Anita Pandey 1

Dr. Anita Pandey

Tenured Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, &

Principal Investigator & Project Director, Project ABCDE

MorganStateUniversity

1700 E. Cold Spring Lane

Baltimore, MD21251

443-885-1752 (o)

443-610-5501 (c)

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EDUCATION

Ph.D.UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Specialization: Second Language Acquisition & Neurolinguistics,

Aug. 1997 (GPA : 5/5)

M.A.UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Sociolinguistics, May 1994 (GPA : 5/5)

M.A.UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Aug.1991 (GPA: 5/5)

B.A. (Hons.) AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA

Linguistics (Minor in African Literature)

First Class Honors (Magna Cum Laude): September, 1989

Previous First Class recorded in 1969

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish and French: advanced-level proficiency
  • Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati: advanced ability in all modalities
  • Hausa, working knowledge
  • Yoruba, working knowledge
  • Nigerian Pidgin, and Western Caribbean Creole: advanced fluency

PLACESVISITED: Cameroon, Canada, Egypt, France, Greece, Holland, India, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi, Mexico, New Zealand,Nigeria,Oman, PR, Singapore, Spain, St. Thomas, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the Vatican, and Zambia.

SKILLS

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Multilingual skills
  • Strategic cross-cultural know-how
  • Competitive proposal and report writing skills
  • Project management and team-orientation skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Data mining and categorization (ontology building) skills
  • Knowledge of video production for commercial and research purposes, and experience hosting a TV show on Time Warner Cable Television.
  • Instructional technologies & other technical skills, including basic programming, use of Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, html editors, Inspiration, MS Project, and e-learning platforms.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Techology-enhanced subsequent language instruction and learning
  • ESL endorsement and program evaluation
  • Bilingualism: language contact, successful dual language acquisition
  • Heritage language revitalization
  • Early childhood education and professional development
  • Cross-cultural communication

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (1997-2008)

1. Tenured Associate Professor, Coordinator of Technical & Professional Communication,

Department of English and Language Arts, MorganStateUniversity, Baltimore, MD, Fall 2002 – Present

Graduate Courses Taught: Second Language Acquisition; Bilingualism and Bidialectalism; Neurolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition; Discourse Analysis; Introduction to Lingusitics; Second Language Literacy Development; Developmental Writing; ESL Practicum; Seminar in World Englishes; Technical Writing, and Proposal Writing.

Undergraduate Courses Taught: ESOL Skills and Assessment; Sociolinguistics; History of the English Language; Phonetics & Phonology;Introduction to Lingusitics; Business Communication; Crosscultural Composition; Technical Writing, Freshman Composition, and Developmental Reading.

2. Acting Coordinator, World Languages & Gender Studies Summer Institute, Center for Global Studies, MorganStateUniversity, Summer 2007.

3. Visiting Professor, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, Maryland, Summer 2004: “Second Language Acquisition Materials Design” (a graduate course funded by a federalNo Child Left Behind grant)

4. Visiting Adjunct Professor, Applied Linguistics Division, GeorgeMasonUniversity, Fairfax, VA: Spr. 2000. Taught Introduction to Linguistics(agraduate course).

5. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, University of Memphis, Fall 1997-2002: taught graduate & undergraduate courses in ESL Methods and Approaches; Neurolinguistics and Second Language Learning; Literacy Skills; Spanish 101; Successful Study Skills/Introduction to the University; Developmental Reading; Seminar in World Englishes; Syntax; Seminar in Theoretical & Applied Linguistics; ESL Practicum, and Discourse Analysis.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCES (Pre-1997)
  • Coordinator for Composition, The Bridge Transition Program,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Summer 1997.
  • Co-Coordinator and ESL Instructor, The ESLCenter, Champaign: 1996-1997. Assisted with program coordination. Taught and tutored ESL children, youth, and adults in the following areas: conversation and listening skills, vocabulary enrichment, reading, and writing, including techniques for writing publishable research papers for graduate-level courses, as well as for theses and dissertations. Also taught Business and Technical Writing for International Business Managers. Helped organize and lead a seminal workshop on American Culture for two consecutive summers. This workshop was targeted at Business Managers from Korea and Japan.
  • Teaching Assistant, The Academic Writing Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 1994-1997. Taught: Rhetoric 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105; Freshman Composition; ESL Service Courses;and English Grammar & Writing for International Graduate Students.
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Spring 1996. Co-taught Introduction to Linguistics.
  • Instructor, The Bridge Transition Program,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Summer 1995 & 1996. Taught College Composition.
  • Instructor, Project Upward Bound,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Summer 1992 & 1993. Taught Grammar and Freshman Composition.
  • Teaching Assistant, English (Rhetoric), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992-1994. Responsibilities: instructing and tutoring freshmen, sophomores, and juniors on the principles of argumentaton. The focus was on techniques for structuring well-researched and well-supported argumentative papers. Taught: Rhetoric 105 and Freshman Composition.
  • Teaching Assistant, Intensive English Institute, Division of English as an International Language, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 1991-1992, and summers of 1992, 1993, 1995, and 1996. Taught: ESL Service Courses,Structure and Composition (utilizing a notional-functional syllabus and a task-based syllabus).
  • ESL Lab Coordinator and Online Language Assistant, Intensive English Institute, Division of English as an International Language, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: September, 1991 to August, 1992. Recommended and installed CALL software, and trained students and staff on these technologies.
  • Teaching Assistant/Intern, Tutorium in Intensive English, University of Illinois at Chicago: Summer 1991. Co-taught ESL Grammar to beginners, using a grammar-based syllabus.
  • Assistant Lecturer, English, School of Languages, College of Education, Azare, Nigeria (A training college for instructors for Nigerian primary and secondary institutions).

Designed a notional-functional syllabus to teach grammar and developmental reading and writing, and a process-oriented syllabus to teach linear/western-style College Composition. Also taught an introductory course in theoretical linguisticsand a course in literacy development:1989-90.

  • ESL/EFL tutor for graduate students: Summer, 1995 to Spring, 1997. Instructed ESL/EFL graduate students and international Business Managers on the use of strategic interaction skills in English (i.e., utilizing appropriate communication strategies), and taught business and technical writing.
  • Dissertation Editor,Department of Linguistics,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Summer, 1994 to Fall, 1995. Edited three dissertations: two in linguistics and one in philosophy.
SELECTED CONSULTING EXPERIENCES
  • Accent Neutralization Consultant for Constellation Energy, 111 Market St., Baltimore: 2007.
  • Language-Literacy Consultant, the U.S. Department of Education: summer 2004-2006.
  • ESL Consultant,Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), WashingtonD.C.: summer 2007.
  • ESL Communication Consultant, City Hall, Memphis, TN: Spring 2002 to 2003.
  • ESL Consultant, Memphis Hispanic Institute (MHI), Jan. 2002-July 2002.
  • Communication Consultant, Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA: Feb.-June 2001.
  • Knowledge Engineer/Ontologist, HP, Santa Clara and San Bruno, CA: 2001.
  • ESL Consultant, The ESLCenter, Champaign, Illinois: 1996-1997.

Major Administrative/Management Experiences:

1. Proposal Writer, Project Director, & Principal Investigator, Project ABCDE

MorganStateUniversity, 2007 to date. Secured approximately $318K in 2007-2008.

2. Proposal Co-Author for a Title VI federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education, fall 2007. Secured funding for a program in Latin merican and Caribbean Studies at MorganStateUniversity, Dec. 2007 to date.

3. Recruited and supervised the Administrative Coordinator for Project ABCDE, 2007 to date.

4. Hired and monitored the performance of six consultants for Project ABCDE, 2007 to date.

5. Principal Ontologist/Knowledge Engineer, Shortcycles Inc., San Bruno, CA, 2001: managed a team of 15 and increased ROI by 50%.

6. Mentored 38 graduate students from 1997-2008.

7. Directed two B.A. theses, four M.A. theses and two Ph.D. dissertations from 1997-2007.

8. Directing two Ph.D. dissertations presently (2008) and serving as a dissertation committee member on two others.

9. Advised 121 undergraduate students from Aug. 1997-May 2008.

10. Supervised six personnel as Chief Judge at GuilfordElementary School, Howard County, MD during the last Presidential Election.

11. Currently oversee three employees as Vice President of The UnForgotten, andfacilitate team efforts asBoard Member of Polyglots in Action for Diversity.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

  • “Technology Enhanced ESL Instruction and Learning in Pre-K-8 Classrooms” (2008), Chapter 6. In Technology to Teach Literacy: A Resource for K-8 Teachers. Edited by R. S. Anderson and B. Speck, New York: Prentice-Hall. Pp.179-202.
  • “Hi Hai!”: Cultural Bias in Professional Communication World-Wide: India’s Wake-Up Call? (2008) In Advanced Concepts: Cognizance of English Language: Proceedings, pp. 9-20. Edited by J.R.. Nirmala, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India: VelammalEngineeringUniversity Press.
  • A Cyber Stepshow: E-Discourse and Literacy at an HBCU” (2005).Critical Inquiry inLanguage Studies: an International Journal, Vol. 2 (1). pp. 35-69.
  • “Not Without Our Children: The Collaborative Continuity Approach to Language and Literacy Enhancement.” Proceedings of the Hawaii International Social Sciences Conference, The East-WestCenter, June 2005.
  • “Western Caribbean Creoles” (2005), invited entry, the Encyclopedia of Linguisticsedited by Peter Strazny. Routledge, Spring 2005.
  • “Clear Communication: The Importance of Shared Understanding” in the section “Teaching the Millennial Generation,” The Academic Connection, Vol. 1 (1), August 2005. pp. 4-7 & 50+.
  • Culture, Gender, and Identity in Indian Matrimonial Ads (2004). World Englishes, 23 (3), 403-428.
  • Nigeria” (3000 words on the linguistic landscape and language education in this complex multilingual nation), invited entry, the Encyclopedia of Linguisticsedited by Peter Strazny. Routledge, Spring 2005.
  • Language and Representation: Linguistic Aesthetics of Female West African Writers (2004). Research in African Literature, 35 (3), 112-132.
  • Invited review article on Schecter, Sandra R. and Bayley, Robert (Eds.). (2004). Language as Cultural Practice: Mexicanos en el Norte. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence-Erlbaum Associates. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 1 (2), 105-109.
  • Invited review of Schechter, S., and J. Cummins (2004). TESOL Quarterly, 38 (4): 756-758.
  • Woman Palava No Be Small, Woman Wahala No Be Small: Linguistic Gendering and Patriarchal Ideology in West African Literature(2004). Africa Today, Vol. 50, 113-138.
  • Dot.com(munication): Register(ing) E-Speak and Challenging Discourse in Cyberspace (2003) The Southern Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 26 (1): 1-19.
  • “Kaki No Be Leda”: The Oral Bases of Pidgin in West African Children’s and Young Adult Literature (2002). Sankofa: an International Journal of African Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Vol. 1(1): 14-25.
  • Literacy in Stigmatized English (2001) Writing in Nonstandard English. Edited by Irma Taavitsäinen, Gunnel Melchers, and Päivi Pahta. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamin’s Publishing Company. World Englishes, 20 (3): 369-370.
  • Guest Edited the millenium issue of the international journal World Englishes, Vol. 19 (1), Blackwell Publishers, London,spring 2000.
  • “TOEFL to the Test: Are Monodialectal African American Language Speakers Similar to ESL Students?” (2000), World Englishes, 19 (1): 89-106. (Cited in 15 refereed publications to date).
  • South Africa's Multilingualism (1999). World Englishes, 18 (2): 291-294.
  • Code Alteration and Englishization Across Cultures: Cyclic Differences (1998). In The Three Circles of English, Edited by Edwin Thumboo, University of Singapore Press: 142-170.
  • Nigerian English Today (1993). World Englishes, 12 (3): 401-414 (co-authored with Anjali Pandey).
  • Review of Business and Administrative Communication. Kitty O. Locker. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006, seventh edition.Business Communication Quarterly, spring 2007.
  • The Pragmatics of Code Alteration in Nigerian English (1997) Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, Vol. 25 (1): 76-117.
  • The Fluid Code 'Syndrome' (1995) RELC Journal:A Journal of Language Testing and Research in Southeast Asia. Vol. 26 (2): 114-129.
  • Review of New Englishes: A West African Perspective. Edited by Ayo Bamgbose et al. (1995). Ibadan: Mosuro. Links and Letters, Vol. 5: May, 1998: 263-266.
  • Codeswitching. (1994) World Englishes, 13(3): 434-437.

Other (Invited) Contributions

  • “Lingua Franca,” Knowledge Management, June 2001.
  • Review of James Raymond’s manuscript Moves Writers Make (1997) for Prentice-Hall, Inc.
  • Review of The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading, and Writing. 4th Ed. by Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall (upon the request of the Simon and Schuster Education Group of Prentice-Hall), 1997.
  • Chapter 8 ("Shopping in America"), On-line ESL Conversation Textbook

[ March, 1996.

  • Campus Life: The Arena Beat (a 1989 play), Okello, published by University of Zaria Press. Vol. 12 (2), pp. 15-49.
  • Monthly poems in “The Poetry Column” of the New Nigerian and in The Guardian (national newspapers), 1988-1990.
  • Let’s Mend the Stool” (1988). Saiwa (the Hausa term for "roots" or "beginnings"), a language and linguistics journal, AhmaduBelloUniversity, Zaria, Nigeria.

Articles and Chapters Under Review

  • “Internationalizing Our Business Communication Practices: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Dominance.” Submitted to Thunderbird International Business Review, April 24, 2008.
  • “Teaching to the Text or Toward the English/Dual Language Learner?” Submitted to the TESOL Canada Journal,March 14, 2008.

Grant Proposals under Review

“Project IMPACCT: Improving Mentoring, Parenting, and Core Competencies in Teaching.” Submitted to HHS. $150,000.00 requested (cap, renewable for up to three years, $450,000).

Completed Book Manuscript Under Review:

From “Foreign” to Familiar:Bridging Language and Literacy Divides Collaboratively from Pre-K-12 and Beyond.[366 pages]

Research in Progress

  • Our Lingusitic Debt to Africa: Tracing the African Roots of Mainstream English (an article for Pre-K-12 teachers)
  • Communicating Globally: Strategy and Mastery of Multiple Communication Styles (an article for business majors/MBAs)
  • When Language Drives Sales: A Case Study of Corporate America
  • “Se Habla Espaňol”: Talking the Talk and ‘Walking’ the (E-)Business World (an article for language and business majors)
  • Same Language, Different Meaning: Misreading Indian Professional Communication (an article for language and business majors).
  • “What’s the Problem?” “Problem Nathi”: English-Speaking Comprehensive Bilinguals in the United States.”
  • Chat-Pat: A Taste of Hindi (a bilingual alphabet book for children and families), under publication consideration.
  • "Dual-Language Instruction in the IBO's Early Years Program: An Evaluative Case Study" (an article based on data collected from Rock Creek International School, Washington D.C.).
  • “When Teams Fail: A Case Study.”

Ongoing Professional Development

  • Participant, Head Start's Ninth National Research Conference, June 23-25, 2008. Washington, D.C.
  • Participant, The 2008 Convention of the International Reading Association, Atlanta, GA, May 3-8, 2008.
  • Participant and Presenter (“Project ABCDE’s Building Blocks Approach to Language, Literacy, and Other Core Competencies”), Head Start Grantees Training Conference, Washington, D.C., Feb. 23-26, 2008.

STUDENT ADVISEMENT/MENTORING:

Theses directed:

  • Undergraduate: Sophie Chotard (1998), Samuel Russell (1999), and Margaret Smith (2001)
  • Masters’ Theses: Jin Tao (1999), Gerise Guy (2000), Cliff Price (2000), Julie Dockery-Spraggins (2000), Tammy Burroughs (2006), Natoya Mitchell (2008)
  • Doctoral: Brett Butler (2008), Robert Matunda (2008), Elisabeth Silverman (Spring 2001-2002), T. Jones (Fall 2000-Spring 2001)
  • Number of graduate students advised to date: 38
  • Number of undergraduate students advised to date: 121

SELECTED GRANTS & OUTREACH

  • Principal Investigator, Project ABCDE, Accelerating Baltimore Children’s Development through Education,the Department of Health and Human Services (Administration for Children and Families): September 2007:$317, 967 for 2008. Renewable for an additional four years (totaling $1.75 million). Facilitated nine professional development workshops for Baltimore City Head Start staff (from 17 sites) in core areas of applied linguistics.
  • Project Director, innovative Foreign Language and ESL literacy program for all ages, Memphis Hispanic Institute:summer 2002: served 20 families($7,000). Trained five facilitators on my proposed Collaborative Continuity pedagogy and monitored outcomes.
  • Taught English to adult Spanish speakers in Memphis: spring '98 – fall ’00.
  • Taught English to refugees in the Memphis area and "adopted" a family from Bosnia: Spring '99 to fall '99.
  • Host, scriptwriter, director, and co-producer of MizCommunication.Com, a cable-access language-culture-communication television show aired on Channel 17 in Memphis, TN, MS, and AK: fall 2000-spring 2002.
  • Committee memberships at The University of Memphis: 7
  • Committee memberships at MorganStateUniversity: 6

MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMICASSOCIATIONS

  • International Reading Association (IRA)
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
  • The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
  • The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL)
  • The Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
  • International Association for World Englishes (IAWE)
  • CIBER International Business Language Conference

SELECTED SERVICE ACTIVITIES

  • VP, The UnForgotten, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing clean drinking water to villagers, and literacy services to women and girls in Southeast Asia.
  • Acting Coordinator, World Language Institute & Gender Studies, Center for Global Studies, MorganStateUniversity, Summer 2007.
  • Nominated to serve as Director, Institute for Afro-Hispanic and Caribbean Studies, the Center for Global Studies, MorganStateUniversity: Nov., 2002.
  • Peer Evaluator, Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) Professional Development proposals, May 2007.
  • Peer Evaluator, Early Childhood Educator Professional Development grants, U.S. Department of Education, May 2004, 2005, and 2006.
  • Founding Member,Major in Afro-Hispanic and Latin-American Studies, Departmentof World Languages and International Studies, MorganStateUniversity, funded by a Title III grant from MorganStateUniversity, Dec. 2007 to date.
  • Proposal Reviewer, International Reading Association (IRA), spring 2008.
  • Member, CLA Tenure Grievances Committee,MorganStateUniversity, spring 2008.
  • Member, CLA Prizes and Awards Committee, MorganStateUniversity, fall 2007.
  • Nominated Member, Executive Committee, the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics: Spring 2003-2006.
  • Peer reviewer for Critical Inquiry inLanguage Studies: an International Journal, fall 2004 and fall 2005.
  • Manuscript Reviewer for World Englishes, Blackwell Publishers, Feb.-April, 2001.
  • Executive Board Member, Polyglots in Action for Diversity, a non-profit organization.
  • Co-Chair, International Education Week Program Committee, MorganStateUniversity, Nov., 2007.
  • Grants’ Liaison,College of Liberal Arts, MorganStateUniversity, 2002 to date.
  • Chair, the ESL Language and Literacy Task Force,MorganStateUniversity, Baltimore. Starting date: August 21, 2002.
  • Chair, Library Committee, Department of English and Language Arts, MorganStateUniversity, Baltimore. Starting date: August 21, 2002.
  • Assigned Faculty Mentor to Asst. Professor Dr. Karen Rowan, Director of our WritingCenter, MorganStateUniversity, Baltimore: August 2006 to date.
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee on the Humanities and Technology, Department of English and Language Arts, MorganStateUniversity, Baltimore: Starting date: August 21, 2002.
  • Chair, Papers and Panels Sub-Committee, Special Committee Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of MSU’s English Department, fall 2007.
  • Dissertation prospectus reviewer (Aug. 2007) for doctoral candidate Brett Buttler (currently my advisee), and for Jui Chang’s dissertation. [She received her Ph.D. degree in May 2008]
  • Chief Judge, Presidential Elections (GuilfordElementary School,HowardCounty), last Presidential Election.
  • Member, Advisory Board, Second and Foreign Language Teaching Committee, MemphisCitySchools: spring 1998-summer 2002.
  • Member, Committee for International Teaching Assistants, Center for Academic Excellence, The University of Memphis: fall 1998-summer 2002.
  • Member, English Honors Committee, Department of English, The University of Memphis: fall 1997-summer 2002.
  • Faculty Advisor to the TESOL graduate students, Graduate Advising Committee, Department of English, The University of Memphis: fall 1997-summer 2002.
  • Member, the Preliminary M.A. Examinations Committee (for ESL and Linguistics), Department of English, The University of Memphis: spring 1998-summer 2002.
  • Member, the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee (for Applied Linguistics), Department of English, The University of Memphis: fall 1999-spring 2002.
  • Member, the Moss Chair of Excellence Committee, Department of English, The University of Memphis: fall 1997-spring 2000.
  • Chair of two panels, the 62nd Annual Convention of the College Language Association, Memphis, TN: April 24th and 25th, 2002.
  • Member, The Southeast Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 2002 Organizing Committee, Department of English, The University of Memphis: Spring 2002.
  • Faculty proofreader, The SECOL Review, the proceedings of the annual SECOL Convention: fall 1997 to spring 1999.
  • Judge for the 80-Word Dash, WordSmith 98 and '99. The University of Memphis, February 21, 1998, and February 28, 1999.
  • Organizer & originator, The Language Research Forum (a colloquium series), Department of English, The University of Memphis: Spring 1998 to fall 2000.
  • Invited Regional Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Collegiate Press, and textbook evaluator for the publishing company.
  • Textbook/Resources reviewer for ESL manuscripts and published texts, Prentice-Hall International.
  • Director, Learning Resources, Ex*Change (one of the first to offer computer-assisted ESL instruction, as well as instructional tips):1996-1997. Recipient of the 1996 Megallen Award for most ESL-instructional Website.
  • Editorial Staff, Little America, the literary journal of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, spring 1996 to fall 1997.
  • Founder, Editor, and Faculty Advisor, Pinal Afrig, the literary journal of Project Upward Bound, Illinois Branch, summer 1995 and 1996.
  • Faculty Advisor, Kuka, the literary association of the School of Languages, College of Education, Azare, Nigeria: August, 1989-1990.

SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS