Present | Professor of English, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Literature and Language | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2017 - 2017 | Curriculum Development Grant |
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies | |
Colleague(s): Catherine Strain | |
$1,000 | |
2017 - 2017 | Research Development Committee Small Research Grant |
East Tennessee State University | |
$1,477 | |
2016 - 2016 | Research Development Committee Small Research Grant |
East Tennessee State University | |
$1,458 | |
2013 - 2013 | Presidential Grant-in-Aid |
East Tennessee State University | |
Colleague(s): Jerome Mwinyelle | |
$3,300 | |
2007 - 2007 | Grant for Development of Introductory Sinhala Curriculum |
U.S. Dept. of Education - P017A070021 | |
$128,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Member, American Association of Applied Linguistics | Present | Member, American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies | Present | Member, Linguistic Society of America |
Courses
- ENGL 5190 - Second Language Acquisition
- ENGL 5180 - Internship in Teaching English as a Second Language
- ENGL 5170 - Teaching English as a Second Language
- ENGL 5150 - Sound Systems of English
- ENGL 4130 - Social and Psychological Aspects of Language
- ENGL 4120 - Descriptive Linguistics
- ENGL 4117/5117 - Grammar and Usage
- ENGL 1007, 1009 - English as a Second Language Laboratory
- ENGL 1006, 1008 - English as a Second Language
2004 | PhD, Linguistics, University of South Carolina | |
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1994 | MA, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Temple University Japan | |
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1980 | BA, French, Michigan State University | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 70683
Johnson City, TN 37601
Office: 312 Burleson Hall
Phone: 423-439-6680
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