François Grosjean, Professor Emeritus, University of Neuchâtel

François Grosjean is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Language and Speech Processing Laboratory at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He has worked at Northeastern University, Boston, was a Research Affiliate at MIT, and has lectured at the universities of Basel, Zurich, and Oxford. His research interests include bilingualism and biculturalism, the perception, comprehension, and production of speech, sign language and the bilingualism of the Deaf, the evaluation of speech comprehension in aphasic patients, and the modelling of language processing. He is the author of several books on bilingualism, including Studying Bilinguals (OUP, 2008), Bilingual: Life and Reality (Harvard University Press, 2010), The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism (with Ping Li; Wiley Blackwell, 2013), and The Listening Bilingual (with Krista Byers-Heinlein; Wiley Blackwell, 2018).

"[Grosjean's] account shows a caring teacher and respected scholar leading a rich linguistic life. Highly recommended" - C. B. Thurston, CHOICE

"Of value to students considering study abroad and those who advise them or otherwise provide support, A Journey in Languages and Cultures offers a realistic yet positive account of the transition to an institution of higher learning in another country ... [Grosjean provides] insight and hope to the families of heritage-language speakers in this era of global mobility." - Kathleen Stein-Smith, Global Studies Literature Review

"...this is an excellent book with rich insights into bilingualism. Hence, I highly recommend this book to scholars, educators, parents, bilinguals as well as people who are interested in this field." - Meizi Piao, University of Massachusetts, Boston, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

"Autobiography, family history and career account in one, A Journey in Languages and Cultures: The Life of a Bicultural Bilingual entertains, informs, and educates ... [the author] writes engagingly and authoritatively using little jargon." - Graham Elliott MCIL, The Linguist

"The fluid and dynamic view so clearly expressed in his research literally comes to life in this coming-of-age story by one of the greatest figures in the field of bilingualism and psycholinguistics. At the forefront of a new university, a new department, a new journal, and a new field, François Grosjean builds a bridge across the channels and oceans that seemingly divide us. This book is a must read for those old and young who would like to rekindle their view of language science as a largely human enterprise. He reveals a world not as a monolithic place filled with singular or opposing uniformity but rather as one filled with a dynamic linguistic and cultural multiplicity that traverses regions, nations, and continents." - Arturo Hernandez, author of The Bilingual Brain