Edith Camilla Cassell 1
Edith Camilla Cassell
1611 Willow Street (765) 404-7268
Austin, TX 78702
EDUCATION
Ph.D., English as a Second Language, English Language and Linguistics,May2007
PurdueUniversity (West Lafayette, IN)
Dissertation: Understandingcommunity linguistic diversity:An ecological approach to examining language use patterns
of international graduate students
M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language, Department of Education,1993
University of San Francisco(San Francisco, CA)
B.A., Major: International Studies; Minor: French,1986
ButlerUniversity(Indianapolis, IN)
TEACHINGand CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, August 2007 to present
INST 463: Assessment of English Language Learners
Prepare undergraduate education majors (pre-service teachers) in the principles and methods of performance-based instructional assessment activities for second language learners (multiple sections).
INST 322: Foundations of Multicultural Education
Prepare undergraduate education majors (pre-service teachers) to adopt a multicultural perspective of education in order to work successfully with diverse populations in American schools.
EDCI 602: Cultural Foundations of Education
Prepare graduate education majors by examining socio-cultural forces in American history that
influence our American educational system (taught as distance learning course).
EDCI 489/689: Multicultural Language Arts and Children’s Literature
Prepareeducation majors to teach language arts and children’s literature in heterogeneous classrooms.
Oral English Proficiency Program, Department of English, Purdue University, 2001-2006
ENGL 001T: Professional Development for International Graduate Students (ESL)
Designed curriculum and taught new oral communication course for improving interpersonal, group, and formal presentationskills of advanced ESL students preparing for the job market (4 semesters).
ENGL 001T: Classroom Communication for International Teaching Assistants (ESL)
Developed new materials and taught a course preparing teaching assistants to communicate effectively, emphasizing oral presentation, classroom norms, and teaching skills (6 semesters).
ENGL 002:Academic Writing for International Graduate Students (ESL)
Designed and taught a coursefor developing advanced second language writing proficiency, focusing on rhetorical analysis and peer review for a variety of academic/professional genres (2 semesters).
Department of English, PurdueUniversity, 2001
LING 227 : Elements of Linguistics
Lectured undergraduate language education majors in a survey course introducing language acquisition, syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology and sociolinguistics (1 semester).
Department of Education, University of New Hampshire (Manchester, NH), 2002
LING 591 : Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Designed curriculum and instructed a 3-credit, intensive summer course for elementary and secondary education teachers in continuing education as part of an MA-TESL program.
American Language Academy, Butler University (Indianapolis, IN), 1994-1997
Grammar, Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking, TOEFL Preparation (Intensive ESL)
Taught content-based, integrated skills for international students preparing to attend American universities in a privateacademic intensive English program for pre-beginner to advanced levels.
STUDY ABROAD PROJECTS
Switzerland Education Program (May 2008) Teaching, Learning, Culture Dept., Texas A&M University
Course: EDCI 489/689 Special Topics in Reading and Language Arts
Coordinated observations and student teaching of 26 students at an International Elementary School.
Itay Education Program (June 2008) Teaching, Learning, Culture Dept., Texas A&M University
Course: EDCI 489/689 Multicultural Children’s Literature
Coordinated observations and excursions for of 20 students at an Italian Middle School & Study Center.
Costa Rica Education Prog. (January 2009) Teaching, Learning, Culture Dept., Texas A&M University
Course: INST322Foundations of Education in a Multicultural Scoiety
Coordinated student teaching of 20 students at a village school near the TAMU Study Center.
Costa Rica Education Prog. (July 2009) Teaching, Learning, Culture Dept., Texas A&M University
Course: EDCI 489Multicultural Language Arts
Coordinated school observations and excursions for 8 students with one school in Nicaragua.
SCHOLARSHIP
The efficacy of Study Abroad for preparing future teachers of English language learners, manuscript in preparation, expected submission date June 2010
Understandingcommunity linguistic diversity:An ecological approach to examininglanguage use patterns of international graduate students, Dissertation, May 2007
Committee: April Ginther (Chair),Victor Raskin, Elena Benedicto, Felicia Roberts, PurdueUniversity
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“YOU be the student: Learn Spanish in Costa Rica.” Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE)
37th Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, October 14-17, 2009.
""Ecological Language Planning for International Graduate Students." Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), New York, NY, April 2008.
"Understanding Community Linguistic Diversity: An Ecological Approach to Examining Language Use Patterns of International Graduate Students." American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Washington, D.C., March 2008.
"Using Online Assessment of Student Learning and Development to Facilitate an Effective Study Abroad Program." 8th Annual Assessment Conference, TexasA&MUniversity, College Station, TX, Feb. 2008.
"Language use patterns of international teaching assistants outside the classroom." Symposium entitled, "Toward an ecological approach to international teaching assistant preparation" with A. Ginther (Chair), S. Dimova, C. Blake, N. Kauper, and J. Haan, all of Purdue University, at the World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, July 2005.
"Knowledge-construction through the use of EIL in U.S. academic and corporate research institutions." Colloquium entitled "Constructing knowledge within the inner circle: Attitudes and practices of international users of English" with C. Tardy, Purdue University and C. Feak, University of Michigan, at the International Association of World Englishes (IAWE),Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, October 2002.