Scholarly Activities

Academic Position

Professor Emerita

Teaching English as a Second Language Program

Department of Educational Psychology

Faculty of Education, University of Alberta

Awards

• • Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language Lifetime Membership Award (October 2011)

  • Coutts-Clarke Research Fellowship, Faculty of Education: L2 pragmatic development

  • (awarded Fall 2009 for 2011 Winter term)

  • TESL Canada Honorary Life Membership (2009)

Selected Service

• Member, Advisory Committee, Understanding and Addressing Transitional Issues of Immigrant and Ethnocultural Youth Project, Coalition for Equal Access to Education, Calgary, AB.

• Member, TESL Educator Group, Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks, 2014-2017.

  • Editorial Advisory Board Member, TESOL Quarterly Journal, March 2013-present

  • Editor, TESL Canada Journal, July 2011-2017.

  • Associate Editor, TESL Canada Journal, September 2010-June 2011.

  • Book Review Editor, Journal of International Migration and Integration, July 2007-January 2010.

  • President-Elect/President/Past President, Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language, October 2006-October 2009.

  • Member, Advisory Committee, Status of Women study on Trafficking in Women and Girls. Conducted by Changing Together: A Center for Immigrant Women. 2005-2008.

  • Co-Chair, TESL Canada Standards Committee, & Associate Vice-President, TESL Canada, February – October 2006.

  • Chair, Professional Certification Adjudication Committee, & Associate Vice-President, TESL Canada, 2005-2006. Committee member, 2004-2006.

  • Member, Accreditation Committee, Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language, 1995-2000.