Brock Brady

Co-Director of TESOL
MA, Portland State University
202-885-1446
bbrady@american.edu

Professor Brady teaches courses in methodology, teaching pronunciation, intercultural communication, and curriculum and materials design. His research interests include cross-cultural discourse analysis, teaching pronunciation, language assessment, and distance learning. Currently, he is a member of the AU International Student Academic Support Committee and Treasurer for the campus chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. From 2003-2006 he was a member of AU Staff Council. He received University Staff Awards in 2003 and 20006.

Since 2006, Prof. Brady 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. He has also advised the Gambian Ministry of Education on English/Literacy curricula under the auspices of the World Bank. From 2005 to 2008, Brady was a Director on the Board for TESOL, Inc. and was the association's representative to the United Nations from 2006-2008. Chair of TESOL's Finance and Development Committees during his time on the Board, he continues to serve on several TESOL committees and is currently a nominee for the association's presidency. Brady was a Federal Monitor of the Virginia Department of Education's compliance to the national No Child Left Behind requirements from 2004 to 2006. He served as a national evaluator for Fulbright English Teaching Assistant candidates from 2002-2004. From 2000 to 2003, Brady was Vice-President/President/Past President for the Washington Area TESOL (WATESOL) Association (and still serves as the WATESOL Listserv Coordinator).

A former Fulbright Scholar and former Peace Corps Volunteer, Prof. Brady has taught in Korea, Paris, France and Togo, W. Africa and Panama. In the United States he directed short-term intensive ESL programs for several universities and taught community college ESL classes for refugees. From 1993 to 1997, he managed English Teaching Programs for the State Department at American Cultural Centers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Cotonou, Benin.