ECOLT 2025 Team

ECOLT 2025 is possible through the hard work of many individuals, with special thanks to our Conference Co-Chairs Meg Montee and Jamie Morgan, our Program Chair Dylan Burton, as well as CAL and the AELRC.

Conference Co-Chair  | Meg Montee

Meg Montee serves as the director of the Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center at Georgetown University and is also an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Linguistics. Dr. Montee specializes in performance-based language assessment, and is committed to working with world educators to create and implement useful and practical assessment tools. Her research interests include oral proficiency assessment, rater training and scoring, and language assessment literacy. Dr. Montee received a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from Georgia State University and a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language from Georgetown University. 

Conference Co-Chair  | Jamie Morgan

Jamie Morgan is a Senior Project Manager in CAL’s Language Assessment and Instructional Research Division. She leads a variety of projects involving research, assessment, and professional development in the areas of world language, heritage language, and English language education. 

Program Chair  |  Dylan Burton

Dylan Burton is an assistant professor of Applied Linguistics and ESL at Georgia State University. He is also affiliated faculty with the Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy Initiative. Prior to joining GSU, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Training Qualified Interpreters for IEP Meetings project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research is primarily related to the assessment of second language speech, including interdisciplinary perspectives on the roles of nonverbal behavior and affect in proficiency testing. He earned his Ph.D in Second Language Studies at Michigan State University and an MA in Language Testing at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.

Student Chair  |  Jillian Seitz

Jillian Seitz is a Research Intern for the AELRC and the Center for Applied Linguistics. She is currently pursuing a Master's of Science with a concentration in applied linguistics at Georgetown University. For this conference, she assists with program management and planning.