Mellon Fellow Program
Post-Doctoral Fellows | Collaborative Groups | Adjunct Fellows | Pre-Doctoral Fellows
ADJUNCT FELLOWS
Michael Byram, Professor of Education, University of Durham, England. Ph.D. in Education. Professional Specializations: evaluating and assessing intercultural competence.
Heidi Byrnes, Professor of German at Georgetown University. Ph.D. in German/Linguistics. Professional specializations: oral proficiency assessment, second language learning and teaching.
David Dwyer, Professor of Anthropology, Michigan State University. Ph.D. in Linguistics. Professional specializations: strategic planning for curricular development of African languages in U.S. academic institutions.
Joshua A. Fishman, Distinguished University Research Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus, Yeshiva University. Ph.D. in Social Sciences. Professional specializations: socio-linguistics, heritage language retention, research methods and test construction.
Nina Garrett, Director of the CTW Mellon Project for Language Learning and Technology at Connecticut College, Trinity College, and Wesleyan University. Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition. Professional specializations: computer-assisted language instruction, second language acquisition theory, foreign language pedagogy, technology.
David E. Ingram, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director, Centre for Applied Linguistics and Languages and Language Testing and Curriculum Centre, Australia. Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Essex University. Professional specializations: language education policy making, multi-culturalism and multi-cultural education, curriculum design and evaluation, second language testing, applied linguistics.
Michael Long, Professor of English as a Second Language, University of Hawaii. Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. Professional specializations: second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, research, needs analysis in foreign language education, task-based language teaching.
Mary E. McGroarty, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University. Ph.D. in Second Language Education, Stanford University. Professional specializations: applied linguistics, language use in the workplace, linguistics and language pedagogy, language policy in the U.S. federal policy system.
Myriam Met, Foreign Language Coordinator, Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland. Ed.D. in Second Language Education, University of Cincinnati. Professional specializations: foreign language education in the K-12 grades with emphasis on the middle school years, foreign language education policy, development of standards for foreign language programs.
Elana Shohamy, Professor of Language Education, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Ph.D. in Second Language Education and Culture, University of Minnesota. Professional specializations: testing and assessment, development of alternate methods of testing, second language acquisition, national language policy in Israel.
Bernard Spolsky, Professor and Dean of Faculty of Humanities, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Ph.D. in Linguistics, Universite de Montreal. Professional specializations: applied linguistics, second language acquisition, testing and assessment, national language policy in Israel.
Ross Steele, Professor of French, University of Sydney, Australia. Professional specializations: applied linguistics, development of curriculum to incorporate cultural competency into foreign language programs.
John Trim, Advisor for the Council of Europe's Modern Languages Project. D. Litt., University of Dublin. Professional specializations: applied linguistics, language policy, language use and assessment policies among Council of European nations. Guadalupe Valdés, Professor of Spanish, Stanford University. Ph.D. in Spanish from Florida State University. Professional specializations: bilingual education, specifically Spanish for Native Speakers, and heritage language education for Spanish speakers.
Theo van Els, Chair of Applied Linguistics, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands: A monograph on European national language policy with special reference to the Netherlands.
