Bio
Erika Latham is a PhD Candidate in the ALT program. She holds a BA in Linguistics with a Minor in Spanish from the University of Pittsburgh and an MA in TESL from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to ISU, she taught university courses in ESL Writing for undergraduates and Oral Communication for International Teaching Assistants. She has also developed content for high-stakes assessments including ETS’s TOEIC, WIDA’s ACCESS for ELLs, and the DLPT-5. Her research interests include second language assessment and pronunciation. For her dissertation, she is developing a university-level English academic listening test featuring natural speech rates, diverse speech varieties, and integrated oral and written task types.