Maureen T. Matarese

1. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2001-present, 2. Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA) 2001-present, 3. TESOL 2002-present, 4. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2007-present, 5. Discourse and Narrative Analysis in Social Work and Counseling 2007-present, 6. Communication, Medicine, and Ethics (COMET) 2007-present, 7. International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) 2008-present, 8. NYS TESOL 2008-present

Institutional linguistic ethnography examining how “reading” and “literacy” are discursively positioned by professors and students in two community college developmental literacy classrooms. (in IRB proposal stage for Spring/Summer 2011 data collection), Co-investigator on sociolinguistic project Ghanaians in New York City: Language use and resources with Dr. Mabel Asante, examining the use of Ghanaian churches in NYC for bilingual language maintenance., Co-investigator on qualitative project exploring possible benefits of taking a Language & Culture course for students also taking college-level developmental skills courses. (2010-2011, to be presented at AAAL 2011), Dissertation Research:, Institutional linguistic ethnography exploring the one-on-one discourse between six shelter caseworkers and sixteen homeless clients in a New York City shelter over nine months, particularly in light of new NYC policies that consequently shaped practice and the talk used in practice.

Maureen Matarese is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY. A graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University with a doctorate in International Educational Development (Language, Literacy, and Technology), she has focused her work around issues of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and literacy in multicultural, institutional settings. She has taught on the graduate level at Teachers College and at Long Island University, teaching courses in Sociolinguistics, TESOL, and Bilingual Education, and on the undergraduate level she taught Freshman Composition at North Carolina State University, and she teaches Academic Critical Reading and Language & Culture (LIN100/ANT115) at BMCC. She also taught ESL, Literacy, and GED Preparation in a transitional homeless shelter in Washington Heights, where she worked for many years. Professor Matarese's research focuses on sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. She has conducted sociolinguistic research in North Carolina, West Virginia, the Bahamas, and in New York City, and she has conducted qualitative research on teacher response techniques (particularly when students use nonstandard dialect features in their writing). Discourse analysis, and specifically institutional linguistic ethnographies, are her area of expertise. In this vein, she has conducted research on caseworker-client interaction in a New York City shelter. That study speaks to the ways in which institutional hierarchies and their policies are enacted in everyday practice by street-level bureaucrats who negotiate between the needs of the client and the needs of the administration/policy. This research additionally speaks to the ways in which language diversity (Spanish language) were addressed in everyday practice by individual caseworkers. This research has implications for both policy and practice, as well as for street-level bureaucrats of other institutional types (e.g. school teachers). She is currently working on a linguistic ethnography in Academic Critical Reading classrooms. Professor Matarese has published within and outside the field of (socio)linguistics and has presented at many national and international academic conferences where her work has been well received. In all facets of her work, she has worked with linguistic minorities (and/or minoritized languages/dialects), and she continues to be interested in exploring the relationship between institutions, talk, policy, and practice.

Signe M. Anderson

Strengthening the relationship between the ACM - an international consortium of residential liberal arts colleges - and the University of Costa Rica, Promoting my current position (Visiting Professor of English) to other recent ACM college graduates

Signe Anderson is a Visiting English Professor at the University of Costa Rica (ACM)

Esperanza Roman-Mendoza

CALICO, ASA, AAAL.

Self-study collaborative on instructional technology integration in the curriculum., Social media and activism.

Esperanza Roman-Mendoza is Associate Professor of Spanish at George Mason University.

Stella K. Hadjistassou

AAAL, ISCAR, CALICO, TESOL

I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the KIOS Research Center working on a project related to Second Life funded by the European Union and the Republic of Cyprus.

Susanna Carter

Susanna Carter is lecturer in Learning Advice at the University of South Australia. She aids students who are struggling with their studies and supports academic staff in developing and presenting materialsn and techniques to enhance teaching. The topic of her PhD covers the role of the visual and affective aspects in teaching and learning, focussing on how design of teaching materials and mind mapping can aid the learner.

Rafael Gomez

Philosophy for children, Existential Therapy

Rafael Gomez, MA. Ed. Psychotherapist at Dane County Mental Health Clinic, Counselor at Cherokee Middle School, Instructor at Viterbo College and freelancing lecture and researcher on Existential Pedagogy, Learning Spanish, Designing Education for the Oppressed.

Donahue

Alzheimer's Association, YMCA (board member), End of Life Coalition

Stress Management for Caregivers, Caregivers caring for family members with Alzheimer's, are under tremendous, long-term stress. Stats say that, 50% of caregivers die before the person they are caring for., Stress is believed to be the major contributor to that stat.

Donahue Vanderhider, a Gerontologist practicing in Southern California, has a deep understanding and extensive knowledge of Aging and all its related disorders: both normal and abnormal. He has a Masters Degree from USC and postgraduate training in Clinical Guided Imagery, Metaphysics, and Neuro-linguistic Programming. He is also on an advisory board to the Alzheimer's Association. His passion and life-long goal is to improve the quality of life of caregivers, especially those dealing with Alzheimer's. He has many articles and blogs online: www.caregiverrelief.com http://alzheimersecrets.com/drugtrial/ http://caregiverrelief.wordpress.com http://boomerauthority.ning.com/profile/donahuevanderhider http://linkedin.com/pub/donahue-vanderhider and many others that a simple google search will reveal.

Kevin Wiliarty

Kevin Wiliarty is Academic Technology Coordinator for the Social Sciences at Wesleyan University where he helps faculty apply digital technologies to their teaching and research. He holds a Ph.D. in German Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley and has taught at Berkeley, Wesleyan, and the University of Connecticut. He has also worked as web technology coordinator for the Henry Carter Hull public library in Clinton, CT. His current professional focus is to explore and promote scholarly and pedagogical uses of web technologies including blogs, wikis, RSS, and social bookmarking.

Wlodzimierz Sobkowiak

Michael Carrasco

College Art Association, Society of American Archaeology, American Anthropological Association