Naomi Baron
Prof Emerita
Naomi Baron’s research interests include language and technology, reading, first language acquisition, the relationship between speech and writing, the history and structure of English, and higher edu…
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(202) 885-2455
Robin Barr
Linguist-in-Residence
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Prof. Barr holds a PhD in Linguistics from Harvard with concentrations in both Indo-European and psycholinguistics. Her research on morphology involves the relationship between language learning and l…
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rbarr@american.edu
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(202) 885-2582
George Berg
Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Professor Berg has served as a faculty advisor for the Arabic Club and faculty supervisor for visiting Fulbright student teaching assistants for the past two years. His teaching and research interests…
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berg@american.edu
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(202) 885-2382
Luis Cerezo Ceballos
Associate Professor
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Cerezo is Associate professor of applied linguistics and Director of the Spanish language program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. He has been a consultant for institutions like the Fulbright Commission an…
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cerezoce@american.edu
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(202) 885-6277
Daniel Ginsberg
Adjunct Professorial Lect
Daniel Ginsberg is a sociocultural linguist and semiotician specializing in the linguistic anthropology of education. Their academic interests include higher education, discourse analysis, educational…
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ginsberg@american.edu
Alina Israeli
Professor
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Professor Israeli received her PhD in Slavic Linguistics from Yale University. Prior to coming to the United States she received a BA equivalent in Russian Language and Literature from Leningrad State…
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aisrael@american.edu
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(202) 885-2387
Tabitha Kidwell
Senior Professorial Lecturer
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Tabitha Kidwell is a language teacher and teacher educator interested in innovative approaches to language teaching, language teacher education, and the development of intercultural competence. She ha…
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tkidwell@american.edu
Ken Knight
Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Interests: L2 Japanese phonology; minority languages of Japan; diaspora and language attrition; minority languages and national language policy
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knight@american.edu
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(202) 885-6337
Sarah Knowles
Senior Professorial Lecturer
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Sarah Young Knowles specializes in second language acquisition, language teaching methods and teacher education, and instructional design. She earned her doctorate in applied linguistics at Georgetown…
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syoung@american.edu
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(202) 885-2130
Rita Morandi
Professorial Lecturer
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Professor Morandi research interests include language change of minority languages and more specifically language shift in Germanic speech islands and its socio-historical correlates. She finds the in…
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morandi@american.edu
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(202) 885-2389
Amelia Tseng
Assistant Professor
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Amelia Tseng is Assistant Professor in Spanish and Linguistics. Her research addresses how language shapes and is shaped by identity across immigrant generations in Latinx diasporic contexts, focu…
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tseng@american.edu
Polina Vinogradova
Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer & TESOL Program Director
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Vinogradova is interested in the use of digital technology, specifically digital stories, in language education and in postmethod pedagogy and advocacy in language teacher development. Her recent …
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(202) 885-1446