Expertise

Our current projects examine

  • micro-dialects in English language and Communications programs
  • power relationships and hegemony in research partnering between the global north and the global south
  • Virtual International Reciprocal Service Learning
  • gender and band directors

Research:

  • Education Policy, Comparative and International Education, Applied Linguistics (ESL/Bilingual education), Latin American Issues/Education (particularly Central America) and social justice, equity and diversity issues in education.
 

Area of Expertise:

  • Latin American Studies
Communities
Gender Studies, Education
Degrees
PhD, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Educational Theory and Policy - International and Social Foundations, 1991
MA, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Bilingual and English as a Second Language Studies and Applied Linguistics, 1987
BS, Stonehill College, Massachusetts, Biology, 1979
Keywords
tefl social foundations of education multicultural education international and comparative education sociolinguistics applied linguistics
Languages
English, Spanish