Publications

Books

Kronenberg, F. A. Physical Language Learning Spaces in the Digital Age. Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
Heidrich Uebel, E., Kronenberg, F.A., and Sterling, S., eds. Language Program Vitality in the United States: From Surviving to Thriving in Higher Education, Springer, 2023.
Kronenberg, F. A. (Ed.). (2017). From Language Lab to Language Center and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of the Language Center. Auburn, AL: International Association for Language Learning Technology. Link
Kronenberg, F. A. (Ed.). (2011). Language center design. Moorhead, MN: International Association for Language Learning Technology. Link

Articles

Kronenberg, F. A., & Case, V. (2024). Why Should College Leaders Consider the Power of Their Place? Journal of Higher Education Management, 39(2), 27–36. Link
Van Gorp, K., Uebel, E. H., Kronenberg, F. A., & Murphy, D. (2024). How important is studying languages for undergraduate students and why (not) study languages? Foreign Language Annals. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12783

[forthcoming – 2024]: Giupponi, L, Heidrich Uebel, E., and Kronenberg, F.A., “Technology Integration and Online Language Learning: From Commonly Taught Languages to Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages” (The Routledge Taylor & Francis Handbook of Research on World Language Instruction)
Kronenberg, F. A. (2022). Language Learning Spaces in the Digital Age: Investigating the Normalization of the Built Language Classroom. Sprachen.Politik.Sprachenpolitik. Arbeitskreis der Sprachenzentren.
Fritzsche, S. , Giupponi, L., Heidrich Uebel, E., Kronenberg, F.A., Long, C.P. and van Gorp, K. (2022) Languages as Drivers of Institutional Diversity: The Case of Less Commonly Taught Languages. The Language Educator. (pp.45–47)
Ramey, Neville, Kronenberg, et. al. “Revisioning the Global Middle Ages: Immersive Environments for Teaching Medieval Languages and Culture” Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 86-104.
Kronenberg, F. A., Samuels, J., & Gaugler, K. (2018). The Road to the Lost City of “C”: From Simulation to Reality. Language Educator, 13(4), 44–47.
Kronenberg, F. A. (2017). From Language Lab to Language Center and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of Language Learning Center Design. Alsic Journal, 20(3).
Kronenberg, F. A. (2016). Curated language learning spaces: Design principles of physical 21st century language centers. IALLT Journal, 46(1), 63–91. Link
Kronenberg, F. (2014). Extending the Classroom: Digital Micro-Narratives for Novice Language Learners. Dimensions, 124–134. Link
Kronenberg, F. A. (2014). Language Center Design and Management in the Post-Language Laboratory Era. IALLT Journal, 44(1), 1–16. Link
Kronenberg, F. A. (2012). Selection Criteria for Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Video Games for Language Learning. IALLT Journal, 42(2), 52–78. Link

Book Chapters

Kronenberg, F. A. & Schwienhorst, K. (2021). Building for Sustainable Change: Co–Designing Language Centers in Germany and
the United States. In E. Lavolette & A. Kraemer, A. (Eds), Language center handbook 2021 (pp. 217–242). Auburn, AL:
International Association for Language Learning Technology.
Kronenberg, F. A. (2020). Embracing Hybridity: Virtual Spaces in Foreign Language Housing. In J. Bown, W. Baker Smemoe, & D. P. Dewey (Eds.), Language Learning in Foreign Language Houses (pp. 321–334). International Association for Language Learning Technology.
Kronenberg, F. A. (2018). The language center design process. In E. Lavolette & E. Simon (Eds.), Language center handbook(pp. 53–66). Auburn, AL: International Association for Language Learning Technology.
Kronenberg, F. A. (2013). Computer games as agentive and immersive spaces for language learners. In B. Bigl & S. Stoppe (Eds.), Playing with virtuality, theories and methods of computer game studies (pp. 313–332). Peter Lang. Link
Kronenberg, F. A. (2013). Technology and the Changing Nature of Narrative in L2 Learning and Teaching. In L. A. Wankel & P. Blessinger (Eds.), Increasing Student Engagement and Retention using Multimedia Technologies: Video Annotation, Multimedia Applications, Videoconferencing and Transmedia Storytelling (Vol. 6, pp. 95–119). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Link
Kronenberg, F. A. (2013). The LLC and public relations: Promoting the language learning center. In A. F. Ross (Ed.), Language center management (pp. 121–132). International Association for Language Learning Technology. Link
Kronenberg, F. A. (2011). Language centers at small institutions. In F. A. Kronenberg (Ed.), Language Center Design (pp. 83–94). International Association for Language Learning Technology. Link

Other, smaller, non-traditional and/or non-peer reviewed publications

Kronenberg, F. and Poole, F. (2022). From Buzzword to the Classroom “ Exploring VR Gaming for Language Learning. FLTMAG. Retrieved from https://fltmag.com/from–buzzword–to–the–classroom–exploring–vr–gaming–for–language–learning/
Kronenberg, F. A. & Case, V. (2022). Today&s Colleges and the Power of Place. Academe Blog (AAUP)
https://academeblog.org/2022/08/12/todays-colleges-and-the-power-of-place/
Kronenberg, F. (2018). Gamified Imagined Community Simulations (ImSims) for Language Learning. FLTMAG. Retrieved from http://fltmag.com/gamified-imagined-community-simulations-imsims-language-learning/
Transforming a dinosaur on campus: From language lab to language center and beyond (December 12, 2017) – UB (University Business) – https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/0118-fk
Simon, E., Kraemer, A., Kronenberg, F., Lavolette, B., & Sartiaux, A. (2017). Language Center Evaluation Toolkit. International Association for Language Learning Technology. http://iallt.org/resources/publications/
Adapting Classrooms for Student-centered, Individualized, and Technologically-supported Pedagogies. Learning Spaces Collaboratory (2015) – http://www.pkallsc.org/assets/files/LSC_Webinar_Snapshot-Rhodes_Classrooms_Technology-Supported_Pedagogies.pdf
Kronenberg, F. (2015). A Language Center Design Primer. FLTMAG. Retrieved from http://fltmag.com/a-language-center-design-primer/

Scholarship of Application

I have extended my research work also into applied results in (language) learning spaces design many (mostly) higher education institutions. Following what Boyer (1990) calls “Scholarship of Application,” I regard this type of work as a form of creative activity in my field:

“New intellectual understandings can arise out of the very act of application – whether in medical diagnosis, serving clients in psychotherapy, shaping public policy, creating architectural design, or working with public schools. In activities such as these, theory and practice vitally interact, and one renews the other” [my emphasis]

Over the years, my publications, consultations, workshops, webinars, presentations, plenary addresses, and keynotes have had a tangible impact in the field. New buildings were built, and rooms newly designed or redesigned. I am still trying to track down a definite list of those spaces. At this point, please click here for a list of consulting clients. Besides the two language learning centers I designed from the ground up (Pomona College, Rhodes College), many spaces were changed, renovated or built. Since 2009, I have also organized the language center design workshop at the IALLT conferences. I am including these activities here even though they are not considered to be publications or creative works by all scholars. But I see these built spaces as a direct outcome of my creative and scholarly work, and am very proud and happy to have seen theory come to life. One of the centers that hired me as a consultant recently won an award. As a materialities scholar, creating and influencing material things, objects, and spaces is an integral part of my work.