Rate My Professor Ibrahima Diallo

Dr. Ibrahima Diallo serves as Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities at Adelaide University. As an applied linguist, he utilizes sociolinguistic and cultural perspectives to critically examine, analyze, understand, and interpret language, culture, and society, drawing from epistemologies of the Global South, African epistemologies, and decolonial theories. His current research encompasses two broad strands of sociolinguistics. The first strand focuses on language planning and language policy issues in postcolonial Africa, with an emphasis on the geopolitics of former colonial languages, especially French, and the role of African languages in education. The second research strand explores language policy and planning, Islamic literacies in West Africa, and critical intercultural pedagogies. Both strands are informed by intersectionality, critical race theory, and decolonial/post-colonial studies. Key research areas include French Studies, Francophone Studies, Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa, Qur'anic Literacy, Islamic Education, Western and Islamic Pedagogies, Postcolonial Studies, and Critical Race Theory.

Dr. Diallo teaches courses such as LANG 1022 French 1A, LANG 1023 French 1B, LANG 1024 French 2A, LANG 1025 French 2B, LANG 3036 European Languages In-Country, Advanced French A and B, Contemporary France, and EDUC 3055 Inclusive Education. His career history includes a prior position as Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia in the Education Futures unit from 2008. Notable publications include the books The Politics of National Languages in Post-Colonial Senegal (Cambria Press, 2010) and Geopolitics of French in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa: Attitudes, Language Use, and Identities (2019), as well as articles such as "Planning Language Teaching: An Argument for the Place of Pedagogy in Language Policy and Planning" (with A. J. Liddicoat, International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 2014), "Policies and Pedagogies for Students of Diverse Backgrounds" (with C. Maizonniaux, International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 2016), "Qur'anic and Ajami Literacies in Pre-Colonial West Africa" (Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012), "Literacy and Education in West Africa: From Ajami to Francophonie" (Africa Review, 2016), and "Attitudes of Australian Muslims and Australian Wider Community Towards Muslim Institutions" (Journal of Education in Muslim Society, 2017). He is eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students.