DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Biography I enjoy teaching GELLT students at UW-Madison. Since every teacher is also a student, I have enjoyed learning a lot from my talented ESL students. Besides possessing an undergraduate English degree, I have earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from UW-Madison, with an academic concentration in English composition. Although not raised in an …
Biography My name is Shauna Crowther, and I have worked in GELLT since 2000. I currently work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which I received a Master’s in Applied Linguistics and a certificate in TESOL. I have mainly worked with adult language learners, from beginners who are illiterate in their native language to PhD …
Biography A writer of poetry and fiction at heart, I’ve also spent the last 11 years teaching composition courses to both ESL and domestic students at Utah State University (USU). Prior to my teaching career I graduated with a BA in English from Oakland University followed by an MA in Literature and Writing from USU …
Biography Hello everyone! I’ve been teaching in the GELLT program at UW-Madison since 2008. Prior to that I taught in the German Dept. (now GNS) for a few years while completing my graduate degree. Before coming to Madison, I also taught Spanish to adult learners. Growing up, I was very fortunate to live in (and …
Biography I discovered my passion for teaching English as a second language in 2000 when, guided mostly by my curiosity, I enrolled in and completed a TEFL program here in Madison. After receiving my Master’s Degree in English and Music Education from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic in 2002, I was fortunate to be …
Biography Hello! I have been teaching in the GELLT program at UW since 2011. Prior to that I studied at UW-Madison for my undergraduate degree, completed my MA in GELLT at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and spent several years living in the Middle East teaching English and studying Hebrew and Arabic. When not teaching …
Biography Always a language nerd, I first got involved in GELLT while studying abroad in the UK, where I loved meeting and talking to my fellow international students. After completing my undergraduate degree (English and Creative Writing) and TESOL certificate here in Madison, I taught English in Morocco as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I received …
Biography My name is Iman Sheydaei (you can call me Iman) and my pronouns are he/him. I am a sociolinguist by training, and I finished my Ph.D. at UW-Madison in 2021 under the supervision of Professor Thomas Purnell. After my Ph.D., I went to Michigan and completed a two-year tenure as a Visiting Research Assistant …