TESOL/Linguistics Faculty

Full-time Faculty

Naomi Baron, Co-Director of TESOL
PhD, Stanford University
nbaron@american.edu
As a linguist, Professor Baron is principally interested in computer-mediated communication, writing and technology,
language in social context, language acquisition, and the history of English. A former Guggenheim Fellow and past
president of the Semiotic Society of America, she has written six books  (Read more)

Brock Brady, Co-Director of TESOL
MA, Portland State University
bbrady@american.edu
Prof. Brady teaches English Language Teaching III, Cultural Issues in the ESL/EFL Classroom, Curriculum and Materials Design and other courses. His research interests include cross-cultural discourse analysis, teaching pronunciation, language assessment, and distance learning. He was a Director on the Board of TESOL, Inc, from 2005-2008 and was the TESOL association's representative to the United Nation's Non-Governmental Organization program from 2006-2008. He is currently Chair-Elect of the Nonnative English Speaking Teacher Interest Section of TESOL. Since 2006, he has been a State Department ESL Specialist and maintains an ongoing relationship with the University of Limpopo in South Africa and the Angolan National University. A former Fulbright Scholar and Peace Corps Volunteer, Prof. Brady has taught in Korea, France, Panama, Spain, and Togo, and the U.S. From 1993 to 1997, he managed English Teaching Programs for the State Department in Burkina Faso and Benin. (Read more)

Younghee Sheen, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Nottingham (UK)
sheen@american.edu
Dr. Sheen received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Nottingham (UK). She holds an MA and EdM in Applied Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Sheen teaches Second Language Acquisition, English Language Teaching I & II, and Pedagogical Grammar. Her main research interest is instructed second language acquisition, in particular, the role of form-focused instruction and corrective feedback in language learning. She has published a book chapter and several articles on these topics in Language Teaching Research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, System, and TESOL Quarterly. She is a recipient of, and co-principal investigator on, a 2007 TESOL International Research Foundation Grant. She is currently working on a book about the role of corrective feedback in second language acquisition. (Read more)

Karen Taylor, Instructor
MA, Monterey Institute of International Studies
ktaylor@american.edu
Professor Taylor completed her BA in English Literature at Georgetown University and her MA in TESOL at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. She has over twelve years of experience teaching language learners and training their teachers in Namibia, Mexico, California, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. (Read more)

Scholar in Residence

Robin Barr
Linguist in Residence
PhD, Harvard University
rbarr@toad.net

Adjunct Faculty

Linda Jennings
MA, American University
MA, Ohio State University
ljenning@american.edu

Lori Reynolds
JD, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder
TESOL Certificate, American University
lori@american.edu

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