Bio
Current Teaching
ENGL/LING 5240: Teaching English as a Second and Foreign Language Methods
ENGL/LING 6230B: Research Methods for Applied Linguistics: Qualitative Approach
ENGL/LING 6300: Project-Based Learning
ENGL/LING 4250: Second Language Learning and Teaching
ENGL/LING 3240: Introduction to Teaching ESL Literacy
ENGL/LING 5140: Sociolinguistics
ENGL/LING 1500: Critical Thinking and Communication
Graduate students mentored, advised, and externally examined
Over 180
Research areas
- Project-based learning and teaching: Theory and practice
- Academic discourse socialization: Theory and practice
- Content-based second/foreign language education: Theory and practice
- Technology assisted/mediated learning and teaching: Theory and research
- Second and minority language policies: Theory and research
- Bilingual, minority, and indigenous education: Linguistic and cultural revitalization
- Qualitative and mixed-methods research methodology
- Issues in education
Current research
- Project-based learning, teaching, assessment, and technology
- English as a medium of instruction policy and practice
- Academic discourse socialization
- Teacher education
- Critical thinking and social justice
Publications
- Over 90 publications, including 7 books; 1 dictionary + 1 journal special issue, etc.
- Articles in major journals such as the Review of Educational Research; Language Policy; TESOL Quarterly; The Modern Language Journal; The Canadian Modern Language Review; Distance Education; Journal of Science Education and Technology; Journal of Mixed Method Research; Applied Measurement in Education; Journal of Asian Pacific Communication; TESL Canada Journal; and English Language Teaching Journal, (see https://apling.engl.iastate.edu/applied-linguistics-faculty/ for more)
- Over 120 presentations, including key notes, invited speeches, and presentations at major conferences such as AERA, AAAL, TESOL, and CIES, etc.
Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships
- Over $2.7 Million, including from the U.S Department of State; National Institute of Health (NIH); Institute of International Education (IIE), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC).
Outside of the University
- Enjoy walking, gardening, traveling, and learning new things.