Sandra Valnes Quammen, Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies

Please note: Sandra has left the "Linguistics" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

I am a Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies at Duke University, where I direct the French Language Program. I teach courses for beginning to advanced language learners, with a particular focus on introductory and intermediate levels. My current research focuses on translingual pedagogies in postsecondary L2 contexts, and on the intersections between language teaching and learning and sustainability.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	106 Language Center, Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• FRENCH 102.04, ELEMENTARY FRENCH 2 Synopsis

  Allen 226, MWF 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• LINGUIST 185CNS.01, INTRO TO ECOLINGUISTICS Synopsis

  Class Bldg 101, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ROMST 185CNS.01)

Education:

M.A.	Duke University	2006
BA	Gustavus Adolphus College	2003

Specialties:

French

Research Interests: Second langage acquisition, pedagogy and technology

My research focuses on second language acquisition (primarily at the elementary level) and on pedagogical applications of technology.

Recent Publications

1. Valnes Quammen, S; Afitska, O, Incorporating sustainability into American postsecondary modern foreign language classrooms at the pre-advanced level: exploring current practice and identifying future directions, European Journal of Applied Linguistics, vol. 13 no. 2 (November, 2025), pp. 473-505, Walter de Gruyter GmbH [doi]  [abs]
2. Reisinger, D; Valnes Quammen, S; Liu, Y; Virguez, E, Sustainability across the Curriculum: A Multilingual and Intercultural Approach, in Education for Sustainable Development in Foreign Language Learning: Content-Based Instruction in College-Level Curricula, edited by Fuente, MDL (November, 2021), Routledge [doi]