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 Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Hansun Zhang Waring is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and the founder of The Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI). As an applied linguist and a conversation analyst, Dr. Waring has primarily been interested in understanding the discourse of teaching and learning in a variety of pedagogical contexts such as graduate seminars, peer tutoring sessions, second language classrooms, and post-observation conferences. Her work has appeared in leading applied linguistics journals such as Applied Linguistics, TESOL Quarterly, Language Learning, The Modern Language Journal as well as leading discourse journals such as Research on Language and Social Interaction, Journal of Pragmatics, Text and Talk, and Discourse Studies. She is on the editorial board of Classroom Discourse and the author (with Jean Wong) of Conversation Analysis and Second Language Pedagogy (Routledge, 2010).
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Editor
Catherine Box is a doctoral student in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include using a conversational analytic framework to explore classroom discourse analysis in the L2 classroom and cross-cultural interactions in general. She is also interested in employing mixed methods research to delve into questions surrounding L2 literacy. Currently, Catherine is an instructor in the TESOL/AL Program and a student teaching supervisor for Master’s students seeking TESOL certification in the K-12 public schools in New York.
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Editorial Board Members
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Yoonah Seong is a doctoral student in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include language assessment (testing speaking in particular) and language teaching. She is currently teaching ESL at the American Language Institute, New York University, and is working as a testing coordinator in the Community Language Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Saerhim Oh is a doctoral student in the Applied Linguistics program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her primary research interest is in second language assessment, with a specialization in L2 writing assessment. She currently is a teaching assistant at Teachers College for an introductory course in Second Language Assessment.
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Ji-Yung Jung is an Ed. D. student in Applied Linguistics majoring in second language acquisition (SLA). Her research interests include focus-on-form instruction, psycholinguistic approaches to SLA, the role of attention and awareness in SLA, and the interactions between explicit and implicit L2 knowledge.
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Maria McCormack is currently pursuing her Ed.D. in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College. Her doctoral work focuses on language assessment, and in particular language proficiency scaling. Her professional work involves the description of language ability levels and the programmatic alignment of learning goals, curriculum, and student achievement. She is currently a Lecturer in Language at the American Language Program of Columbia University.
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Farah Sultana Akbar is a doctoral student in the Applied Linguistics program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her areas of interest include computer-mediated communication in second language acquisition and technology-assisted language teaching and learning. In addition, she is interested in curriculum development and teacher education. She is also a Master Teacher at the Community English Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Book Review Editor
Nancy Boblett is pursuing her Ed.D. studies in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her areas of interest include discourse analysis and classroom interaction. She has been teaching ESL, EFL, Business English, and Spanish for over 30 years. She is also the Interim Coordinator and a Master Teacher at the Community English Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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