Faculty

Jeanine Ntihirageza

Associate Professor, TESL Program

Department Chair, Anthropology, Philosophy, Teaching English as a Second.Foreign Language, & Academic Literacy Program

Coordinator, African Summer Institute

Kirundi-English Online Dictionary

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Chicago

Areas of expertise: Phonology, Morphology, African Languages (Bantu Languages), Contact Linguistics, Language Teaching Methodology, ESL / EFL

Office: LWH 3063
Phone: 773-442-5873
Fax: 773-442-5674
E-mail address: J-Ntihirageza@neiu.edu

Teddy Bofman

Professor & Graduate Advisor, TESL Program

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Michigan

Areas of expertise: Thai, ESL / ELF, Language Teaching Methodology, Language Acquisition, Literacy.

Kirundi-English Online Dictionary

Office: LWH 3074
Phone: 773-442-5878
Fax: 773-442-5674
E-mail address: T-Bofman@neiu.edu

William Stone

Associate Professor & Undergraduate Minor Advisor, TESL Program

Ph.D. in Linguistics, Northwestern University

Areas of expertise: African-American Vernacular English, ESL/EFL, Humor, Language and Religion, English Grammar, Phonetics and Phonology.

Office: LWH 3061
Phone: 773-442-5880
Fax: 773-442-5674
E-mail address: W-Stone@neiu.edu

Jacqueline Trademan

Instructor, TESL Program

Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics, University of New Mexico

Area of expertise: TESL Methodology, with a strong interest in the use of technology in language teaching.

Office: LWH 0044A

Phone: 773-442-5487

Fax: 773-442-5674

E-mail address: J-Trademan@neiu.edu

Marit Vamarasi

Professor & Clinical Experience Advisor, TESL Program

Ph.D. in Linguistics, Cornell University

Areas of expertise: Rotuman, Austronesian Linguistics, General Linguistics, Teaching and Learning Vocabulary in a Second Language, Cross-Cultural Communication, Endangered Languages.

Visit one of Dr. Vamarasi's recent projects, a Rotuman language learning website, at http://www.neiu.edu/~rotuman.

Office: LWH 2049
Phone: 773-442-5881
Fax: 773-442-5674
E-mail address: M-Vamarasi@neiu.edu