Faculty/Staff Directory

Degrees

Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona
M.A., Language, Reading and Culture, University of Arizona
M.A., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona
M.A., Foreign Languages, West Virginia University
B.S., Secondary Education, West Virginia University
B.A., Foreign Languages, West Virginia University

Biography

I am currently an assistant professor of education Dalton State College. I was previously an assistant professor of Spanish at Dalton State. I teach three courses for the ESOL endorsement in the School of Education: ESOL 4240 (Applied Linguistics for Teachers of ESOL), ESOL 4241 (Methods of Teaching ESOL), and ESOL 4242 (Culture and Education). I also teach a course on exploring sociocultural perspectives in education (EDUC 2120). I have studied abroad in France, Spain, Costa Rica and Mexico. My professional interests include children’s and adolescent literature in the foreign/second language classroom, foreign/second language teacher development, French and Spanish language, linguistics, literature and culture, intercultural competence, language teaching methodology, second language acquisition, and second language literacy.

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