Innovations in EMI Faculty Professional Development: Connecting Program Design, Implementation, and Impact (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783032118950)

Meredith Doran is an Associate Teaching Professor of Applied Linguistics at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. She has extensive experience as a second language educator, program administrator, and sociolinguist. Her research interests include faculty development in English-Medium Instruction, language teacher education, English for Specific Purposes, and inclusive communication in multilingual settings. Her scholarly publications have appeared in venues including Journal of English-Medium Instruction, Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, The Modern Language Journal, Teaching and Teacher Education, and Contemporary French & Francophone Studies as well as in several edited books. As director of the English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center (EPPIC), Dr. Doran conducts research on discipline-specific writing and speaking to inform the design of specialized English support services for multilingual students and scholars.

Jacob Rieker is an Assistant Research Professor and Researcher in English for Specific Purposes and English as a Medium of Instruction in the Department of Applied Linguistics at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. His research engages Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory primarily in the contexts of English as a Medium of instruction and second language teacher education to both document and promote faculty and teacher development. His publications have appeared in venues including Journal of English-Medium Instruction, Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, Second Language Teacher Education, TESL-EJ, and Advances in Health Sciences Education. He is co-editor, with Karen Johnson and Paula Golombek, of a recently released book, Transformative L2 Teacher Education Innovations: Insights from Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory (Routledge).