Faculty

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
    Areas of Specialization: Educational linguistics, language policy and planning, linguistic landscapes, multilingual education, sustainability, TESOL methods, and transdisciplinarity.
    Dr. Hult’s Faculty Page
  • Jiyoon Lee, Ph.D.
    Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
    Areas of Specialization: Language assessment literacy, second language teaching and learning, and educational linguistics
    Dr. Lee’s Faculty Page
  • Shannon Sauro, Ph.D.
    Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
    Areas of Specialization: Second language learning, literacy, fanfiction and fan practices, language learning in the digital wilds, task-based language teaching, telecollaboration/virtual exchange.
    Dr. Sauro’s Faculty Page
  • Sarah Shin, Ph.D.
    Ph.D., University of Michigan
    Areas of Specialization: Bilingualism, heritage language education, language policy, TESOL methodology, second language writing, and academic language
    Dr. Shin’s Faculty Page
  • Mary Tabaa, M.A.
    Online, Cohort, and P-12 Certification Coordinator
    M.A., UMBC
    Areas of Specialization: TESOL pedagogy, linguistics, instructional design
    Mary Tabaa’s Faculty Page

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.