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
Associate Professor TESOL/TFL, Intercultural Competence Committee Chair
- Email:
- navineri@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-6560
- Office:
- McCone Building M102B
Kathi Bailey
Professor, TESOL/TFL
- Email:
- kb@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-4181
- Office:
- McCone Building M208
Renée Jourdenais
Professor
- Email:
- rjourden@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-4184
- Office:
- McCone Building M207
Jason Martel
Associate Professor; Program Chair, TESOL/TFL
- Email:
- jmartel@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-3547
- Office:
- 400 Pacific Street D205
Deniz Ortactepe
Associate Professor
- Email:
- dortactepe@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-4609
- Office:
- McGowan Building - MG202
Thor Sawin
Associate Professor
- Email:
- tsawin@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-4110
- Office:
- 400 Pacific Street D209
Adjunct Faculty
Patricia Szasz
Associate Dean for Language and Professional Programs
- Email:
- pszasz@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-3501
- Office:
- McGowan Building MG103B
Faculty Emeriti
Language Pedagogy Experts
Mahmoud Abdalla
Associate Professor; Program Head, Arabic Language Studies
- Email:
- mabdalla@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5230
- Office:
- IIRC Building 7
Jinhuei Enya Dai
Professor; Program Head, Chinese Language Studies
- Email:
- jdai@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-6570
- Office:
- McCone Building M107
Gabriel Guillén
Associate Professor
- Email:
- gabi@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (831) 647-3085
- Office:
- 400 Pacific Street D207
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
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