FYI - Sylvia
From: Melissa Wallace <Melissa.Wallace@utsa.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 6:39 PM
To: Melissa Wallace <Melissa.Wallace@utsa.edu>
Subject: New interdisciplinary course in forensic linguistics - solving crimes with language evidence
Dear Advising Colleagues,
Dr. Whitney Chappell and I are excited to share information with you about a new team-taught course to be offered next spring. Below is a brief description:
This course integrates critical concepts from linguistics, criminology, intercultural communication, pragmatics, and translation studies into the study of how language crimes
are solved and prevented by building upon a series of case studies which examine coerced confessions, proof of authorship, language-based manipulation of interviewees during police investigations, discourse analysis of evidence in multilingual courtrooms,
etc. Students will explore topics such as the application of critical discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, forensic transcription and translation, wiretap transcription, transnational models of interview/interrogation, due process, and communication of rights
to non-English speakers.
We would be thrilled if you would share this information with any undergraduate AND graduate students who may be interested. Thank you so much!
melissa
https://melissa-wallace.youcanbook.me
Melissa Wallace, PhD
Associate Professor of Translation and Interpreting Studies
Graduate Advisor of Record, MA in Spanish
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures