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Degrees
Ph.D. Linguistics (descriptive linguistics, semantics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics), University of Texas at Arlington, 1980
M.A. General linguistics and semantics, U. of Texas at Arlington, 1976
B.A. Religious education, theology, Biblical studies, Washington Bible College, 1969
Current positions
Department of Language Development Chair, GIAL (2003- )
Associate Professor
Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas, TX. Social Science Research Methods (2000- )
Statistical Methods (2000- )
Literacy Megacourse (1999- )
International Literacy and Education Consultant (2000- )
Editor, SIL Series in Language and Education (1999- )
Other experience
Research design workshop: compared mother tongue and non mother tongue approaches to education in three communities of Cameroon, Yaounde (2005). Same workshop given for Lubuagan, northern Luzon, Philippines (2004).
Literacy Project Evaluation: designed/carried out a three-year evaluation of the literacy component of an internationally funded literacy and development project in Mondolkiri province, Cambodia (2005).
Led a team of international/national educators to design, implement, and analyze a National Reading Survey. Goal: assess reading instruction in primary schools in Eritrea. Asmara (2002).
Assistant Professor-Seminar on Multilingual Education. University of North Dakota, Summer (1999).
Adjunct Assistant Professor-Literacy program management. University of North Dakota, Summers (1997, 2000, 2005).
Seminar/training program for SIL literacy consultants in Africa. Nairobi, Kenya (1997).
Project design/funding Seminar to NGOs working in Asia. Jakarta, Indonesia (1996).
International Literacy Coordinator, SIL, International (1988-1999).
Memberships
Comparative and International Education in Society
International Reading Association
Language proficiency
English Native Speaker
Spanish 3+/4
Tzeltal 2
French 1+
Research interests
Minority language education
Language of instruction issues
Bilingual education
International education
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2003. "Does language of instruction matter?" In Language and Life: Essays in Memory of Kenneth L. Pike.Mary Ruth Wise and T. Headland, and R. Brend, eds. Dallas: SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington, Publications in Linguistics, 139.
2002. Eritrea National Reading Survey.(with Patricia M. Davis). Report presented to the Eritrea Ministry of Education. Pp. 1-503.
1994. "Mother tongue literacy-the Work of the S.I.L." In Writing and its Use-an Interdisciplinary Handbook of International Research798-802. Walter de Gruyter Press, New York.
1981. "Multicultural communication and education." (With Marvin K. Mayers). Harvard Educational Review, 179-184.
Selected papers presented
2005. "Reinventing education in Eritrea." SIL/UND Forum Series in Linguistics, Grand Forks, ND.
2004. "Bilingual education in Guatemala." GIAL Forum Series, Dallas, TX.
1999. "What we know about Adult Literacy-The experience of one NGO." World Bank, Washington, DC.
1997. "Mother Tongue Education-a case study from Peru." World Bank, Washington, DC.
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