About

I received my PhD in English with concentrations in Applied Linguistics and TESL from Oklahoma State University in 2011. I also hold an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESL from Oklahoma State University (2006) as well as an MA in Central European History from Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (2001).

I joined Case Western Reserve University in Fall 2011, where I am currently the Director of Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English. I teach courses in linguistics, rhetorical grammar, as well as academic writing courses and seminars for non-native speakers of English.

My most recent research focuses on writing assessment and placement of non-native speakers of English, pedagogical applications of corpus linguistics, and language simulations in second language writing courses.