Things I’m Up To These Days…
Right now:
Teaching and serving as Assistant Program Chair/Assistant WIOA Coordinator in the English as a Second Language Program at San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE)
Serving as Associate Editor of Applied Linguistics, an Oxford University Press Journal
Serving as an elected member of the CATESOL Board in the position of Interest Group Chair
Working on a book on collaborative writing with my longtime writing partner, Dr. Michele McConnell of CSU Fresno
Soon:
Attending the Women in Higher Education Leadership Program at Harvard University
Presenting and sitting on two panels at TESOL 2025 in Long Beach
Not-So-Distant Past:
Published a book chapter (with Dr. Michele McConnell), “Co-Creating Complexities, New Epistemologies, and Sustaining Collaboration: The Effects of an Online Community of Practice in International Higher Education”
Delivered four presentations at the 2024 CATESOL State Conference at CSU Los Angeles
Completed a disciplinary expert report for ASCCC on the use of equitable and inclusive course and program names
Served as an English Language Specialist in Indonesia with the U.S. Department of State
Gave the plenary talk “Leveraging Home Languages and Promoting Linguistic Inclusivity for Student Success” at PELTIN
Completed my 2023-2024 Stanford University EPIC Community College Faculty Fellowship and presented at the EPIC Symposium
Presented (virtually) at TESOL 2024
(Virtually) delivered a keynote for the “Implementing EMI in Higher Education: Lessons from Global Pioneers” conference in Algeria
Served as an invited speaker on humanized writing assessment at the National Writing Center Consortium’s 5th Annual International Conference