Education and Work Experience
EDUCATION
B.S., Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA, USA. Major: Secondary Education Russian and German. Degree Awarded: May 1972.
M.A., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. Major: Slavic Languages and Literatures. Degree Awarded: August 1975.
M.A., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. Major: Linguistics. Degree Awarded: November 1979.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. TESOL Summer Institute/Linguistics Institute. Attended classes: Summer 1980.
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. 15 credits of graduate work in the study of English as a second language. 1981-1982.
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Major: Linguistics. Degree Awarded: January 1985.
POSITIONS HELD
1972, teacher of German and English, Pottsville Area High School, Pottsville, PA, USA.
1973-1981, Teaching Assistant, while a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University, in Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures (1973-75), Linguistics Program (1976-79; 1981-82), and English Department (1979-81).
1982, 1985, Part-time Instructor, Intensive English Communication Program, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
1983-84, Fulbright TEFL Lector, Institute for Foreign Languages, Titograd and Teachers College, Nikšić and University of Titograd, Titograd (now Podgorica), YUGOSLAVIA.
1985-present, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Associate Professor 1985-1995; promoted to Full Professor in 1995.
MAJOR AWARDS
1983-84, Fulbright Award
1991, Distinguished Teaching Award, National Tsing Hua University and Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC
PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS
ETA-ROC—English Teachers’ Association of the Republic of China (TAIWAN ROC)
TESOL—Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (USA)
IATEFL—International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (UK)
JALT—Japan Association for Language Teaching (JAPAN)
AAAL—American Association for Applied Linguistics (USA)
LSA—Linguistic Society of America (USA)
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society (USA)