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Elizabeth Lang Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer World Languages and Cultures

Contact
Elizabeth Lang
(202) 885-2342 (Office)
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Gray Hall 202
Monday/Thursday 11:15-2:00/ Tuesday 11:15-12:30, and by appointment
Degrees
MA, University of Pennsylvania

Bio
Elizabeth Lang has taught French language courses at AU since 1991 and will retire at the end of AY 2023-2024. Her primary interests are political, economic, social and cultural issues in Francophone Africa, and international development.
She has done extensive freelance translation, interpretation, and writing/editing for a number of African embassies in Washington and for Africa-related NGOs. In recent years she has taught the French translation courses in WLC.
She travels extensively in the francophone world, with yearly trips to Haiti, France, Canada, and her home in Burkina Faso.
She has been active in the Alternative Break program, as an advisory board member and faculty advisor on trips (Senegal, Haiti).
See Also
World Languages and Cultures
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Teaching

Spring 2024

  • FREN-223 French, Intermediate II

  • FREN-223 French, Intermediate II

  • FREN-435 French Translation Workshop