Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard, Lab Director
Marie-Eve is an Assistant Professor in the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS). She holds a PhD degree from New York University, where she specialized in both sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. Her main research interests include language ideologies, language contact, language variation and change, and the intersections between language, identity, and power. You can find out more about Marie-Eve here.
Rachel Chen
Rachel is a 4th year student double-majoring in psychology and French language and literature. She is interested in the links between language and identity, language and race, and the influence(s) of language ideologies. In her free time, Rachel can be found reading, playing piano, and taking countless pictures of flowers.
Katie Marchant
Katie is in her fourth year of study, majoring in French with a Spanish minor. She has a passion for learning languages and plans to become a French immersion teacher. Her other interests include knitting, reading, Lego, and most things Star Wars.
Joshua Lowery
Joshua is a 2nd year student in the School of Kinesiology specializing in neuromechanical and physiological sciences and minoring in French. He is interested in the adaptation and change of language as well as its connection to identity and culture. In his free time, Josh can most likely be found outside skiing, hiking, or surfing.
Shawleena Daviduk 
Shawleena is in her fourth year, studying French language and literature. She loves learning new languages and is currently learning Spanish. She hopes to become a French immersion teacher and teach a year abroad. Outside of school, she loves to hike, read and play board games with friends and family.
Sam Kerr
Sam is a recent graduate with a Bachelor of Kinesiology and a Minor in French who plans to continue her studies in social work. She is interested in language variation, the social construction of language ideologies, and how multilingualism shapes and is shaped by our identities. In her free time, Sam loves to hang out with her dog, dance, and coach gymnastics.
Eva Leitin 
Eva holds a BA in Language Studies and Political Science, and is currently a 1L student at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. She is interested in the intersections of language and culture, in interpretation and translation, and hopes to continue to work in a multilingual environment throughout her legal career. In her free time, Eve enjoys reading, cooking, and weight lifting.
Laure Bourgin 
Laure is in her fourth year at UBC, completing a double major in French and international relations. She hopes to one day work in the humanitarian field, where she would love to utilize her French in the workplace. Alongside her interest in the complexities of the French language, she also speaks some Vietnamese and Spanish. For fun, Laure enjoys reading fiction, cooking and swimming leisurely during the weekends.
Sarah Sinn
Sarah is a 4th year student in French and speech sciences. She is interested in child language development and multilingualism in relation to its social contexts. In her free time, Sarah can most likely be found swimming, biking, running, and practicing pottery.
Anne-Sophie Goubo 
Anne-Sophie is a 3rd year student on exchange at UBC. She is majoring in modern literatures and minoring in didactics of French as a second language. She is interested in the variation in the French language. As she wants to teach French to non-native speakers, she is also interested in the way students in Vancouver learn and use the French language. Anne-Sophie likes learning foreign languages and enjoys reading, hanging out with friends, and listening to music in her free time.
Annabelle Glas 
Annabelle is a 2nd year PhD student in UBC’s French program. She holds an MA in Sociology from the University of Lyon 2 and a Master in Education from the University of Lille. She seeks to develop an interdisciplinary approach and to create spaces of encounter between sociolinguistics, sociology and anthropology. Her main research interests include language ideologies, language contact, and the intersections between language, identity and power. Her current research project focuses on francophone immigration in Canada and identity issues related to language.