Professor, Education Department
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA
Coordinator of TESOL Programs. (2012-present, Chair, Department of Curriculum, Cultures and Child/Youth Studies).

Director of Global Connections, Curriculum Steering Committee
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA

Associate Professor, Education Department
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA
PA. Coordinator, Reading (2004-2007) and ESL Programs (2005-present).

Adjunct Associate Professor, Education Department
Temple University
Philadelphia PA
TESOL Program, Curriculum, Instruction and Technology in Education Department (CITE)

Assistant Professor
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
TESOL Program, Curriculum, Instruction and Technology in Education Department (CITE), Temple University, TESOL Program Coordinator (1998-2003)

Program Coordinator
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Project LEIF (Learning English through Intergenerational Friendship), Center for Intergenerational Learning

Program Coordinator
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Project WRITE (Writing and Reading through Intergenerational Teaching Experiences), Center for Intergenerational Learning

Adjunct Faculty
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Literacy in the Community, (service learning course), College of Education

Researcher
Education Law Center
Philadelphia, PA
Y.S. v. School District of Philadelphia

Teacher
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
English Language Center

Assistant Director
Simmons College
Boston, MA
International Admissions

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2014-2017 Rosemary and Walter Blankley Endowed Chair in Education, Arcadia University
2002 Distinguished Teaching Award, Temple University College of Education
1999 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Council on Anthropology in Education, American Anthropological Association
1997 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Phi Delta Kappa
1994-1995 Goldie Anna Dissertation Fellow
1991-1994 U.S. Department of Education Bilingual Education Fellow

GRANTS
2008-2010 Project Director, Preparing Students for Life in a Rapidly Changing Global Society: Arcadia University’s New Undergraduate Curriculum. Title VI, US Department of Education. $89.371.99 per year.

2006-2008 Co-principal Investigator, Arcadia’s Annual Inclusion Institute (AAII), Pennsylvania Department of Education. $180,000 per year.

2005-2006 Principal Investigator, Across the Ocean and Back Again: Study Abroad and Service Learning in Equatorial Guinea; Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, U.S. Department of Education. $62,000 for one year.

2006-2007 Lead Instructor, Cultural Studies and Service Learning in Equatorial Guinea. Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, U.S. Department of Education. $83,500 for one year.

2000-2005 Co-Principal Investigator, Career Advancement for Paraprofessionals in Education (CAPE); Title VII, U.S. Department of Education Career Ladder Grant, $297,581/year for 5 years.

1999-2000 Principal Investigator, Why Chamran can’t read: Understanding biliteracy and schooling, Spencer Foundation Small Research Grant Program, $34,300.

1999-2000 Principal Investigator, Pennsylvania Adult Literacy Practitioner Inquiry Network. Pennsylvania Department of Education, $44,511.

1999-2000 Principal Investigator, Investigating the relationships among academic reading/writing assessment scores, student and teacher assessments of academic reading/writing skills and TOEFL/TWE scores, Educational Testing Service/Center for TOEFL Validity Research, $6,000.

1997-1998 Co-Principal Investigator, Project SHINE (Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders), Corporation for National Service. Center for Intergenerational Learning, $250,000.