A native of Cambodia, I am an Assistant Professor of ESL & Literacy in the Department of Secondary and Higher Education, School of Education, Salem State University. I teach a variety of language-related courses such as the Foundations for Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), Sheltering Content for English Language Learners, Linguistics for ESL Educators, Context and Culture in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Seminar in TESOL, and Culturally Responsive Teaching. I also supervise teacher candidates during the teaching practicum (Graduate Practicum in TESOL). I earned a Ph.D. in Culture, Literacy, and Language from the University of Texas at San Antonio. I have been involved in EFL/ESL teaching and training for over 10 years both in Cambodia and the U.S. I was a Lecturer of English at the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia from 2005-2010. Prior to coming to Salem, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor of TESOL in the Department of Language, Learning, and Leadership, State University of New York at Fredonia and a Lecturer of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio. I serve on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Language, Identity and Education (JLIE) and the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and advancement (JSAAEA). I am a Guest Reviewer for the Language Policy journal and a Proposal Reviewer for the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, the International Society for Language Studies Conference, and the Cambodian TESOL Conference. I have also served as a Review Editor for the Language Education in Asia (LEiA). My most recent book is the Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education, co-edited with Wayne E. Wright and Ofelia Garcia and published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2015 (with the paperback edition published in 2017).