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Education
- 2012
PhD, Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
The Pennsylvania State University
- 2006
MA, Germanic and Slavic Studies
University of Waterloo
- 2004
BA, Languages and Literatures
Wilfrid Laurier University
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