I am an Associate Professor of English at Grand Valley State University in western Michigan where I teach courses in applied linguistics to help future teachers better serve English language learners. I'm interested in second language education and research on effective approaches to second language instruction. I've taught ESL in the U.S., EFL in Asia and South America and trained pre-service and in-service teachers in Chile, Thailand, and Japan. I'm currently serving as co-editor of the MITESOL Journal and frequently give talks and lead workshops on topics related to TESOL.
Education
Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 2017
Specialization: Second language teaching and learning
M.A. in Second Language Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 2008
Specialization: English Language Teaching
B.B.A., Joseph A. Sellinger School of Business & Management, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD, 2002
Major: General Management, Minor: Fine Arts
Research Interests
My research interests and expertise include instructed second language (L2) acquisition, corrective feedback, teaching methods in TESOL (with an emphasis in English for academic purposes), research synthesis and meta-analysis, L2 teacher education, L2 curriculum and program development, task-based language teaching, L2 pragmatics, and content and language integrated learning.
