Faculty
The Linguistics/TESL program is an interdisciplinary program with no permanent faculty. The program is headed by a full-time member of the CSUN faculty who serves as Program Coordinator/Advisor. There is an advisory committee of faculty appointed by the Provost and drawn from a number of schools and programs on campus. Their role is to make program policies, review curriculum, advise students, and teach courses in the program. These faculty are shown below along with a listing of their areas of academic expertise.
| Name | Areas of Specialization | |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Field Dept. of English | fredric.field@csun.edu | bilingualism, language contact, grammar of English for teachers |
| Joseph Galasso Lecturer in Linguistics | joseph.galasso@csun.edu | first and second language acquisition, syntax, morphological processing |
| Shadi Ganjavi | shadi.ganjavi@csun.edu | syntax, syntax/semantics interface, language development, Persian linguistics |
| Gayaneh Hagopian Lecturer in Linguistics | gayane.hagopian@csun.edu | sociolinguistics and anthropological linguistics, language acquisition, semantics, metaphor theory, heritage language studies, Armenian studies |
| Cynthia Hagstrom Lecturer in Linguistics | cynthia.hagstrom@csun.edu | sociolinguistics, discourse and conversational analysis, speech technology, language acquisition |
| Catherine Jackson Dept. of Communication Disorders and Sciences | catherine.jackson@csun.edu | neurolinguistics, language and cognition in aging, speech and language disorders |
| Bessie Karras-Lazaris Intensive English Program | bessie.lazaris@csun.edu | intensive English Program administration, ESL teacher training |
| Sharon Klein Dept. of English | sharon.klein@csun.edu | linguistic theory, syntax, educational linguistics, child language development |
| Barbara Kroll Dept. of English | barbara.kroll@csun.edu | second language writing, TESL/TEFL pedagogy, reading-writing connections |
| Rebecca Litke Dept. of Communication Studies | rebecca.litke@csun.edu | ethnography and communication, qualitative methods, intercultural communication |
| Terrie Mathis Lecturer in Linguistics | mathiste@hotmail.com | discourse analysis, pedagogical grammar |
| Evelyn McClave Dept. of English | evelyn.mcclave@csun.edu | gesture in the context of speech, cognitive linguistics, American Sign Language, discourse analysis |
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Ana Sánchez Muñoz Dept. of Chicana/o Studies | ana.sanchezmunoz@csun.edu | language variation and change, sociolinguistics, language contact, bilingualism, Spanish in the U.S. |
| Janet Oh Dept. of Psychology | janetoh@csun.edu | bilingualism, heritage language development and maintenance |
| Sabrina Peck Dept. of Elementary Education | sabrina.peck@csun.edu | second language acquisition, TESL/TEFL pedagogy for children and adults, elementary education |
| Christina M. Scholten Lecturer in Linguistics | christina.m.scholten@csun.edu | phonology, language disorders, linguistics and education |
| Enchao Shi Dept. of English | enchao.shi@csun.edu | syntax, morphology, language development |
| Amy Shinabarger Dept. of English | amy.shinabarger@csun.edu | discourse analysis, language and gender, sociolinguistics |
| Wendy Snyder Dept. of Modern & Classical Languages | wendy.snyder@csun.edu | Japanese linguistics, Japanese pedagogy, first language acquisition |