Professor Kern teaches courses in French linguistics, applied linguistics and foreign language pedagogy. His research interests include second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, reading, writing, and technology. He is Associate Editor of the journal Language Learning & Technology and recently published a book entitled Online Multimodal Communication and Intercultural Encounters: Theoretical and Educational Perspectives (Routledge, 2018).

Dr. Jayne C. Lammers is an Associate Professor of Education, the Director of Secondary English Teacher Preparation, and an Associate Director in the Center for Learning in the Digital Age at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. Her research examines adolescents’ digital writing practices, particularly those related to their interest-driven pursuits outside of schools. Her recent scholarship has appeared in Research in the Teaching of English, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Written Communication.