Multilingualism, language and identity, translanguaging, discourse, literacy, multilingual pedagogy, youth media, linguistic landscaping.
Recent Scholarship:
Books Authored:
2004 - Mastering Finnish, Aspasia Books, Beaverton, Ontario, 3rd revised edition. (textbook)
1999 - Mastering Finnish, Aspasia Books, Beaverton, Ontario, 2nd revised edition. (textbook)
1999 - Mastering Finnish (2 cassettes), Aspasia Books, Beaverton, Ontario, Second rerecorded edition.
1984 - Existence and Identity: A Study of the Semantics and Syntax of Existential Sentences in Finnish, Turku, Publications of the Research Institute of the Åbo Akademi Foundation, 1984. 492p.
Books Edited:
2000 - Connecting Souls - Finnish Voices in North America, an anthology of Finnish-American and Finnish-Canadian writings and translations of Finnish literature. Co-editor Varpu Lindström, Aspasia Books, 2000. 223 p.
2000 - Finnish Short Stories, co-editor co-translator Inkeri Väänänen-Jensen, 3rd revised edition, Penfield Press. 250 p. (First edition 1982)
1998 - Exploring Ostrobothnia, Special Issue of Journal of Finnish Studies, December 1998. 160p.
1997 - Negotiating Finnish Studies - Reflections of a Conference, Special Issue of the Journal of Finnish Studies, August 1997, 148 p.
1997 - Melting into Great Waters - Papers from FinnForum 5, Special Issue of Journal of Finnish Studies, December 1997. 225 p. (Co-edited with Varpu Lindström and Oiva Saarinen)
Books Translated:
2000 - Red Moon over White Sea, best-selling novel by Finnish author Laila Hietamies, original title Vienan punainen kuu, Aspasia Books, July 2000, 351 p.
1996 - A Treasury of Finnish Love Poetry, Proverbs and Quotations. (Ed. and Transl.) Hippocrene Books, New York. 128 p.
Journals Edited:
1997- Editor and founder of the Journal of Finnish Studies. Printed by the University of Toronto
Press. 1997- . Eleven issues published 1997-2001.
Articles or Chapters in Anthologies:
2001 - “Introduction” to English translation of Väinö Linna’s classic novel Under the North Star, pp. IX-XIV, Aspasia Books, Ontario 2001.
2001 - “Introduction - Deceptively Simple Pursuit of the Truth.” Introduction to English translation of Antti Tuuri’s contemporary classic novel A Day in Ostrobothnia, pp. V-IX, Aspasia Books, Ontario 2001.
2001 - “St Urho - A Patron Saint for the New World Finns”. In Joanne Asala (ed.) Finnish American Folklore - The Legend of St. Urho. Penfield Press.Pp. 19-32.
2000 - “The Traditional Finnish Short Story 1860-1970". In Ingrid Väänänen-Jensen - K. Börje Vähämäki (editors and translators) Finnish Short Stories, 3rd edition. This article new for this edition. Penfield Press, Iowa City. 2000, pp. 7-22.
2000 - “Suomen kirjallisuus englantilaisena kirjallisuutena” (Finnish Literature as English Literature). In Eeva Lähdemäki - Yvonne Bertills: Fennistica fausta in honorem Mauno Koski septuagenarii. Juhlakirja Mauno Kosken 70-vuotispäivän kunniaksi 21.2.2000. Åbo Akademi University Press, Turku, Finland, pp. 167-185.
