Professor, Dept. of Language and Literacy Education Second language acquisition in adolescents and adults, literacy and academic instruction for language minority students, role of culture and identity in second language learning, qualitative approaches to research in second language acquisition Research Areas of Interest: Language Acquisition Specific Research Areas: Second language acquisition in adolescents and adults, Literacy and academic instruction for language minority students, Role of culture and identity in second language learning, Qualitative research methods in SLA Courses Taught Courses Taught: LING 8280