Biography and education
Peter Golato joined Texas State University in 2013. He previously held tenure-line faculty appointments at the University of Alabama, Utah State University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Golato holds a BA in History from the University of Connecticut, an MA in French linguistics from Louisiana State University, and a PhD in French linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Golato, P. S., & Golato, A. (2024). When you may say so yourself: The form and function of assessments in a French cooking show. Gesprächsforschung - Online-Zeitschrift Zur Verbalen Interaktion, 25, 100–129. Retrieved from http://www.gespraechsforschung-online.de/fileadmin/dateien/heft2024/ga-golato.pdf
- Betz, E. M., Taleghani-Nikazm, C., & Golato, P. (Eds.). (2020). Mobilizing Others: Grammar and lexis within larger activities. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.33
- Golato, P. S., & Golato, A. (2018). The real-time processing of pragmatics: An experimental psychological-conversation analytic study of obwohl clauses in spoken German. Journal of Pragmatics, 132, 21–32. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2018.05.006
- Golato, A., & Golato, P. S. (2025). Hop(p)la in French and German. Languages, 10(8), 196. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/ 10.3390/languages10080196
- Golato, A., & Golato, P. S. (n.d.). The interjection hopla in French and German. Languages, (Special issue: Exploring Pragmatics in Contemporary Cross-Cultural Contexts). Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/X8M1CL7KKN
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award, College of Liberal Arts. July 12, 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Stephany Goodbread Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, Honors College. May 1, 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts. April 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, University College. April 18, 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi. April 2016

Featured service activities
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Texas Iota Chapter, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
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Innovation, Discovery, Exploration, and Analysis (IDEA) Center
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Family and Consumer Sciences Annual Research and Creativity Showcase Event
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Texas State German Contest
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Fulbright National Screening Committee: ETA in Western Europe
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Family and Consumer Sciences Annual Research and Creativity Showcase Event