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CURRICULUM VITAE

William Grabe

English Department, Box 6032 Office phone: (602) 523-6274 Northern Arizona University Home phone: (602) 526-3750

Flagstaff, AZ 86011

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1984 Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Southern California. Fields of specialization: Written DiscourseAnalysis, Second Language Learning of Reading and Writing, Literacy, Teacher Training

1981 M.A. General Linguistics, University of Southern California.

1978 M.A. Applied Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Specializations in ESL Methods and Reading.

1972 B.A. History, Political Science, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

July 1 Vice President for Research, Northern Arizona University. Support the research enterprise at Northern2012 Arizona University.

2008- Regents Professor – English Department, Northern Arizona University. Teach undergraduate, MA, and Pres PhD courses in second language reading and writing, literacy, psycholinguistics, and grammar.

1997- Professor - English Department, Northern Arizona University.

2008

2006- Interim Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies, Northern Arizona University. Support

2007 the research enterprise at Northern Arizona University and lead graduate studies.

2004- Executive Director of Academic Chair’s Council. Run Academic Chair’s Council meetings; support

2006 academic Chairs across campus in their work; liaison with higher administration.

1998- Chair - English Department, Northern Arizona University. Administrative responsibilities for the operation

2002 of the English Department.

1996- Associate Chair, English Department, Northern Arizona University. Serve as acting chair on occasion,

1998 develop departmental initiatives.

1989- Associate Professor - English Department, Northern Arizona University.

1997

1995 Faculty member at TESOL Institute, St Michael's College, VT. Taught courses in Second Language

Reading Development and Written Discourse Analysis. July 1995.

1994 Faculty member at TESOL Institute, Iowa State University. Second Language Reading. July-August 1994.

1990 Senior Fulbright Lecturer - Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro. Taught graduate courses in contrastive

rhetoric and applied linguistics research.



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1984-

Assistant Professor - English Department, Northern Arizona University.

1989

1988 Co-Director of 1988 TESOL Summer Institute, Northern Arizona University (with J. Jamieson).

1978- Teaching Assistant - University of Southern California. Taught ESL at the American Language Institute.

1983

1980- Senior Fulbright Lecturer - Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute, People's Republic of China.1981

1973-

Peace Corps Volunteer - Morocco. Taught EFL at all levels in Moroccan secondary schools.

1976

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES - NAU

Vice President for Research, Northern Arizona University. (Beginning 7-1-2012)

Report to the President on current research and research development at NAUSupport the development of research activity at Northern Arizona University

Promote grant activity on campus

Develop technology transfer activity on campus

Oversee internal grant programs on campusOversee grant programs that are institutional agreements

Develop new research initiatives and programs that build research capacityOversee the budget for the Office of the Vice President for Research

Report on research activity to the Arizona Board of Regents

Promote and develop publicity for research achievements at NAUSupervise several offices and research areas on campus

Office of Grants and Contract Services (OGCS)

Office of Regulatory ComplianceInstitutional Review Board (Human subjects protection)

Bilby IDEA Lab

Ecological Restoration InstituteAnimal Research Laboratory

NAU GreenhouseParticipate on research boards at state and local levels

Serve on several university committees and administrative searches

Interim Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies, Northern Arizona University, 2006-2007.

Report to the Provost on research and graduate education activities on campus

Support the development of research activity at Northern Arizona UniversityOversee all activities of the Graduate College

Report on research activity to the Arizona Board of Regents and to the President’s Cabinet

Supervise several offices and research areas on campusParticipate on research boards at state and local levels


Executive Director of Academic Chair’s Council, Northern Arizona University, 2004-2006.

Supervise monthly Chair’s Council meetings

Lead monthly Chair’s Council Executive Committee meetings



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Support academic Chairs across campus in their administrative work

Serve as liaison with higher administrators across campus


Chair - English Department, Northern Arizona University, 1998-2002.

Carry out administrative responsibilities for the operation of the English Department.

Support the scholarly activity of the DepartmentServe on several university and college committees

Associate Chair, English Department, Northern Arizona University, 1996-1998.

Serve as acting chair on occasionSupport the administrative work of the Department and the Chair

Develop departmental initiatives

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Honorable mention, Best Applied Linguistics book of the year (2010), British Association for Applied Linguistics,

for Reading in a Foreign Language: From theory to practice.Co-PI - Developing graphic organizers for ESL reading comprehension instruction (PI, Xiangying Jiang, West

Virginia University). Educational Testing Service. 2008-2009. Final report submitted to Educational Testing

Service, July, 2009.

Recipient of 2005 AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics) Distinguished Scholarship and ServiceAward. 2005.

Recipient of David E. Eskey Award for Curriculum Innovation (with F. Stoller), California TESOL, for our book,Teaching and researching reading (Longman, 2002). 2004.

Recipient of courtesy resolution from the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), recognizing my

work to build a $100,000 dollar endowment for graduate students to attend AAAL conferences. 2004.Technology Development Grant - Northern Arizona University, Office of the Provost, for developing technology

enhanced English instruction (with Geoff Chase). 1997.

AZTESOL 1996 Teacher of the Year Award - Arizona TESOL. 1996.Significant Achievement Award - Ohio University, College of A&S. Outstanding Alumni Award. 1994.

Applied Research Grant - Northern Arizona University, for development of computerized writing classroom (with

Joan Jamieson and Geoff Chase). 1994.Academic Computer Services Grant - Northern Arizona University, for development of computerized writing

classroom (with Joan Jamieson and Geoff Chase). 1994.Telecommunications Services Grant - Northern Arizona University, for development of computerized writing

classroom (with Joan Jamieson and Geoff Chase). 1994.

Applied Research Grant - Northern Arizona University, for research on variation in elementary student writing.1993-1994.

Organized Research Grant - Northern Arizona University, for research on first and second language differences in

student writing. 1991-1992, 1992-1993.Organized Research Grant - Northern Arizona University, for research on elementary student writing

difficulties. 1989-1990.

Senior Fulbright Lecturer - Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro. 1990.Organized Research Grant - Northern Arizona University, for research on text structure of student writing. 1987.

Organized Research Grant - Northern Arizona University, for research the text structure of expository prose. 1986.Morkovin Dissertation Fellowship - Graduate School, University of Southern California. 1983-1984.

Professional Associate Award - East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, September, 1983.

Senior Fulbright Lecturer - Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute, People's Republic of China. 1980-1981.



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PUBLICATIONS

Books and Monographs

Teaching and researching reading . (with F. Stoller) (2nd ed.). New York: Longman. 2011.

Reading in a second language: Moving from theory to practice. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2009. Teaching and researching reading . (with F. Stoller). New York: Longman. 2002.TOEFL 2000 reading framework: A working paper . (with M. Enright, K. Koda, P. Mosenthal, P. Mulcahy-Ernt, &

M. Schedl) Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. [TOEFL Monograph Series MS — 17.] 2000.

Toward a model of communicative language use in academic setting : TOEFL 2000. (with C. Chapelle, and M.Berns). Princeton, NJ: ETS. [TOEFL Monograph Series MS 10.] 1997.

The theory and practice of writing . New York: Longman (with R. B. Kaplan). 1996.

Edited Volumes

Issues in discourse analysis, language policy, and language education. Essays in honor of Robert B. Kaplan. (withP. Bruthiaux, D. Atkinson, B. Eggington, V. Ramanathan). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. 2005.

Applied linguistics as an emerging discipline. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 20. New York: CambridgeUniversity Press. (Series Editor.) 2000.

Issues in applied linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 19. New York: Cambridge University

Press. (Series Editor.) 1999. Foundations of second language teaching. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 18. New York: Cambridge

University Press. (Series Editor.) 1998.

Multilingualism. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 17 . New York: Cambridge University Press.(Series Editor.) 1997.

Language and technology. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 16 . New York: Cambridge University

Press. (Series Editor.) 1996. Issues in applied linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 15. New York: Cambridge University

Press (Series Editor.) 1995.

Language policy and planning. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 14. New York: Cambridge UniversityPress. (Series Editor.) 1994.

Issues in second language teaching and learning. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 13. New York:

Cambridge University Press. (Series Editor.) 1993. Introduction to applied linguistics. (ed., with R. B. Kaplan). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. 1992.

Literacy. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 12. New York: Cambridge University Press. (SeriesEditor.) 1992.

Discourse analysis. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 11. New York: Cambridge University Press.

(Series Editor.) 1991.Teaching second language reading for academic purposes . (co-edited with F. Dubin and D. Eskey, eds.) Reading,

MA: Addison-Wesley. 1986.

Journal Articles

Instructional enhancements to improve students’ reading abilities (with F. Stoller, N. Anderson, & R. Komiyama). English Teaching Forum. In press.

Handbook articles: A defense of the synthesis article. Modern Language Journal, 95(4), 645-646. 2011.The percentage of words known in a text and reading comprehension. (with N. Schmitt, and X. Jiang) Modern

Language Journal, 95, 26-43, 2011.

Revising the MLA Report on reconfiguring foreign language programs: The role of reading. Reading in a Foreign

language, 22 (Supplement 1), 11-14. 2010.



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Fluency in Reading — Thirty-Five Years Later. Reading in a Foreign Language, 22. 71-83. 2010.

Issues in L2 Reading Research and Instruction. JACET Journal, 50, 1-7. 2010.

Teaching and applying Chemistry-specific writing skills using a simple, adaptable exercise (with M.

Robinson, F. Stoller and B. Horn). Journal of Chemical Education, 86, 45-49. 2008.

Graphic organizers in reading comprehension: Research findings and issues. (with X. Jiang). Reading in a Foreign

Language, 19, 34-55. 2007.

Evaluative review in materials development. (with F. Stoller, B. Horn & M. Robinson). Journal of English for Academic Purpose, 5, 174-196. 2006.

Review of Insights into Second Language Reading by Keiko Koda (Review article). Reading in a Foreign

Language, 18, 74-79. 2006.

Creating and validating assessment instruments for a discipline-specific writing course: An interdisciplinaryapproach. (with F. Stoller, B. Horn & M. Robinson). Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2, 75-104. 2005.

Applied linguistics in North America. AILA Review, 17 . 97-126, 2005.

Research on L2 reading instruction. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 24. 44-69. 2004.

A modern history of written discourse analysis. (with R. Kaplan). Journal of Second Language Writing, 11, 191-223. 2002.

Foundations for L2 reading instruction. JALT Language Teacher , 10(7), 5-9, 2002.Discourse comprehension and textual coherence. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. [Series S, No 16.]. 65-

82. 2000 (appeared in 2002.)Action research as reflective teaching practice in the context of L2 reading classrooms. (with F. Stoller) SAALT

Journal for Language Teachers, 35(2/3), 97-109. 2001.

Applied linguistics and the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. (with R. Kaplan). Annual Review of Applied

Linguistics, 20. Applied linguistics as an emerging discipline. 3-17. 2000.Reading in an ESP context: Dilemmas and possible solutions. ESP Malaysia, 4.2, 1-28. 1997.

Discourse analysis, coherence, and reading instruction. (with D. Gardner) Lenguas Modernas, 22, 69-88. 1995.Discourse analysis and reading instruction. In T. Miller (ed.) Functional approaches to written text: Classroom

applications. [Special issue of The Journal, 2.] 5-20. 1995.

Dilemmas for the development of second language reading abilities. Prospect, 10.2, 38-51. 1995.The teaching of writing in the United States: Research and practice. In R.B. Kaplan (ed.) The teaching of writing

in the Pacific Basin. [Special Issue of Journal of Asian-Pacific Communication. 5.1/2.] 125-138. 1995.

Resources for applied linguistics. TESOL Quarterly. (Review Article). 28, 195-205. 1994.Spanish transfer effects in the English writing of elementary school students. (with R. Gilbert) Lenguas Modernas,

20, 113-131. 1993.

Multivariate approaches to contrastive rhetoric. (with P. Lux). Lenguas Modernas. 18, 35-54. 1992.Current developments in reading in a second language. TESOL Quarterly, 25, 375-406. 1991

Current developments in written discourse analysis. Lenguas Modernas, 17 , 35-56. 1990.Literacy in a second language. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 10, 142-157. 1990.

What every ESL teacher should know about reading in English. Anglo American Studies, 8.2, 177-200. 1990.

English, science, and technology: A rationale for English as a world language. World Englishes, 7 .1, 63-72. 1988.Review of 'The social construction of literacy' by J. Cook-Gumperz, Lingua, 27 , 262-267. (Review article). 1988.

Review of 'Current Research in Language testing', by A. Hughes and D. Porter, eds. Lingua, 25, 77-83. 1986.

Science, technology, language and information: Implications for language and language-in-education planning.(with R.B. Kaplan) Social Science Information Studies, 5.3, 286-308. 1985. Printed simultaneously in

International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 59, 41-79. 1986.

Written discourse analysis. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 5, 101-122. 1985.Teacher training through skills development. (with D. Mahon) Language Learning and Communication, 1,

356-365. 1982.Comments on methodology oriented teacher training programs in China. (with D. Mahon) TESOL Quarterly, 13,

207-209. 1981.



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Chapters in Edited Volumes

Reading assessment. (with X. Jiang). In A. Kunnan (Ed.), Companion to language assessment. Malden, MA:

Blackwell. To appear.Second language reading – writing relations. (with C. Zhang). In A. Horning and B. Kraemer (Eds.), Reconnecting

reading and writing. New York: Bedford/St Martins. To appear.

EAP reading instruction: Guidelines for the ESL/EFL teacher. (with F. Stoller). In M. Celce-Murcia & D. Brinton(Eds.), Methods in teaching English as a second or foreign language. 4th ed. Boston: Heinle. To appear.

Responding to writing (with R. Kaplan). In P. Hedge, N. Andon & M. Dewey (Eds.), English Language Teaching:

Major Themes in Education. 6 Vols. New York: Routledge. To appear.

Skills and strategies in foreign language reading. (with X. Jiang). In Y. Ruiz de Zarobe and L. Zarobe (eds.), La

lectura en lengua extranjera (reading in a foreign language) (pp. 2-31). Berkeley, CA: Portal Education.

2011.

Moving from Reading Research to Reading Instruction and Back (with X. Jiang). In Y-N. Leung

(Ed.), Proceedings of the 19th English Teaching Association (pp. 27-45). Taipei, Taiwan: ETA. 2010.

Applied linguistics in the 21st Century. In R.B. Kaplan (Ed.) Handbook of applied linguistics 2nd ed. (pp. 34-44).

New York: Oxford University Press. 2010.Reading in a second language. In R.B. Kaplan (Ed.) Handbook of applied linguistics 2nd ed. (pp. 88-99). New York:

Oxford University Press. 2010.Reading. (with P. Carrell). In N. Schmidt (Ed.) Introduction to Applied Linguistics 2

nd ed. (pp. 215-231). New York:

Routledge. 2010.

Teaching the written foreign language. (with F. Stoller). In K. Knapp & B. Seidlhofer (Eds.), Handbook of Applied

Linguistics. Vol 6. Handbook of foreign language communication and learning (pp. 439-463). Berlin:Mouton de Gruyter. 2009.

Teaching and testing reading comprehension. In M. Long and C. Doughty (Eds.), Handbook of second and foreign

language teaching (pp. 441-462). Malden, MA: Blackwell. 2009.

Building reading abilities with graphic organizers. (with X. Jiang). In R. Cohen (Ed.), Exploration in second

language reading (pp. 25-42). Alexandria, VA: TESOL. 2009. Reflections on second language reading: Research and instruction. In Z-H. Han & N. Anderson

(Eds.), Second language reading: Research and instruction (pp. 192-205). Ann Arbor, MI: University of

Michigan Press. 2009.Teaching L2 reading: Sound foundations and effective instructional practices. In M. AL-Hamly, C. Coombe, P.

Davidson, A. Shehadeh, & S. Troudi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th TESOL Arabia Conference. Finding

Your Voice: Critical Issues in ELT (pp. 183-196). Dubai, UAE: TESOL Arabia. 2008.

Frameworks for a new TOEFL. (with J. Jamieson, D, Eignor, A. Kunnan). In C. Chapelle, M. Enright & J. Jamieson

(Eds.), Building a validity argument for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (pp. 55-95). New York:

Routledge. 2008.

Reading assessment: Issues and opportunities. In A. Nebel et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd

Language Testing &

Evaluation Forum (pp. 52-69) Athens: Hellenic American University. 2007.

What every teacher needs to know about L2 reading: 2007. In Y-N. Leung (Ed.), Selected papers from the Sixteenth

International Symposium and Book Fair on English teaching (pp. 31-46). Taipei: English Teaching

Association. 2007. Foundations of L2 reading and reading instruction. In JACET Summer Seminar Committee (Eds.), Issues in L2

Reading instruction: JACET Summer Seminar proceeding, No 6 . (pp.1-17). Tokyo: Japan Association ofCollege English Teachers. 2007.

Applied linguistics in North America (with R. B. Kaplan). In K. Brown, (Ed in Chief), Encyclopedia of Language

and Linguistics, (2nd

. Ed.). Vol 1. (pp. 363-369). Oxford: Elsevier. 2006.Areas of research that influence L2 reading instruction. In E. Uso Juan & A. Matinez-Flor (Eds.), Current trends in

the development and teaching of the four language skills (pp. 279-301). NY: Mouton de Gruyter. 2006.Foreword. In A. Cumming (Ed.), Goals for academic writing: ESL students and their instructors (pp. vii-xii).

Philadelphia: J. Benjamins. 2006.



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The role of grammar in reading comprehension. In J. Frodesen & C. Holton (Eds.), The power of context in

language teaching and learning (pp. 268-282). Boston: Heinle & Heinle. 2005

Using discourse representations for reading development. In K. Hill (Ed.), Proceeding of the 2002 JALT Conference.

(pp. 9-17). Tokyo: JALT Publications. 2003.Research on writing. In W. Frawley, et al. (Eds.) Oxford international encyclopedia of linguistics. 2nd ed. (pp. 233-

235). NY: Oxford University Press. Volume 4. 2003.

Reading-writing relations: L2 perspectives on research and practice. In B. Kroll (Ed.) Research on Second-language writing . New York: Cambridge University Press. 242-262. 2003.

Applied linguistics. In R.B. Kaplan (Ed.) Handbook of applied linguistics. New York: OxfordUniversity Press. 3-12. 2002.

Reading in a second language. In R.B. Kaplan (Ed.) Handbook of applied linguistics. New York:Oxford University Press. 49-59. 2002.

Dilemmas for the development of second language reading abilities. Reprinted in Methodology in language

teaching: An anthology of current practice. (J. Richards & W. Reynandya, Eds.) New York: Cambridge

University Press. 2002. [Reprinted from Prospect, 10.2, 38-51. 1995.] Narrative and expository macro-genres. In A. Johns (Ed.) Genre in the classroom: Multiple perspectives.

Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum. 236-258. 2002.Reading. (with P. Carrell). In N. Schmidt (Ed.) Applied Linguistics. New York: Routledge. 233-250. 2002.

Notes toward a theory of second language writing. In T. Silva and P. K. Matsuda (Eds.) On second language

writing . Greenwood, CT: Ablex. 39-57. 2001.Reading-writing relations: Theoretical perspectives and instructional practice. In D. Belcher and A. Hirvela (Eds.)

Reading and writing relations in L2 contexts. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 15-47. 2001

Reading for academic purposes: Guidelines for the ESL/EFL teacher. (with F. Stoller). In M. Celce-Murcia (Ed.) Methods in teaching English as a second or foreign language. Boston: Heinle & Heinle. 2001.

Disciplinary knowledge and teacher development (with F. Stoller & C. Tardy). In J. K. Hall and W. Eggington(Eds.) Socio-educational issues in teacher training . Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. 178-194. 2000.

Reading research and its implications for reading assessment. In A. Kunnan (Eds.) Fairness and

validation in language assessment . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 227-263. 2000.Developments in reading research and their implications for computer-adaptive reading assessment. In M.

Chalhoub-DeVille (Ed.) Issues in computer-adaptive testing of reading proficiency. Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press. 11-47. 1999.On the writing of science and the science of writing: Hedging in science texts and elsewhere. In R. Markkanan and

H. Schroder (Ed). Hedging and discourse approaches to the analysis of a pragmatic phenomenon. Berlin:

de Gruyter. 151-167. 1997.Learning to read in a second language: A case study. (with F. Stoller) In T. Huckin and J. Coady (Ed.) Second

language vocabulary acquisition. Cambridge University Press. 98-122. 1997.The writing course. (with R.B. Kaplan) In K. Bardovi-Harlig and B. Hartmann (Eds.) Beyond methods:

Components of second language teacher education . New York: McGraw Hill. 172-197. 1997.

Discourse analysis and reading instruction. In T. Miller (Ed.) Functional approaches to written text: Classroom

applications. (Reprinted from The Journal. 2 as USIA Publication.) Washington, DC: USIA. 2-15. 1997.

Content-based instruction: Research foundations. (with F. Stoller) In A. Snow and D. Brinton (Eds.) The

content-based classroom: Perspectives on integrating language and content . NY: Longman. 5-21. 1997.A six-T's approach to content-based instruction. (with F. Stoller) In A. Snow, and D. Brinton (Eds.) The

content-based classroom: Perspectives on integration language and content . NY: Longman. 78-103. 1997.

Written discourse analysis. (with D. Biber). In H. Guntther and O. Ludwig (Eds.) Writing and its uses: An

interdisciplinary handbook of international research. Berlin: Walter deGruyter. 1495-1499. 1996.

Applied linguistics. In A. Purves (Ed.) Encyclopedia of English studies and language arts. Urbana, IL: NCTE. 60-62. 1994.

Implications for L2 vocabulary acquisition and instruction from L1 vocabulary research. (with F. Stoller). In T.

Huckin, M. Haynes and J. Coady (Eds.) Second language reading and vocabulary learning . Norwood, NJ:Ablex. 24-44. 1993.



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Current developments in reading in a second language. In S. Silberstein (Ed.) State of the art TESOL

essays. Alexandria, VA: TESOL. 205-236. 1993. Also reprinted in D. Byrd (compiler) Landmarks in

American language and linguistics, Volume 2. Washington, DC: United States Information Agency. 1995.

Also reprinted in J. Readance, T. Bean and R. S. Baldwin (Eds.) Content area reading , 6th ed. (CD ROM

resources). 1998. [Reprinted from TESOL Quarterly, 25, 375-406. 1991.]

Introduction. (with R.B. Kaplan). In W. Grabe and R.B. Kaplan (Eds.) Introduction to applied linguistics. Reading,

MA: Addison-Wesley. 1-9. 1992.Applied linguistics and linguistics. In W. Grabe and R.B. Kaplan (Eds.) Introduction to applied linguistics.

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. 35-58. 1992.Becoming an applied linguist. (with R.B. Kaplan). In W. Grabe and R.B. Kaplan (Eds.) Introduction to applied

linguistics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. 281-300. 1992.The fiction in science writing. (with R.B. Kaplan) In H. Schroder (Ed.) Subject-oriented text linguistics. Berlin:

Verlag deGruyter. 199-217. 1991.

The writing process and the EFL writing curriculum. Proceedings of the 10th ENPULI Conference. Rio de Janeiro:

Pontifica Universidade Press. 1.3.1-27. 1991.Research on writing. In B. Bright, et al . (Eds.) Oxford international encyclopedia of linguistics. NY: Oxford

University Press. 4.251-253. 1991.Writing in a second language: Contrastive rhetoric. (with R.B. Kaplan) In D. Johnson and D. Roen (Eds.) Richness

in writing: Empowering ESL students. NY: Longman. 263-283. 1989.Assessing the term 'interactive'. In P. Carrell, J. Devine and D. Eskey (Eds.) Interactive approaches to

second language reading . NY: Cambridge University Press. 55-70. 1988.

Interactive models of reading: Implications for reading instruction. (with D. Eskey). In P. Carrell, J. Devine and D.

Eskey (Eds.) Interactive approaches to second language reading . NY: Cambridge U. Press. 177-190. 1988.Contrastive rhetoric and text type research. In U. Connor and R.B. Kaplan (Eds.) Writing across cultures. Reading

MA:Addison-Wesley. 115-137. 1987.A response to K. Koda. In P. Carrell, J. Devine and D. Eskey (Eds.) Research on reading in English as a second

language. Wash, D.C.: TESOL Publications. 145-149. 1987.

The transition from theory to practice in reading. In F. Dubin, D. Eskey and W. Grabe (Eds.) Teaching second

language reading for academic purposes. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. 25-48. 1986.

Reading assessment (with S. Allerson). In F. Dubin, D. Eskey and W. Grabe (Eds.) Teaching second language

reading for academic purposes. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. 161-181. 1986.Teacher training in China: Problems and perspectives. (with D. Mahon) In M. Clarke and J. Handscombe (Eds.) On

TESOL 82. Wash D.C.: TESOL Publications. 47-60. 1983.

Morocco: Diglossia...Triglossia? The language situation in Morocco. In J. Coady and E.K. Lucas (Eds.) Working

Papers in Applied Linguistics. Athens: Ohio University. 11-21. (Dept. of Linguistics, No. 6). 1979.

Reviews and Reports

Report on State Department Academic Specialist visit to Bahrain. Gave conference plenaries and gave L2 readinginstruction workshops to Grade 1-10 teachers for Bahrain Ministry of Education. Manama, October, 2011.

Report on State Department Academic Specialist visit to Qatar. Gave conference plenaries and gave L2 reading

instruction workshops to Grade 1-10 teachers for Qatar Ministry of Education. Doha, October, 2011.Report on State Dept. Academic Specialist visit to Peru. Gave 3 day workshop to University faculty from 10

institutions on training teachers in L2 Reading and Writing techniques and gave plenary address at ICPNA

ELT Horizons Conference. May-June 2011.Current issues in reading/writing relations. Proceedings of the Annual Korean Association for Foreign Language

Education, Seoul, Korea. 21-27. 2010.Report on State Dept Academic Specialist visit to Indonesia. Gave talks and workshops at 6 universities in

Indonesia and gave plenary address at 56 th International TEFLIN Conference. November-December, 2009.

Report on external review of Applied Linguistics and TESL programs, Georgia State University, March, 2009.



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Report on State Dept Academic Specialist visit to Argentina; gave 5 presentations in Buenos Aires for International

Book Fair conference, ICANA, and education ministry. May, 2008.

Report on external review of PhD program in Applied linguistics, York University, Toronto, May 2007.

Reading classroom texts for fluency development. Speakeasy, 20(1), 2-3. 2006.Report on external review of English Department, UIPUI, December, 2005.

Review of The Handbook of Applied Linguistics (Blackwell, 2004). Second Language Research. 2005.

Report on external review of MA-TESOL Program, University of Illinois — Chicago, May, 2005.Review of reading fluency. Overview paper for reading efficiency research project, TOEFL program, ETS. 2004.

Report on USIS curriculum development visit to Turkey. Worked with several universities in Turkey over a 6 month period on teacher training and EAP curriculum renewal. USIS, August 2003.

Report on USIS lecturing tour to Cairo, Egypt. Gave presentations and workshops on reading, vocabulary, andlanguage assessment, and content-based instruction. USIS. December 2002.

Motivating students: Finding the flow in the EFL reading classroom. INGED Newsletter, 12, 12-13. 2002.

Report on external review of Applied Linguistics Program, Georgia State University, March, 2002.

Report on USIS lecturing tour to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. Gave presentations and workshops on reading andwriting relationships, content-based instruction, and vocabulary and grammar in reading. USIS. Jan. 2002.

Applied linguistics in the 21st Century. ALAA Newsletter . New series No. 44. June 2001.Report on USIS lecturing tour to Bloemfontain, Grahamstown, and Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Gave

presentations and workshops on issues in reading and writing in a second language. USIS. July 2001.Encyclopedia entry on Robert Kaplan,. In B. Spolsky (ed.) Concise encyclopedia of educational linguistics.

Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 767-768. 2000.

Report on Teleconference with Bilkent University on issues in reading in a second language. USIS. May 2000.

Report on USIS lecturing tour to Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia. Gave presentations on written discourseanalysis and reading development. USIS. May 1999.

Report on External Evaluation of MA TESL Program, Colorado State University. April 1997.Report on Lecturing tour to Catholic University, Sao Paulo, and Catholic University, Rio. Eleven lectures on topics

in reading and writing in a second language. June 1997. Report submitted July 1997.

Report on consultant review of proposal for a PhD program in Applied Linguistics at Montclair State University.January, 1996.

Skills package for students can make the learning of reading an easier task. (with Fredricka Stoller) EFL Gazette.

194, (March 1996). 16-17. 1996.Report submitted to Graduate School of Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. Outlined activities as MA thesis

consultant, MA Thesis external examiner, and two lectures to language teaching faculty. July, 1995.

Report on USIA lecturing tour to Ghent, Belgium. Lectured and consulted on content-based instruction for foreignlanguages. Ghent University, September 1995. USIS. October 1995.

Reflective teaching and clinical supervision. (with Fredricka Stoller) EFL Gazette. 182, (March 1995). 14. 1995.Report submitted to Open University of Israel on consulting and lecturing activities related to their reading

curriculum project during visit in November 1995. (with Fredricka Stoller). Submitted December, 1995.

Report on USIA Lecturing Tour to Paris, Amiens, Chambery, Nancy, and Besancon, France. USIS. March 1994.Toward a model of communicative language use in academic settings: TOEFL 2000. (with C. Chapelle, and M.

Berns). Princeton, NJ: ETS. [Internal ETS Report.] September 1993.

Report on USIA Lecturing Tour to Haifa and Tel Aviv, Israel. Submitted to USIS. December 1993.Report on USIA Lecturing Tour to Rabat, Morocco. (with M. McGroarty, A. Snow, and F. Stoller). USIS. Oct 1992.

Report on USIA Lecturing Tour to Brno, Liberec, Presov, Nitra, and Podebrady, Czechoslovakia. (with F. Stoller).

Submitted to USIS. September 1992.Report on USIA Lecturing Tour to Fes, Meknes, Rabat, and Mohammedia, Morocco. USIS. January 1992.

Report on USIA Lecturing Tour to Chonqqing and Shenzhen, People's Republic of China. (with M. McGroarty).Submitted to USIS. September 1991.

Report on USIA Lecturing Tour to Buenos Aires, Cordova, Mendosa, Salta, and Tucuman, Argentina. Submitted to

USIS. January 1990.Review of 'Collins Co-Build Dictionary' by J. Sinclair, et al. TESOL Newsletter , February, 1990.



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Report on Fulbright Lecturing Grant to Pontifica Universidade Catolica, Rio de Janeiro. Submitted to the Council

for the International Exchange of Scholars. October 1990.

Review of 'Variation in spoken and written language,' by D. Biber. ICAME Journal . 14.73-75. 1989.

Review of 'Word recognition in native and foreign languages,' by C. Koster. Language. 65.4.884. 1989.Review of 'Language education in multicultural settings,' by B. Spolsky, ed. Language. 64.2.434-435. 1988.

Review of 'Discourse in cross-cultural communication,' by D. Tannen, ed. Language. 64.2.443. 1988.

Review of 'Introduction to sociolinguistics,' by R. Wardhaugh. Language. 64.2.443-444. 1988.Review of 'Reading Ability,' by C. Perfetti. Language. 63.1.200-201. 1987.

Review of 'Aspects of text Structure,' by M. Phillips. Language. 63.1.201-202. 1987.Review of 'Speaking, Relating and Learning,' by S. Boggs. Language. 63.2.463-464. 1987.

Phonics and reading. ESL Adult Literacy. 2.1.4. 1987.Communicative competence and communicative approaches. AZTESOL Newsletter . Dec, 5-6, 8. 1987.

Review of 'Attention and Performance: X,' by H. Bouma and D. Bouwhuis, eds. Language. 62.2.477-478. 1986.

Review of 'Language and Communication,' by J. Richards and T. Rodgers (eds.) AZTESOL Newsletter Sept,

1986: 15-16. Reprinted in TEIS Newsletter . 6-7. Dec, 1986.Review of 'Rhetoric of everyday English texts,' by M. Jordan. Language. 61.4.931-932. 1985.

Review of 'Conflict and language planning in Quebec,' by R. Bourhis, ed. Language. 61.4.937. 1985.Consultant report on the English Language Institute, West Coast University. Submitted to Office of Extension

Programs, West Coast University, L.A. 1984.Teaching advanced reading through Megatrends. CATESOL Newsletter 15.4.14,16. 1984.How much theory? How much research? Teacher Education Interest Section Newsletter . 1.2.1. 1984.

Report on the American Language Institute writing research project. (with R.B. Kaplan). Submitted to American

Language Institute, L.A. 1983.EFL program planning and information gathering. Report submitted to NAFSA and Center for Applied

Linguistics, Arlington, VA. 1982.Report on the English teacher training program at the Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute, PRC. Submitted to

the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Wash D.C. 1981.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

State Department (USIS) Academic Specialist Invitations

Teaching reading fluency. Plenary at Bahrain First ELT Conference. Manama, Bahrain. October, 2011. Sponsored by US State Department.

Teaching for reading comprehension improvement. Plenary at Bahrain First ELT Conference. Manama, Bahrain.October, 2011

Teaching EFL reading to elementary and middle school students. Academic Specialist presentations for State

Department. A set of presentations to Qatari Teachers through Ministry of Education, Qatar. Doha, Qatar.October, 2011. Sponsored by US State Department. Also presented to Bahraini teachers through ministry of

Education, Bahrain. Manama, Bahrain. October, 2011.

Issues in EAP teaching and research. Plenary talk at First TESOL Conference on Putting Research intoPractice. Doha, Qatar. October, 2011.

Teaching and learning L2 reading. Workshop presented at First TESOL Conference on Putting Research into

Practice. Doha, Qatar. October, 2011.Revisiting reading & writing in EFL contexts (with F. Stoller). Webinar for Peruvian ELT Upgrade Seminar

participants. Organized by the Regional English Language Officer, Lima, Peru. October, 2011.ELT Upgrade Workshop: Reading and Writing.” Three-day mini-course (with F. Stoller) for pre-service teacher

trainers in Peruvian, Bolivian, and Ecuadorian universities. Sponsored by the US State Department, Regional

English Language Officer. May 30 – June, 1, 2011.



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Developing EFL reading skills for reading success. Plenary at day-long seminars at six Indonesian universities: Sam

Ratulangi University, English Language Center, Manado; Universitas Negeri Gorontalo; Universitas Negeri

Makassar; Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar; Universitas Negeri Surabaya; Universitas

Brawijaya, Malang. Indonesia. November-December 2009. Sponsored by the US State Department.Using graphic organizers to develop reading and writing skills. Plenary presentation at Meeting of Foreign Language

Teaching, International Book Fair. Buenos Aires, Argentina. May, 2008. Sponsored by US State

Department. Also presented at 56 th International TEFLIN Conference. Malang, Indonesia, December, 2009.Developing EFL Writing Skills. Presentation at annual Meeting of Foreign Language Teaching,

International Book Fair. Buenos Aires, Argentina. May, 2008. Also presented at workshop for teachers forthe Ministry of Education. Buenos Aires, Argentina, May, 2008.

Exploring discourse patterns in instructional texts. EgyptTESOL Conference, Cairo, Egypt, December, 2002,Sponsored by US State department.

From theory to practice: Teaching L2 reading. Plenary at annual EgyptTESOL Conference, Cairo, Egypt. December

2002.

Current trends in reading assessment. Featured paper at annual EgyptTESOL Pre-conference Symposium onLanguage Testing. Cairo, Egypt. December 2002.

The role of grammar and vocabulary in reading development: Implications for instruction. Plenary at 7 th Bilkent University Language Teaching conference, Ankara, Turkey, January, 2002. Sponsored by US

State Department.Development of reading abilities in a second language. Plenary at South African Association of Language

Teachers. Bloemfontein, South Africa, July, 2001. Sponsored by US State Department.

Theory and practice in L2 reading. Plenary at Malaysian English Teacher Association Conference. Kuala

Lumpur, May 1999. Sponsored by US State Department.L2 reading instruction. Set of lectures delivered at Penang Teachers College. Penang, Malaysia, May, 1999.

Teaching foreign language through content-based instruction, and A six-T's approach to content-based instruction.Two plenaries at conference, Content of/in/for Language Teaching. Ghent, Belgium, September, 1995.

Sponsored by US State Department.

Set of lectures to English Teachers and Teacher Trainers for Secondary-Level English Teachers in France on readingdevelopment and reading/writing relations. Paris, Amiens, Chambery, Nancy, and Besancon. January 1994.

Sponsored by USIS.

Set of lectures to Israeli University faculties (Technion University, Haifa University, Bar Ilan University, OpenUniversity) on reading and vocabulary development. Haifa and Tel Aviv, Israel. October 9-24, 1993.

Sponsored by USIS.

Set of lectures to secondary English language teachers at Moroccan Summer Institute for English-language teachertraining, Rabat, Morocco. July 4-24, 1992. Sponsored by USIS.

Set of lectures to university faculties and English language teachers during USIA sponsored lecture tour in fivesites in Czechoslovakia: Brno, Liberec, Presov, Nitra, and Podebrady. June 12-30, 1992. USIS.

Set of lectures to university faculties and English Teaching Inspectors during USIA sponsored lecture tour in four

sites in Morocco: Meknes, Fes, Rabat, and Mohammedia, Morocco. Nov 2-17, 1991. Sponsored by USIS.Set of lectures to university faculties in two sites in the People's Republic of China: Qongqing and Shenzhen, PRC.

July 9-29 1991. Sponsored by USIS.

Reading: theory and practice. A set of lectures presented in Argentina: Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mendoza, Salta,Tucuman, August 20-Sept 7, 1989. Sponsored by USIS.

Academic Invitations

Teaching for reading comprehension abilities. Paper presented at Annual TESOL Convention, March, 2012,Philadelphia, PA.

Good ideas for teaching L2 reading. A set of two invited talks at Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven,

CT, December, 2011.



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Extensive reading: Why isn’t everyone doing it? Plenary at 1st International Extensive Reading Congress. Kyoto,

Japan. September, 2011.

L2 reading fluency. Paper presented at 1st International Extensive Reading Congress. Kyoto,

Japan. September, 2011.Demystifying myths about L2 reading and reading instruction.” Plenary address (with F. Stoller) at the 4

th ELT

Horizons International Conference, ICPNA, Lima, Peru, May 2011.

Techniques for developing students’ reading fluency.” Workshop (with F. Stoller) at the 4 th ELT HorizonsInternational Conference, ICPNA, Lima, Peru, May 2011.

ELT Horizons International Conference Final Roundtable” (with N. Anderson, W. Grabe, H. Dellar, and S. Salas).

Panel at the 4th ELT Horizons International Conference, ICPNA, Lima, Peru, May 2011.

Teaching reading comprehension and awareness of text structure. Paper presented Ohio University Alumniconference. Athens, OH, May, 2011.

Good ideas for teaching EAP reading. Paper presented to Ohio University Faculty. Athens, OH.

May 2011.

Hot topics in reading research. TESOL Research Forum Presentation, Annual TESOL Convention. New Orleans,LA. March , 2011.

Issues in L2 reading and writing research. Paper presented at Brigham Young University. February, 2011.Myths about L2 reading (with F. Stoller). Paper presented at Rikkyo University. Tokyo, Japan, December, 2010.

A set of four lectures on L2 reading research and instruction. Japanese Association of College English Teacherslecture series. Tokyo, Japan, December, 2010.

Moving from Reading Research to Reading Instruction and Back (with X. Jiang). Plenary address at 19th

Annual English Teaching Association conference, Taipei, Taiwan. November, 2010. Also

presented at Brigham Young University, February, 2011.Teaching for reading comprehension improvement. Paper presented at 19 th Annual English Teaching

Association conference, Taipei, Taiwan. November, 2010.Myths about L2 reading instruction (with F. Stoller). Paper presented at Taiwan National Business

University. Taipei, Taiwan. November 2010.

Current issues in reading/writing relations. Plenary address at KAFLE (Korean Association of Foreign LanguageEducation) conference. Seoul, Korea, September, 2010.

Teaching for L2 Reading Comprehension skills. Talk presented at Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea. September,

2010.Role of reading in EAP education. Plenary address at IATEFL EAP SIG Conference. Ankara, Turkey, June

2010.

Exploring ideas for teaching reading. Paper presentation at IATEFL EAP SIG Conference. Ankara, Turkey, June2010.

Teaching reading comprehension. Presentation to the Faculty of Academic English, Bilkent University. Ankara,Turkey, June 2010.

Using graphic organizers to help develop reading and writing skills. Annual TexFLEX Conference, University of

Texas at Austin. Austin TX, April, 2010.The role of reading in reading-writing relationships. Paper presented at annual TESOL Convention. Boston, MA,

March 2010.

L2 Reading and reading instruction. Presentation to Foundation Program faculty, Qatar University. Doha, Qatar,February 2010.

To the next generation. Paper presented to Second Language Writing Symposium. Tempe, AZ. November 2009.

L2 reading research and implications for instruction. Paper presented to Modern Languages Department, Texas TechUniversity. Lubbock, TX. October 2009.

Good ideas for teaching reading. Plenary presentation at ICPNA teacher training conference. Lima, Peru, May 2009.Using Graphic Organizer to teach reading and writing skills (with Fredricka Stoller). Plenary presentation at ICPNA

teacher training conference. Lima, Peru, May 2009.



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Who ya gonna call? Mythbusters. Talking about reading (with F. Stoller). Featured talk at annual TESOL

Convention. Denver, CO, March, 2009. Also Plenary Presentation at annual AZTESOL Conference.

Tucson, AZ, October, 2008.

Ten good ideas for teaching L2 reading. Plenary presentation at annual TESOL Convention. New York. April 2008.Also presented at Center for English as a Second Language, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ, October,

2008. Also plenary presentation plenary at TEXTESOL IV Conference. Houston, TX, October, 2008. Also

plenary presentation at 56th International TEFLIN Conference. Malang, Indonesia, December 2009. Also presented at Qatar University, Qatar, February, 2010.

Teaching L2 reading: Sound foundations and effective instructional practices. Plenary presentation at annual TESOLArabia Conference. Dubai, UAE. March, 2008.

Critical research questions for L2 reading: Pursuing an instructionally relevant reading research agenda. Presentationat annual TESOL Arabia Conference. Dubai, UAE. March, 2008.

What every teacher needs to know about L2 reading. Plenary presentation at 16 th International Symposium and Book

Fair on English Teaching. Taipei, English Teacher Association, ROC. November 2007.

Reading and writing connections. Invited paper presented at National Ilan University. Taipei, Taiwan. November2007.

English for Academic Purposes and global education. Featured speaker for Symposium on English Literacy forGlobal Education. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. June 2007.

Reading research on L2 instructional practices and its implications. Plenary presentation at 4 th Asia TEFLConference. Fukuoka, JP, August 2006.

Reading in a second language: Research on reading instruction and effective teaching practices. Summer Seminar,

Japan Association of College English Teachers. Four keynote seminar talks. Kusatsu, Japan, August 2006.

Reading research to practice. Two lectures to Gunma JALT chapter, Kusatsu, Japan, August 2006.Exploring discourse patterns in instructional texts. Plenary at First International Isparta ELT Conference. Suleiman

Demirol University, Isparta, Turkey. September, 2002. Same presentation given at EFL Language Teacher’s

conference, Erzurum, Turkey (October, 2002), at JATL Conference, Shizuoka, Japan (November, 2002), at

EgyptTESOL Conference, Cairo, Egypt (December 2002), Recent advances in reading research and

implications for L2 reading assessment. Plenary talk at the 2nd LanguageTesting and Evaluation Forum, Hellenic American Union. Athens, Greece. June 2006.

Research on reading in a second language. Four lectures at Catholic University Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile.

March 2006.Success in L2 reading instruction. Invited talk at Teacher’s College, Columbia University. NYC, February, 2006.

Research on reading instruction: Advances, issues, and possibilities. Featured talk at AILA 2005. Madison, WI,

July, 2005.Reading research and instruction. Invited talk at 11 th Annual Graduate Linguistics/MTESL Symposium. Arizona

State University. Tempe, AZ April, 2005.Teaching EFL reading for academic purposes. Plenary at Bilkent MA-TEFL Reunion Conference, Bilkent

University. Ankara, Turkey, May 2004.

English for Academic Purposes: What is it and how to do we teach it? Plenary at 8th International ELT Convention,

Middle Eastern Technical University. Ankara, Turkey, May 2004.

What every EFL teacher should know about reading: 2004. Plenary at National Conference for Teachers of English,

San Jose, Costa Rica. January, 2004.Teaching vocabulary for academic purposes. Presentation at National Conference for Teachers of English, San Jose,

Costa Rica. January, 2004.

From theory to practice: Teaching L2 reading. Presentation also given at 3rd

ELT conference at March 18 University,Canakkale, Turkey, May, 2003.

Riding the wave of the future: From theory to practice in L2 reading. Plenary at Annual JALT Conference,Shizuoka, Japan. November, 2002.

Set of lectures and workshops to 4 JALT chapters on reading, vocabulary, and content-based instruction: Chiba,

Nagoya, Yokohama, and Oriya, Japan. November, 2002.



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Exploring discourse patterns in instructional texts. Plenary at First International Isparta ELT Conference. Suleiman

Demirol University, Isparta, Turkey. September, 2002. Same presentation given at EFL Language Teacher’s

conference, Erzurum, Turkey (October, 2002), at JATL Conference, Shizuoka, Japan (November, 2002), at

Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey (May, 2003), at CBI Summer Institute, UludagUniversity, Bursa, Turkey (June, 2003).

Exploring texts for vocabulary instruction. (with F. Stoller). Invited paper presented at the annual TESOL

Convention. Salt Lake City, April, 2002.L2 reading research and implication for practice: Presentation and workshop. Univ of Oregon, Eugene, April 2001.

Research in TESOL and AAAL. Invited presentation at the annual TESOL Convention. St Louis, February 2001Issues in the development of reading assessment for TOEFL 2000. Paper presented at Linguistics Circle, Arizona

State University, Tempe, AZ. April, 2000; also presented to faculty and students in the Department ofEnglish as an International Language, University of Illinois, Urbana IL. April, 2000.

Approaches to reading instruction. Paper presented to faculty and students in the Department of English as an

International Language, University of Illinois, Urbana IL. April, 2000.

Teaching ESL reading: Curriculum planning and instructional practices. Featured paper/workshop atCalifornia TESOL Conference (CATESOL). Sacramento, CA. April 2000.

L2 reading: From theory to practice. Twelve-hour mini-course. Tandil University, State University of BuenosAires. Tandil, Argentina, April 1999.

Theoretical models of second language writing. Invited speaker. Research on Writing in a Second LanguageConference. Purdue University, Purdue, Indiana, September 1998.

Reading and writing interactions for the L2 learner. Plenary at Reading/Writing Relations and the L2

Learner Conference. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, July 1998.

Reading research and reading instruction. Plenary at CATESOL Conference. Pasadena, CA, April 1998.Demystifying reading: Getting the record straight. Plenary at Northern New England TESOL Conference.

Manchester, NH, November 1997.Ten ideas for reading instruction. Invited talk at Northern New England TESOL Conference. Manchester, NH,

November 1997.

Second language reading: Research perspectives. Twelve-hour mini-seminar for faculty and PhD students atOdense University. Odense, Denmark, September 1997.

Reading in a second language: From theory to practice. Twelve-hour mini-course at 1997 TESOL Academy.

Seattle, Washington, July 1997.Research on reading and writing in a second language. Ten-hour mini-course presented at both Catholic

University, Rio and Catholic University, Sao Paulo. June 1997.

Writing in a second language: Research perspectives. Catholic University, Rio. Rio de Janeiro, June 1997.Contrastive Rhetoric: Current developments. Open lecture for LEAL Program, Catholic University, Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo, June 1997.Reading research and its implications for reading assessment. Plenary at International Language Testing

Research Conference. Orlando, FL, March 1997.

Dilemmas for second language reading. Paper presented at the Applied Linguistics Research Colloquium,TESOL Conference. Chicago, IL, March 1996.

Reading abilities and reading assessment. Paper presented at the Conference on Computer-Assisted Testing of

Foreign Language Reading Abilities. Minneapolis, MN, March 1996.Teaching reading through content-based instruction. Plenary at Georgia TESOL Conference. Atlanta, GA,

March 1996.

Content-based instruction in the ESL/EFL context. Lecture presented at the College of Education and IslamicSciences, Sultan Qaboos University. June 1995.

Dilemmas for second language reading instruction. Plenary at Annual American Association for AppliedLinguistics Conference. Long Beach, CA, March, 1995.

Teaching writing as a second language: An overview. Plenary at Annual American Medical Writer's

Association meeting. Phoenix, AZ, November 1994.



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New developments in content-based instruction. Lecture and workshop presents to Linguistics Dept and OPIE,

Ohio University. Athens, Ohio, September 1994.

Theory and practice of reading. Course taught at TESOL Institute. Ames, Iowa, July 1994.

Set of lectures to graduate students and faculty of the EFL MA Program, Distinguished Lecturer Series, TempleUniversity of Japan, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. January 13-26, 1993.

Reading: Access to learning. Plenary at the State Conference of Illinois TESOL, Peoria, IL, March, 1991.

The writing process and the EFL writing curriculum. Plenary address. 10th ENPULI Conference, Rio deJaneiro, August 1990. Also presented at Federal University of Brazilia, May 1990.

Current developments in written discourse analysis. Paper presented at Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife,June, 1990. Also at Federal University of Fluminense, Niteroi, June 1990.

Reading theory and second language reading. Invited paper presented at the 6th Annual Rocky Mountain RegionalTESOL Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November, 1988.

Computers and writing instruction. Paper presented at Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communication,

Phoenix, AZ, March, 1988.

Assessing current research in second language reading. Paper presented at Reading Research Colloquium, 20thAnnual TESOL Convention, Miami, Fla, April, 1987.

Politics and TESOL: A rationale for EFL. Paper presented at Georgetown University Round Table ConferencePre-session, Wash, D.C., March, 1987.

What every ESL teacher should know about reading. Paper presented at The 4th Rocky Mountain RegionalTESOL Conference, Albuquerque, NM, October, 1986.

English, technology transfer and modernization in China: Implications for language and language-in-education

planning. Paper presented at the East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, Sept, 1983.

English and the four modernizations. Paper presented at Shanghai Foreign Languages Inst., PRC, May, 1981.Methods and approaches in TEFL. A seven lecture series presented at the Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute

Training Program (SFLI), PRC, March-April, 1981.The place of Transformational-Generative grammar in linguistic theory. Paper presented to the Shanghai Modern

Languages Association, October, 1980.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Investigating the effectiveness of reading instruction (with F. Stoller). Paper presented at TESOL

Conference. New Orleans, LA, March, 2011.

Classroom Activities for Helping Students Improve Their Reading Fluency (with F. Stoller). Paper presented atAnnual AZTESOL conference. Phoenix, AZ, October, 2010.

Reading comprehension and awareness of text structure (X. Jiang). Paper presented at annual TESOL Convention.Boston, MA, March, 2010.

The effectiveness of reading activities in text comprehension (X. Jiang). Paper presented at annual American

Association for Applied Linguistics conference. Atlanta, GA, March, 2010.Preparing teachers to teach discourse knowledge (X. Jiang). Paper presented at annual American

Association for Applied Linguistics conference. Atlanta, GA, March, 2010.

Using graphic organizers to help develop reading and writing skills. Paper presented at Annual AZTESOLConference. Yuma, AZ, October, 2009.

Graphic Organizer Completion as an Assessment Tool of L2 Reading Comprehension (with X. Jiang). Paper

presented at annual Language Testing Research Conference. Denver, CO, March, 2009.The percentage of words known in a text and reading comprehension (with N. Schmitt, X. Jiang). Paper presented at

Annual AAAL Conference. Washington, DC. March, 2008.Development of discipline-specific writing proficiency as a function of curriculum studies. (with F. Stoller, B. Horn,

M. Robinson). Paper presented at Annual AAAL Conference. Costa Mesa, CA, April 2007.

The Applied Linguist in the English department. Paper presented at Annual TESOL Convention. Tampa, FL,March, 2006.



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Cognitive and educational foundations of reading /writing relations. Paper presented at Annual TESOL

Convention. San Antonio, TX, March, 2005.

Creating and validating ESP writing scoring rubrics. Paper presented at Annual TSOL Convention. San Antonio,

TX, March, 2005.The role of grammar in reading. Paper presented at Annual TESOL Convention. Baltimore, MD, March 2003.

Using action research in reading instruction. (with F. Stoller). Paper presented at Annual TESOL Convention.

Baltimore, MD, March, 2003. Also presented at the annual SAALA Conference, Grahamstown, SouthAfrica, July 2001.

The development of the TOEFL 2000 reading test. Paper presented at the annual SAALA Conference,Grahamstown, South Africa, July 2001.

Reading for academic purposes: Research and its implications. Paper presented at Annual TESOL Convention. St.Louis, February 2001.

TOEFL 2000 Reading. Paper presented at Annual TESOL Conference. Vancouver, BC, March 2000.

Approaches to CBI. (with F. Stoller) paper presented at 1999 AILA Conference. Tokyo, August 1999.

Discourse analysis and reading instruction. Paper presented at 1999 Malaysian English Language TeachersAssociation (MELTA) conference. Kuala Lumpur, May 1999.

Reading assessment in TOEFL 2000. Paper presented at Annual TESOL Conference. New York, March 1999.Patterns of discourse variation in translation between English and Arabic. (with W. Sayed) Paper presented at

Annual AAAL conference. Stamford, CT, March 1999.Reading in a second language: Research and instruction. Paper presented at annual TESOL Conference. Seattle,

WA, March 1998.

Metacognition and second language reading. Paper presented at AAAL conference. Orlando, FL, March, 1997.

Genre analysis, discourse coherence, and literacy instruction. Paper presented at the 1996 AILA Conference.Jyvaskyla, Finland, August 1996.

The development of the strategic reader. Paper presented at the 1996 AILA Conference. Jyvaskyla, Finland,August 1996.

Reading instruction within a content-based framework. (with F. Stoller and J. Janzen) Paper presented at 31st

Annual TESOL Convention. Chicago, IL, March 1996.Teaching reading through content-based instruction. Paper presented at Annual AZTESOL Conference, Chinle.

AZ, March 1996.

Extensive reading and reading instruction. Paper presented at Reading Research Colloquium, 30th Annual TESOLConvention. Long Beach, CA, March, 1995.

New directions in content-based instruction: A six-T's approach. (with F. Stoller) Paper presented at 30th Annual

TESOL Convention. Long Beach, CA, March, 1995.Communicative competence, strategic competence, and procedural competence. Paper presented at Annual AAAL

Conference. Long Beach, CA, March, 1995.Another look at content-based instruction. (with F. Stoller) Paper presented at 13th Annual AZTESOL Conference.

Phoenix, AZ, April, 1994.

Concepts and practices in content-based instruction. (with F.Stoller) Paper presented at 29th Annual TESOLConvention. Baltimore, MD, March, 1994.

Variation in elementary student writing: Comparing computer assisted writing and writing by hand. (with R.

Gilbert) Paper presented at American Association of Applied Linguistics. Atlanta, GA, April, 1993.Discourse analysis and reading instruction. Paper presented at 28th TESOL Convention. Atlanta, GA, April 1993.

Reading strategy instruction. Paper presented at 28th Annual TESOL Convention. Atlanta, GA, April, 1993.

Variation in elementary student writing across languages. (with R. Gilbert) Paper presented at 28th Annual TESOLConvention. Atlanta, GA, April, 1993.

Variation in elementary student writing. Paper presented at 9th Annual Rocky Mountain regional TESOLConference, Denver, CO, November, 1992.

The importance of genre in elementary student writing. (with R. Gilbert). Paper presented at AAAL Conference.

Seattle, WA, February, 1992.



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Genre variation in elementary student writing. (with R. Gilbert). Paper presented at 8th Rocky Mountain Regional

TESOL Conference. Albuquerque, NM, October, 1991

Variation in elementary student writing. (with R. Gilbert). Paper at Wyoming English Conference. June 1991.

Learning to read in Portuguese: An introspective case study. (with M.B. Figueirdo) Paper presented at the 25thAnnual TESOL Convention, New York, March, 1991.

Learning to read in a second language. (M.B. Figueirdo, I. Miller, L. Oliveira). Paper presented at the 25th Annual

TESOL Convention. New York, March, 1991.Error patterns in fifth grade English L1 and L2 writing. (with R. Gilbert) Paper presented at the 25th Annual

TESOL Convention, New York, March, 1991.First and second language elementary student writers. (with R. Gilbert) Paper presented at the 24th Annual TESOL

Convention, San Francisco, CA, March, 1990. Earlier version presented at 7th Rocky Mountain RegionalTESOL Conference, Phoenix, AZ, January 1990.

Comparing English L1 and L2 elementary student writing. (with R. Gilbert) Paper presented at the 9th Annual

AZTESOL Conference, Yuma, AZ, April 1989.

Minority students in a freshman composition course: Changing the course to meet the students. (with J. Paddison)Paper presented at the 9th Annual AZTESOL Conference, Yuma, AZ, April 1989.

Writing in English and Brazilian Portuguese editorial texts. (with M. Dantas-Whitney) Paper presented at the 23rdAnnual TESOL Convention, San Antonio, TX, March 1989.

Changing perspectives, changing research: A review of reading research. Paper presented at the 23rd AnnualTESOL Convention, San Antonio, TX, March 1989.

Second language vocabulary development: Theory and practice. (with F. Stoller) Paper presented at 6th Rocky

Mountain Regional TESOL meeting. Salt Lake City, UT, November 1988.

Reassessing the psycholinguistic guessing game theory of reading. Paper presented at the 1988 TESOL SummerMeeting, Flagstaff, AZ, July 1988.

Theory and practice in vocabulary development. (with F. Stoller) Paper at 22nd TESOL Convention, Chicago, IL,March 1988.

Reading research and the ESL teacher. Paper presented at NCTE Annual Convention, LA, CA, November, 1987.

On the use of reading recognition exercises. (with F. Stoller) Paper presented at Fifth Rocky Mountain RegionalTESOL Conference, Denver, CO, November 1987

What every ESL teacher should know about reading. Paper presented at 21th Annual TESOL Convention, Miami,

Fla, April, 1987. (Revised version of RMRTESOL Plenary address, October, 1986, and AZTESOL presentation, February 1987.)

The place of reading recognition exercises in ESL reading instruction. (with F. Stoller) Paper presented at the 21st

Annual TESOL Convention, Miami, Fla, April 1987.Freshman student writing and the Contrastive Rhetoric hypothesis. Paper presented at 7th SLRF Conference,

L.A., CA, February 1987.Language teaching and communicative approaches. Paper presented at 6th annual AZTESOL Conference,

Flagstaff, AZ, April 1986.

Discourse as text. Paper presented at the College Composition and Communication Conference (CCCC), NewOrleans, LA, March 1986.

On the acquisition of vocabulary from reading. (with J. Zukowski/Faust) Paper presented at the 20th Annual

TESOL Convention, Anaheim, Ca, March 1986.Teacher training for reading instruction. Paper presented at Region XII National Association for Foreign Student

Affairs (NAFSA), Honolulu, HA, November 1985.

The sociolinguistics of expository prose. Paper presented at Annual NWAVE Conference, Wash, D.C., Oct. 1985.Toward defining expository prose: Implications for research and instruction. Paper presented at 19th Annual

TESOL Convention. New York, April, 1985.Contrastive rhetoric and text type research. Paper presented at Annual TESOL Convention, New York, April 1985.

Assessing the term 'interactive'. Paper presented at the 19th Annual TESOL Convention, New York, April 1985.

Cloze test performance: Does Field Independence make a difference? (with C. Chapelle) Paper presented at 6thSecond Language Research Forum (SLRF), L.A., February, 1985.



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Teaching advanced reading to university students. Paper presented at 3rd Rocky Mountain Regional TESOL

Conference, Tucson, AZ, January, 1985.

Reading in English for academic purposes (EAP). Paper presented at 15th Annual CATESOL Conference, San

Jose, CA, April, 1984.Interactive models of reading and CAI materials. Paper presented at 15th Annual CATESOL Conference, San

Jose, CA, April, 1984.

Politics and TESOL: A rationale for ESL. Paper presented at 18th Annual TESOL Conventional, Houston, TX,March, 1984.

Implications of the interactive model for ESL reading instruction. (with D. Eskey) Paper presented at 18th AnnualTESOL Convention, Houston, TX, March, 1984.

Teaching English for academic purposes: Public administration. (with F. Stoller) Paper presented at 18th AnnualTESOL Convention, Houston, TX, March, 1984.

On the interaction of form and meaning in text construction. Paper presented at 13th Western Conference on

Linguistics (WECOL), Eugene, Oregon, October, 1983.

Teaching advanced reading in an academic setting. Paper presented at CATESOL Regional Conference, L.A.,October, 1983.

Reading rate improvement in at EAP setting. (with D. Mahon) Paper presented at 14th Annual CATESOLConference, L.A., April, 1983.

Teaching the reading skill: Going from theory to practice. Paper presented at 17th Annual TESOL Conf., Toronto,CA, March, 1983.

Speed reading as a focus for reading skills development. (with D. Mahon) Paper presented at CATESOL Regional

Conference, L.A., October, 1982.

Teacher training in China: Problems and perspectives. (with D. Mahon) Paper presented at 16th Annual TESOLConvention, Honolulu, HA, May, 1982. Earlier version presented at 13th Annual CATESOL

Conference, Sacramento, CA, April, 1982.

PANELS AND WORKSHOPS

Colloquium Panel Discussant for colloquium, “Components of L2 reading comprehension skills.” AAAL

Conference. Boston, MA, March, 2012.Colloquium Panel Discussant for colloquium, “Complementary perspectives on literacy development among

culturally diverse At-Risk adolescents in two cities.” AAAL Conference. Chicago, IL, March, 2011.

Working with EFL reading skills for reading success. Workshop at day-long seminars at six Indonesian universities:Sam Ratulangi University, English Language Center, Manado; Universitas Negeri Gorontalo; Universitas

Negeri Makassar; Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar; Universitas Negeri Surabaya; UniversitasBrawijaya, Malang. Sponsored by the U.S. State Dept, Indonesia. November-December 2009.

Good ideas for teaching reading. Roundtable discussion leader. Annual AZTESOL Conference. Tucson, AZ,

October, 2008.Improving discourse awareness and reading comprehension through graphic organizers. Workshop at 16 th

International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. Taipei, Taiwan. November 2007.

Writing assessment in CHM 300W: The junior-level writing course in chemistry (M. S. Robinson, F.Stoller, B. Horn, and W. Grabe). Fourth Annual Assessment Fair, Northern Arizona University, April 2006.

Discussant for colloquium – Writing improvement in pre-university and university contexts. AILA 2005. Madison,

WI, July, 2005.Workshop/discussion training for Public Affairs Officers and Cultural Affairs Officers, Department of State on

appropriate use of Academic Specialists overseas, DVC communication. Flagstaff, AZ, August 2004.Discussant/responder for colloquium - Research on reading acquisition at Annual TESOL Convention. Baltimore,

MD, March, 2003.

Issues in Assessing NNS EFL Teacher Proficiency. Presentation at Language Testing Colloquium, AmericanUniversity in Cairo. Cairo, January, 2003.



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Applied linguistics as an emerging discipline. Presentation at the 5th Annual English Department Graduate

Symposium. Flagstaff, AZ, March 2001.

TESOL 1999 Colloquium Organizer for Reading Research Colloquium at 34 rd Annual TESOL Conference. New

York, March 1999.TESOL 1998 Colloquium Organizer for Reading Research Colloquium at 33 rd Annual TESOL Conference.

Seattle WA, March 1998.

Colloquium Organizer for Reading Research Colloquium at Annual TESOL Conference. Orlando, March 1997.Literacy in the U.S. Southwest. Workshop for Elderhostel Group. Flagstaff, AZ, July 1996.

Colloquium Organizer for Contrastive Rhetoric Colloquium (with Bill Eggington) at 31st Annual TESOLConvention. Chicago, IL, March 1996.

Colloquium Organizer for Reading Research Colloquium at 31st Annual TESOL Conv. Chicago, March 1996.Panel Organizer for Breakfast Seminar devoted to Reading in a Second Language. 31th Annual TESOL

Convention. Chicago, IL, March 1996.

A six-Ts approach to content-based instruction. (with Fredricka Stoller) Workshop at Georgia TESOL Conference.

Atlanta, GA, March 1996.Ten good ideas for teaching reading. Discussion leader. TESOL Summer Institute. Burlington, VT, July 1995.

Reading - Methodological implications of current research in EFL reading. Teleconference presenter. BilkentUniversity, Ankara, Turkey. June 1995.

Literacy in the U.S.: Transitions, Issues, and Problems. Workshop presented to international USIS coordinators.Sponsored by USIA. Flagstaff, AZ, April, 1995.

Panel Organizer for Breakfast Seminar devoted to Reading in a Second Language. 30th TESOL Convention. Long

Beach, CA, March, 1995.

Panel Responder for "The teacher's English: Linguistic rights and language standards." at 29th Annual TESOLConvention. Baltimore, MD, March, 1994.

Summary Reactor for 5th Annual Arizona Round Table Symposium on Grammar Instruction and Overhauling theWriting Curriculum. Tucson, AZ, February, 1994.

Colloquium organizer for corpus linguistics and applied linguistics. American Association of Applied Linguistics

Meeting. Atlanta, GA, April 1993.Organizer for Special Interest Section Panel on Research in TESOL. Presented at 12th Annual AZTESOL

Conference. Casa Grande, AZ, April, 1992.

Review of second language reading strategy research. Panel participant in Reading Research Colloquium, 26thAnnual TESOL Convention. Vancouver, BC, March, 1992.

Issues in L2 literacy. Workshop for international teachers. Sponsored by USIA. Flagstaff, AZ, February, 1992.

Teaching reading in a second language. Workshop presented to staff of the Intensive English Institute, Utah StateUniversity. Sundance, UT, September, 1991.

Reading in a second language. Workshop for international teachers. USIA sponsored, Flagstaff, AZ, April, 1991.The English language university curriculum. Panel participant at the 10th ENPULI Conference, Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil, August, 1990.

Future trends in applied linguistics. Panel participant at Applied Linguistics SIG, 7th Rocky Mountain RegionalTESOL, Phoenix, AZ, January, 1990.

What you always wanted to know about teacher training programs. Panel organizer for Applied Linguistics SIG,

9th Annual AZTESOL Conference, Yuma, AZ, April, 1989.Who are applied linguists and how are they trained. Panel discussion participant at Forum Lecture series, TESOL

Summer Institute, Flagstaff, AZ, August, 1988.

Applied Linguistics SIG. Panel discussion organized for Annual AZTESOL Conference, Tucson, AZ, April, 1988.Cognitive strategies in reading. Reading Research Colloquium organizer for 22nd Annual TESOL Convention,

Chicago, IL, March, 1988.Literacy in a second language. Workshop for international teachers sponsored by USIA, Flagstaff, AZ, May 1987

and December, 1987.

Applied Linguistics SIG. Panel discussion organized for AZTESOL Conference, Glendale, AZ, February, 1987.



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Second language reading and writing. Workshop for International teachers sponsored by USIA, Flagstaff, AZ,

October, 1986.

Coherence in written discourse. Colloquium organizer for Annual TESOL Convention, Anaheim, CA, April, 1986.

On the scope of applied linguistics. Panel presentation on the Applied Linguistics Panel at the Modern LanguageAssociation Conference, Chicago, IL, December, 1985.

Language and language-in-education policies in China. Presentation for Education in China panel at Western

Region of the Comparative and International Education Society, L.A., December, 1983.The fairest flower: The emergence of linguistic national consciousness in renaissance Europe. Panel participant on

the English academy, Center for Renaissance Studies, UCLA, L.A., December, 1983.

NAU COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate Courses

ENG 100 Developmental WritingENG 101 Freshman Composition I

ENG 102 Freshman Composition IIENG 105 Freshman Composition

ENG 121 The Story of EnglishENG 222 The Uses and Abuses of LanguageENG 308 Introduction to Linguistics

ENG 321 English Grammar

ENG 334 Language in the U.S.ENG 421 The History of English

ENG 422 Stylistics

MA Courses

ENG 504 Introduction of Language and LinguisticsENG 518 Sociolinguistics

ENG 528 Grammatical Foundations

ENG 548 Foundations of ESLENG 558 ESL Methods

ENG 559 ESL Methods: Reading and Writing

ENG 578 ESL Curriculum and Program AdministrationENG 628 Recent Grammars

ENG 638 Assessment of Second Language AbilitiesENG 648 Psycholinguistics

ENG 688 ESL Practicum

PhD Courses

ENG 705: Reading in a Second Language

ENG 705: Content-Based InstructionENG 705: Research in Vocabulary Learning

ENG 706: Literacy

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Editorial Advisory Board, Language Testing (2009-pres)

Editorial Board, Reading in a Foreign Language (on-line, University of Hawaii) (2001-pres)Editorial Board, SAALT Journal (Pretoria: Rand Afrikaans University) (2002-pres)



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Editorial Director, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (1988-2006)

Advisory Board, English Teaching Forum (United States Information Agency) (1995-1996).

Editorial Advisory Board for TESOL Newsletter (1987-1990)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Member, Review Committee, joint proposal by ETS and International Education Assessment organization to plan an international EFL learning assessment survey for 30 countries, Washington, DC, March,

2012.Member, TOEFL framework update team. (2011-2012).

Member, Visiting Panel on Research, Educational Testing Service (2004-2010)

Member, TOEFL Committee of Examiners, Educational Testing Service (2001-2007) (second appointment)

Chair, TOEFL Research Sub-committee, COE (2004-2007)Member, TOEFL Board, Educational Testing Service (2004-2006)

Consultant, Educational Testing Service, for the development of TOEFL 2000 (1995-2001).Chair, TOEFL Committee of Examiners, Educational Testing Service (1991-1993; Member, 1988-1993).

Member, TOEFL Research Committee, Educational Testing Service (1991-1993).Member TOEFL Policy Council, Educational Testing Service (1991-1993).

American Association for Applied Linguistics

Member , Selection Committee for selecting Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award, AAAL (2011-2012).

Ad-hoc committee for search of new management firm for AAAL (2010).Chair, Ad-hoc committee for establishing an AAAL definition of Applied Linguistics (2009).

Past President, American Association for Applied linguistics (2002-2003)

President, American Association for Applied Linguistics (2001-2002)Vice-President, American Association for Applied Linguistics (2000-2001)

Chair, Fund for the Future of Applied Linguistics, AAAL (2000-2003)

Second Vice-President, American Association for Applied Linguistics (1999-2000).Member, Rules and Resolutions Committee, American Association of Applied Linguistics (1994-1997).

Chair of Rules and Resolutions Committee (1996-1997).

Associate Chair, 1997 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Orlando Fl, March 1997.(1996-1997).

Chair, Nominations Committee, American Association for Applied Linguistics (1991-92; Member 1990-92).

TESOL International

Chair, TESOL – AAAL Task Force. TESOL (2005-2007)Chair, Search Committee for new editor of TESOL Quarterly. (1996-1997).

Member, Committee on Socio-Political Concerns, TESOL (1989-1994). Chair, International Concerns

Sub-Committee (1991-1993).Co-Director, International TESOL Summer Institute at NAU, June-August, 1988 (1986-88)

Reviewer for TESOL's Ruth Crymes Fellowship Awards (1987-88)

Consultancies

Consultant and Assessment Coordinator, Write like a Chemist, NSF Course, Curriculum and LaboratoryImprovement Grant (Marin Robinson, Chemistry, PI, and Fredricka Stoller, English, co-PI), NAU

(2004-2007)

Consultant, National Assessment of Adult Literacy, Adult Writing Proficiency Test (2006-2007)



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Consultant, Institute of Educational Sciences, US Dept of Education. Technical Work Group for

Intervention for Adult ESL Learners (January, 2004)

Consultant, Level-One Adult literacy Assessment, National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and

Literacy (2001-2003)Consultant, Academic Reading: Curriculum and Materials Development Project for Open University of

Israel. 22-volume textbook series, developing English academic reading skills. (1993-2001)

Editor and Editorial Advising

Section Editor, Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2nd

ed. (Applied Linguistics entries.)(1999-2001). Oxford University Press.

Editorial Advisory Panel, Handbook of Applied Linguistics, Oxford University Press (1999-2001).Member of United States Information Agency Advisory Board, English Language Teaching (1995-1996).

Reviewer for Journals, Agencies, and Publishers Applied Linguistics (1989, 1994-98, 2000-2005) Applied Psycholinguistics (2008)

Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1987-88, 1994-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2011) Language Testing (1998-2003, 2006-2012)

Canadian Modern Language Review (1995, 2001)

Language Learning (1992-1997, 1999-2001, 2008-2010) Language Teaching (2011)

Language Learning and Teaching (2003-2004, 2007) English for Special Purposes (1991, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2007) Modern Language Journal (2004-2005, 2007-2008, 2010-2012)

Reading in a Foreign Language (2002-2012) Language Teaching Research (2008, 2011)

Journal of Research in Reading (2007-2009, 2011)

Journal of Second Language Writing (2008-2011) Journal of Applied Linguistics (2010)

TESOL Newsletter (1988-1990)

TESOL Journal (2010)TESOL Quarterly (1989-1993, 1996, 2001, 2004-2007, 2012)

Issues in Applied Linguistics (1993, 2000) Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (1998, 2009) Journal of Educational Psychology (2011)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2003, 2006)Reviewer for Cambridge University Press, book manuscripts (1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005)

Conference PlannerAmerican Association for Applied Linguistics 2001 annual meeting. St Louis, March 2001 (1999-2001)

AZTESOL state meeting, Flagstaff, AZ, April, 1986 (1985-86)

5th Annual Second Language Forum, USC, L.A., November, 1983 (1982-83)

Professional Memberships

TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) (1977-2011)AZTESOL (Lifetime)

AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics) (Lifetime)IRA (International Reading Association) (1984-2012)

Fulbright Alumni Association (Lifetime)

LASSO (Linguistic Association of the Southwest) (Lifetime) NRC (National Reading Conference) (1991-2012)



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EXTERNAL PROGRAM REVIEWS

External Review Team, Applied Linguistics and TESL programs, Georgia State University, February, 2009.External Review Team, PhD Program plan, York University, Toronto, April 2007.

External Review Team, English Department, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, October 2005.

External Review Team, MA-TESOL Program, University of Illinois – Chicago, April, 2004.External Review Team, Applied Linguistics Program, Georgia State University, March 2002.

External Evaluator of MA TESL Program, Colorado State University, April 1997.External Reviewer, PhD Program in Applied Linguistics proposal at Montclair State University, January, 1996.

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Chair, English Department (1998-2002)Associate Chair of English Dept (1996-1998)

Dept Liaison with Statewide Academic Programs (1996-2000)Technology Based Teaching Committee (1997-1998)

Coordinating Council (1996-1997)Library Committee (2005-2006)Applied Linguistic Doctoral Planning Committee (1985-1989)

Merit Review Committee (1985)

P.I.E. Committee (1985-1986, 2008-2012)Graduate Studies Committee: (1988-1989, Chair; 1992-1994)

Undergraduate Studies Committee (1995-1996, 2004-2005)ESL Graduate Student Adviser (1985-1990)

Eight faculty search committees (1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004)

Committee on Faculty Status (1989-1990, 2003-2004, 2009-2010)Composition Committee: (1990-1991, 1992-1995; Chair 1990-1991, 1993-1995)

Composition TA orientation-panel talk (1994-1995)

Consultant with Ford Foundation Grant (1988-1990)

Ph.D. Committees in Applied Linguistics

Chair for : Randi Reppen (1994)Shinian Wu (1995)

Wang Ruizhong (1996)Angela Beck (1999)

Dee Gardner (1999)

Erika Konrad (2000)Tricia Trites (2000)

Kristen Precht (2000)

Susan Carkin (2001)Jeffrey Popko (2003)

Xiangying Jiang (2007)

Eun Hee Jeon (2009)Brad Horn (2009)

Reiko Komiyama (2009)Mark Johnson (2011)

Stephen Doolan (2011)

Cui Zhang (2012)



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Member for: Wei Zhu (1994)

Margie White (1994)

Ann Beck (1994)

Susan Conrad (1996)Marie Helt (1997)

Joy Janzen (1999)

Eniko Csomay (2002)Yuly Ascension (2004)

Casey Keck (2007)JingJing Qin (2009)

Angkana Tongpoon (2009)Tony Becker (2011)

Bethany Gray (2011)

Donald Miller (2012)

Elena Poltavschenko

External PhD Reviewer for following students:Melinda Ho (Macquarie University) 1997

Arlene Harvey (Univ. of Sydney) 1997Lucia Pacheco (Catholic Univ, Sao Paulo) 1997Khalid Saqi (University of Rabat) 1998

Wegdan Sayyid (Ain Shams University, Cairo) 2000

M. L. Giber (University of New South Wales) 2001Cynthia Doss (University of Malaya) 2008

Yen Thi Ngoc Tran (University of Wellington, NZ) 2011Mohsen Pornour (University of Malaya) 2012

UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Research Conflict of Interest Committee (2011-2012)Regents Professor Review Committee (2011-2012)

Faculty Senate (1985-1988, 1993-1996, 2009-2012)

Academic Programs Budget Review Committee (2011)Liberal Studies Committee (2009)

Search Committee for Vice President for Research (2007)Strategic Planning Committee (2006-2007)

President’s Cabinet (2004-2007)

Council of Deans (2004-2007)Search Committee for Dean of College of Arts & Letters (2005-2006)

Search Committee for VP for Finances and Administration (2005-2006)

Northern Arizona Task Force on Higher Education (2004-2005)Stakeholder Group, Faculty sub-group, Arizona Board of Regents (2004-2005)

Member, Mayor’s Advisory Group, Statewide University Restructuring, Flagstaff, AZ (2004-2005)

Committee on Implementation of University Restructuring (2004)Executive Director, Academic Chairs Council (2004-2006)

Academic Chair's Council (1998-2002)Executive Committee, Academic Chair’s Council (2000-2002)

Search Committee for Director, Planning and Institutional Research (2000)

Search Committee for Dean of Performing Arts (2000)University Graduate Studies Committee (1997-2002)



C&I Doctoral Steering Committee, CEE (1996-2002)

A&S Liaison with Undergraduate Admissions (1997-1999)

A&S Technology Planning Task Force (1997-1998)

Elections Committee, Faculty Senate (1994-1996)University Academic Computing Steering Committee (1987-94)

International Studies Advisory Council (1988-1991)

Grabe Vita

Documents

Transcript of Grabe Vita