Department of English, Case Western Reserve University
About MeI’m currently a Senior Instructor in the Department of English at Case Western Reserve University and the Director of Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English.
I received my PhD in English with concentrations in Applied Linguistics and TESL from Oklahoma State University in 2011. I also hold an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESL from Oklahoma State University (2006) as well as an MA in Central European History from Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (2001).
I joined Case Western Reserve University in Fall 2011, where I am currently the Director of Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English. I teach courses in linguistics, rhetorical grammar, as well as academic writing courses and seminars for non-native speakers of English.
My most recent research focuses on writing assessment and placement of non-native speakers of English, pedagogical applications of corpus linguistics, and language simulations in second language writing courses.
I teach courses in linguistics, rhetorical grammar, as well as academic writing courses and seminars for non-native speakers of English.
My research focuses on writing assessment and placement of non-native speakers of English in first-year writing courses.
I also love to travel and take pictures of places, landscapes, and people during my trips to different places around the world.
ENGL 301/401
Upper LevelThis course offers introductory analysis of modern English from various theoretical perspectives (e.g., structural, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and cognitive linguistic). In particular, the course provides an introduction to theoretical concepts and methods of linguistics, such as morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and dialects, as well as writing systems and the nature and form of grammar.
ENGL 147
Communication Intensive, General EducationIn this course, students develop their genre knowledge and metacognitive skills to prepare for the advanced writing, reading, and research tasks required in upper-level writing and disciplinary courses across the university. Through individual and group inquiry, students analyze and discuss the conventions of academic genres to understand the textual and linguistic features and disciplinary expectations of each form of writing. Then, students apply these generic conventions through the production and revision of writing within each genre.
ENGL 146
ElectiveThis course provides an introduction to English grammar in context for academic writers. It focuses on the study of language in use, including parts of speech, sentence grammar, paragraph structure, and text cohesion. By understanding tools that are available, students learn how they can be used to produce a wide range of rhetorical effects.
AIQS 120
Academic Inquiry Seminar, General EducationThis course focuses on academic writing through the investigation of language as a concept. Some of the questions students engage with include: How did language begin and how is a new language born? How does it change over time? How does language shape our identity and how does our identity shape the way we use language? How does language shape the way we think? Why and how do some languages become endangered and then extinct while other languages become dominant or global?
AIAE 100
General EducationThis course is designed to improve the fundamental reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills of students for whom English is not their first language.
“Directed self-placement for multilingual writers: Providing student agency to placement into an ecology of first-year college writing.”
“Enhancing DSP Activities to Provide Meaningful Choice for Multilingual Students.”
“Using Directed Self-Placement to Provide Agency to English Language Learners.”
“Implementing DSP for Inclusion.” (with Martha Schaffer)
Tasmania, Australia
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Romania
Singapore
Romania
Hawaii, USA
Illinois, USA
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