Moore Continues SU's Enlightened Perspectives Lecture Series
SALISBURY, MD---Dr. Monica Moody Moore discusses “Code Switching: The Art of Cracking the Code with Authenticity” as this semester’s Enlightened Perspectives Lecture Series speaker at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥.
Her presentation is 7 p.m. Thursday, October 25, in the Wicomico Room of the Guerrieri Student Union.
“Code-switching” occurs when a speaker alternates between languages within a singular statement. The phenomenon, however, has taken on a broader context in recent years, to include accents and dialects, and has attracted media including National Public Radio and The Economist.
Moore, an SU alumna and ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Foundation board of directors member, and current dean of admissions at Babson College’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, uses personal and shared experiences to explore the impetus behind code-switching and how to “crack the code” to better determine a speaker’s authentic voice. She also presents a “homework” assignment to audience members to modify their own code-switching behaviors.
Sponsored by the Multicultural Student Services Office, admission is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-548-4503 or visit the SU website.