Expertise

The role of questioning in creating situation models while reading in L2; Language processing with an emphasis of how learners make use of cognitive connections to comprehend and produce utterances in their L2; cognitive benefits of bilingualism and its sociolinguistic implications (e.g., language identity); the effect of visual information on deep learning through narrative descriptions of visual arts.

Degrees
PhD, Kansas State University, Curriculum and Instruction, 2014
MA, University of Hawaii, English as a Second Language, 1989
BA, Stephens College, Cultural Anthropology, 1981