Dr. Joshua Kraut

Associate Professor of French
616.395.7570kraut@hope.edu
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Josh Kraut joined the Department of World Languages and Cultures faculty in 2016.  He teaches  courses in French language, literature and civilization.  He is currently at work studying and translating the contemporary French philosopher Fabrice Hadjadj.

Education 

  • Ph.D., sociolinguistics, Georgetown University, 2018
  • Master of Modern Letters, French literature and linguistics, Université de Provence (now Aix-Marseille Université), 2011
  • M.A., teaching English as a second language, Pennsylvania State University, 2005
  • B.A., French, Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University, 2005

Areas of Interest

  • ïé
  • Language learning and teaching

Honors, Grants and awards

  • ɫɜThe Misanthrope In Spite of Himself: Rousseauɫəs Interpretation of Molièreɫəs Alceste,ɫɝ (article) Nyenhuis Faculty Research Grant, Hope College, 2019
  • ɫɜThe Polyphonic Pastor: Two Levels of Constructed Dialogue in Argumentation,ɫɝ (article) Nyenhuis Faculty Research Grant, Hope College, 2018
  • ɫɜChallenging Borders,ɫɝ Great Lakes Colleges Association Grand Challenge Grant, 2016

Selected Publications

  • ɫɜConstructed Dialogue as Hermeneutic in Small Group Bible Study,ɫɝ  Postscripts, 2022
  • ɫɜLe Misanthrope Malgré Lui: Rousseauɫəs Vision of Alceste, ɫɝ The French Review, 2021
  • ɫɜThe Polyphonic Pastor: Two Levels of Constructed Dialogue in Argumentation,ɫɝ Language and Dialogue, 2019
  • ɫɜThe Role of ɫɘRolesɫə in Task-Design: An Exploration of ɫɘFramingɫə as a Feature of Tasks,ɫɝ in Usage-inspired L2 Instruction, John Benjamins Publishing, 2018
  • ɫɜInteractional Sociolinguistics and Workplace Discourse,ɫɝ with C. Gordon, in Handbook of Language in the Workplace, Routledge, 2017
  • French for Children, Primer A and Primer B, Classical Academic Press, 2016

Selected Presentations

  • ɫɜThe Pastor in the Pew: Simulated Conversation in Contemporary American Sermons,ɫɝ American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, 2018
  • ɫɜVoices from the Past: Constructed Dialogue as a Hermeneutic Tool in Evangelical Bible Study,ɫɝ AAAL conference, 2017
  • ɫɜYou Shall Know the Truth: Reasons and Reasonableness in Evangelical Small Group Bible Study,ɫɝ American Anthropological Association (AAA) conference, 2015
  • ɫɜCo-Constructing Scriptural Authority in a U.S. Quran Study Group,ɫɝ with N. Harb, AAA conference, 2015

Outside the college

Dr. Kraut enjoys hanging around with his five kids, reading good books with his wife (when he can keep up), and walking under the enormous beech trees in his neighborhood.

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Dr. Joshua Kraut

Phone Number616.395.7570

Martha Miller Center 257 Columbia Avenue Holland, MI 49423
Martha Miller Center 257 Columbia Avenue Holland MI 49423