Originally from Côte d’Ivoire, Eraste Kossa holds an MA in Sociolinguistics from Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan and an MA in World Englishes from the Université de Lorraine in France. He recently completed an MA in TESOL at Ball State University and is now pursuing a PhD in French and Francophone Studies at The Ohio State University. His research centers on questions of language, identity, and power in contemporary Francophone and Anglophone contexts, with a particular focus on multilingualism, linguistic justice, and the politics of language education. 

 

Beyond his academic research, Eraste actively promotes inclusive and culturally responsive approaches to language education. As a Graduate Teaching Associate in French at Ohio State, he works to cultivate critical awareness of language, identity, and culture, while engaging students with the richness and diversity of the Francophone world.