Dr. Nicolas Doyle, Senior Bilingual User Experience Research at Bixal
Nicolas Doyle is the senior bilingual user experience researcher at Bixal, a digital transformation firm that delivers customer-centered solutions for improved public services and social impact. Nicolas graduated from Penn State in 2021 with a doctorate in Applied Linguistics.
Dr. Naseh Shahri, Assistant Professor at San Diego State University
As an applied linguist, Shahri pursues research at the intersection of linguistics, culture, and education. More specifically, his research focuses on the role of identity and affect in second language and literacy development as well as the sociocultural aspects of literacy. A second line of his research concerns methodography, in particular the question of how qualitative data collection and analysis shape knowledge construction. His interdisciplinary research has appeared in various journals including TESOL Quarterly, System, Language Learning Journal, Language and Intercultural Communication and Teachers and Teaching.
Chaochang Wang, Ph.D.
Chaochang Wang is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied English at Ming Chuan University in Taiwan. She earned her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the Pennsylvania State University in 2000. Dr. Wang served as the department chair from 2003 to 2012. At Ming Chuan, she teaches courses in TESOL Methods, Second Language Acquisition, and Oral Communication. Her research interests include teacher education, language testing, and second language acquisition in general.
Gretchen Ketner, M.A. TESL
Gretchen Ketner is the Director of the English Language Institute (ELI) at LCC International University in Klaipėda, Lithuania. She earned her M.A. TESL degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 2005. As the ELI Director, she administers PrIME (Prerequisite Intensive Module in English), ELI adult English courses, and the Summer Language Institute. She also teaches courses in Academic Reading, Academic Communication, and TESOL Methods. She has led workshops for teachers in Ukraine, Latvia, and Georgia, in addition to regular professional development, which she conducts in Lithuania.
Joann Kozyrev, M.A. TESL
Joann Kozyrev is Director of Competency Based Program Design at the Institute for Transformation Learning at the University of Texas (UT) system, where she designs and oversees the production of a portfolio of competency-based, personalized and adaptive online and hybrid undergraduate and post-baccalaureate programs. She received her M.A. TESL from Penn State in 1994. Before her position at the University of Texas, Joann Kozyrev was Senior Product Manager at Cengage Learning and Sr. Sponsoring Editor at Houghton Mifflin Publishing. Joann is the author or co-author of six textbooks for ESL students and designed instruction for some of Houghton Mifflin’s earliest online offerings in ESL and developmental English.
Jongoh Eun, Ph.D.
Jongoh Eun is Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Resident Education in the Directorate of Continuing Education at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) in Monterey, CA He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the Pennsylvania State University in 2003. Dr. Eun served as a department chair in the Korean Basic Course at DLIFLC for more than six years and in the Korean Intermediate/Advanced Programs for three years. He was selected as the Civilian of the Quarter in 2006 and has received the Coin of Excellence from the DLIFLC Commandant four times. Since 2005, he has been actively engaged in the American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK), served on its Executive Board (2009-2012), and is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the journal, The Korean Language in America, and on the Overseas Board of the Korean Association of Speech Communication.
