I am Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning and (by courtesy) Linguistics.
I am an applied linguist and a linguistic anthropologist. My research examines the social and cultural patterning of learning and language development in communities whose members use multiple languages and participate in multiple learning traditions.
Within the Department of Teaching and Learning, I am a core faculty member of Multilingual Language Education (MLE, formerly Foreign, Second & Multilingual Language Education). Learn about our doctoral specialization in MLE by reading the program description and curriculum sheet.
I am affiliated with the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and two graduate interdisciplinary specializations: Second Language Studies and Applied Developmental Science. I am Faculty Affiliate of two centers: the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy and the Center on Education and Training for Employment. I am also affiliated faculty in the new Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Inquiry in Education.
I teach courses on language socialization, second language acquisition, linguistic diversity in education, and informal language science outreach.
If you would like to learn about applying for our BSEd, Masters, endorsement, EdS, or doctoral programs, please contact T&L’s Academic Services by email (tl-academicservices@osu.edu) or phone (614-292-2332). Aspiring students can start on the T&L home page. Current graduate students will find links to useful resources here. Current undergraduates will find links here.
In AU 2025 I will teach 2 courses. EDUTL 4303 Language, Diversity, and Education is a GE course (Lived Environments Theme) taught online and asynchronously. EDUTL 8610 Second Language Acquisition is a graduate seminar that meets requirements for the T&L PhD specialization in Multilingual Language Education and for the Second Language Studies interdisciplinary specialization.