Research and Teaching
Research Interests
Research-wise, my interests fall into two main categories:
1) corpus-based and corpus-driven quantitative research of
lexico-grammatical features in written academic texts
discourse-level functions in oral feedback exchange in writing groups
2) qualitative needs analysis research of (within the context of writing centers)
tutor perspectives on their work with multilingual writers
multilingual writers' perspectives on language ideology in the writing center
The main goal of my research is to inform the practices of teachers and tutors supporting writers who use English as their second language.
Teaching Expertise
As an educator, I have assumed the following roles:
classroom teacher of academic writing (undergraduate)
writing center tutor (undergraduate and graduate)
writing groups facilitator
writing center tutor trainer
teacher training
educational material developer (e.g., handouts, video tutorials on writing)