ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
10+ Years of Experience
Language and Cultural Consultant
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Design and Facilitation of 8-week Language Identity Series
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Academic coaching
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Workshop design and implementation
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Data collection
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Researching identity, investment, and ideology of Emergent Bilinguals
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Undergraduate student outreach and retention
Fall 2019-Present
TEFL Trainer and Advisor with Fulbright Taiwan, FSE
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Planning, designing, & implementing professional development workshops for English Teaching Assistants
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Managing ETA/local English teacher conflicts & concerns
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Providing individualized support to ETAs
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Coordinating large-scale conferences for ESL/EFL Educational & Research community in Taiwan
August 2016-July 2019
PhD Candidate Carnegie Mellon University
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Student-Centered Instruction, Curriculum Development & Implementation, Classroom Management, Instructional Programming, School Technology, Mentoring & Tutoring, ESL/ EFL Professional Development Workshop Design, R Data Language, Identity Investment & Ideology in L2 Ed
Fall 2021-Summer 2023