The full-time TESOL Program faculty specialize in a variety of fields related to language teacher education including applied linguistics, ESOL methodology, testing and evaluation, and instructional systems development.
Part-time faculty add a significant and important variety of professional expertise to the program. Together, the program’s instructional staff have had considerable experience with P-12, adult, and university programs, both TESOL and bilingual, throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Full Time Faculty
Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.
Program Director
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Educational linguistics, language policy and planning, linguistic landscapes, multilingual education, sustainability, TESOL methods, and transdisciplinarity.
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/francis-m-hult/
Jiyoon Lee, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
ESOL/FL testing and evaluation, linguistics, second language learning.
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/jiyoon-lee-2/
Shannon Sauro, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Second language learning, literacy, fanfiction and fan practices, language learning in the digital wilds, task-based language teaching, telecollaboration/virtual exchange.
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/shannon-sauro/
Sarah Shin, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Bilingualism, heritage language education, language policy, TESOL methodology, second language writing, and academic language
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/sarah-j-shin/
Mary Tabaa, M.A.
Online, Cohort, and P-12 Certification Coordinator
M.A., UMBC
TESOL pedagogy, linguistics, instructional design
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/mary-tabaa/
Part-Time Faculty
Jill Basye-Featherston, M.A.
M.A., UMBC
P-12 internship supervision
Colleen Fuller, M.A.
M.A., UMBC
Literacy instruction
Laura Hook, M.A.
M.A., UMBC
TESOL project seminar
Katherine Kirsch, M.A.
M.A., UMBC
P-12 internship supervision
Sherry Lyons, M.A.
M.A., UMBC
Adult ESOL, instructional design, internship supervision
Kati Milter, Ph.D.
Ph.D., UMBC
Linguistics
Sara Rosen, M.A.
M.A., Boston University
P-12 internship supervision
Kara Silanskis, M.A.
M.A., UMBC
Human learning and cognition, P-12 internship, literacy instruction
Brian Souders, Ph.D.
Ph.D., UMBC
Intercultural communication, linguistics
Ray Terhorst, M.A.
M.A., UMBC
TESOL methods
Past Program Directors
- Ron Schwartz, M.A., Program Founder
- JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall, Ph.D., Professor Emerita
- John Nelson, Ph.D.
- Doaa Rashed, Ph.D.