Faculty
In addition to their academic expertise, our language education faculty have experience in organizations such as the TESOL International Association, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), and the International Research Foundation for English Language Education.
They are experts in language education, curriculum development, language assessment, applied linguistics research, and language program administration in diverse settings (e.g., ESL, EFL, English for academic purposes, foreign language teaching, content-based language teaching). Several act as consultants to think tanks, international organizations, educational organizations, and universities involved in language education. They are dedicated to modeling effective pedagogy in their own teaching and actively engaged as academic and professional mentors to students and alumni.
Regular Faculty
Netta Avineri
Executive Director, Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation Professor, Intercultural Communication
- Email:
- navineri@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-6560
- Office:
- 400 Pacific Street E200 (MIIS) and Bowker Barn (Middlebury College)
Renée Jourdenais
Professor
- Email:
- rjourden@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-4184
- Office:
- 400 Pacific Street E201
Jason Martel
Professor; Program Chair, TESOL and Teaching Foreign Language
- Email:
- jmartel@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-3547
- Office:
- 400 Pacific Street D205
Thor Sawin
Professor
- Email:
- tsawin@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-4110
- Office:
- 207 Sunderland Hall, Middlebury College
Adjunct Faculty
Patricia Szasz
Dean, Middlebury Institute Online
- Email:
- pszasz@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-3501
- Office:
- McCone Building M209
Faculty Emeriti
Language Pedagogy Experts
Jinhuei Enya Dai
Professor; Program Head, Chinese Language Studies
- Email:
- jdai@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-6570
- Office:
- McCone Building M107
Gabriel Guillén
Professor
- Email:
- gabi@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-3085
- Office:
- 400 Pacific Street D204
Sabino Morera
Associate Professor; Program Head, Spanish Studies
- Email:
- smorera@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-6662
- Office:
- McGowan Building MG200B
Pablo Oliva
Associate Professor; Program Chair, Language Studies
- Email:
- poliva@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-4173
- Office:
- McCone Building M111
Career and Academic Advising
Jason Martel
Professor; Program Chair, TESOL and Teaching Foreign Language
Advising for incoming students