Faculty and Staff

Students in the M.A. in TESOL learn from faculty with expertise in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, language teacher education, content-based instruction, academic language, assessment, discourse, identity, and multilingual education. Faculty provide individualized mentoring for academic planning, research, professional development, and career goals.

Faculty

Bahiyyih Hardacre Meyrath

Bahiyyih Hardacre Meyrath, Ph.D.

Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL; TESOL Program Coordinator and Graduate Advisor

Areas of expertise: Second language acquisition, language teacher education, language assessment, discourse and interaction, academic speaking, and cognitive and psychophysiological dimensions of language learning.

Email: [email protected]

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Lia D. Kamhi-Stein

Lia D. Kamhi-Stein, Ph.D.

Professor of TESOL 

Areas of expertise: Language teacher education, professional identity, multilingual and international educators, academic language, and graduate student professional development.

Email: [email protected]

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Marguerite Ann Snow

Marguerite Ann Snow, Ph.D.

Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics

Areas of expertise: Content-based instruction, immersion education, English for academic and specific purposes, pedagogical grammar, academic writing, and international teacher education.

Email: [email protected]

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Program Advising

Prospective and current students may schedule an appointment with the TESOL Program Coordinator and Graduate Advisor for assistance with admissions, prerequisites, program planning, course sequencing, and the teaching credential pathway.

Department Staff

Betty C. Lee

Administrative Support Coordinator

Email: [email protected]

Karen Von Lawn

Administrative Support Assistant

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Department Office

Department of Applied and Advanced Studies in Education

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