Trish Skillman

Trish Skillman (1993)
Program Director

Office: MH251D

Office Hours:  by appointment

Phone: (360) 650-4949
E-mail: Trish.Skillman@wwu.edu

Trish Skillman has been teaching English to adults and school age children in the United States and internationally for over twenty years, and has trained over 1,000 ESL/EFL teachers.  Trish has worked with the TESOL program since 1993, and has served as Director since 1998.  Currently her main area of research is in effective methodology for teaching Academic English language skills. Trish regularly teaches three TESOL methodology courses, which focus on social language (BICS) development, academic language (CALP) development, and the incorporation of work on English structural patterns into academic classes. Trish is active in presenting at state and national conferences for TESOL, and her publications include a listening and speaking strategies book entitled, Springboard to Success. Trish is passionate about cross-cultural education and language teaching and believes it can make a difference in our world.  Married to a French citizen, she is raising her own children bilingually and bi-culturally.

Dr. Catherine Collier

Dr. Catherine Collier (2003)
CIRCLE Project Director

Office: MH251A
Office Hours: by appointment
Phone: (360) 650-4673
Fax: (360) 650-7258
E-mail: catherine.collier@wwu.edu
Website: www.crosscultured.com

   Dr. Catherine Collier joined the TESOL program in 2004 as an adjunct professor, teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in the certification sequence.  Dr. Catherine Collier has over 38 years experience in cross-cultural, bilingual, and special education.  She completed her Ph.D. with research into the referral of Hispanic students to special education programs.  For eight years, she was a classroom teacher, resource room teacher, and diagnostician for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Arizona and Alaska.  She was the director of a teacher-training program for the University of Alaska for seven years, preparing Yup’ik Eskimo paraprofessionals for certification as bilingual preschool, elementary, and special educators.  For eight years, Dr. Collier worked with the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education, Research, and Evaluation at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she created and directed the Bilingual Special Education curriculum/Training project (BISECT), a nationally recognized effort.  She was the Director of Resource and Program Development for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society as well as being a Sequoyah Fellow. 
     Dr. Collier is the author of several books and articles on cross-cultural and multilingual special education.  She is active in social justice activities for culturally and linguistically diverse learners and families. She works extensively with school districts on professional and program development for at-risk diverse learners. Dr. Collier provides technical assistance and process/performance evaluations to departments of education regarding programs serving diverse learners. She is the principal developer of the screening and software program “Acculturation Quick Screen” and many assessment and intervention instruments and materials.  Her most recent publications are  a review of “A Culture Undiscovered” in the International Journal of Research and Education, “Separating Difference from Disability” an article in Counterpoint, and a chapter on the measurement of acculturation in Multicultural Handbook for School Psychologists, published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
CrossCultural Developmental Education Services
1004 West 58^th Lane, Ferndale WA 98248-9470

Diane Majors

Diane Majors (1998)
Lecturer

Office: MH251C

Office Hours: By appointment

Phone: (360) 650-2551
E-mail: Diane.Majors@wwu.edu

 Diane started in the TESOL program part time in 1998 teaching the linguistics (401) course while also teaching in the Intensive English Program on campus. In March of 2005, she began working full-time in TESOL.
   Diane taught at Whatcom Community College for three years, instructing classes in both the immigrant/refugee and international student programs.  She also coordinated and instructed a two-week intensive program for students from Okayama Business College, Okayama, Japan. Before teaching at Whatcom Community College she taught at the University of Oregon’s American English Program and did a practicum in the local schools there as part of her master’s degree.
   Diane taught ESL courses in Western Washington University’s Intensive English Program from 1995 to 2005.  This included teaching all language skills and TOEFL preparation classes to international students learning English. She has been teaching TESOL courses since 1998 including 401, 403, 402, 420, 430 and assisting in 410. She especially enjoys teaching the linguistics and English grammar courses.
    After her children left home for college, she began taking watercolor classes with a local artist. Although she had done art through high school, and occasionally since, she had not really focused on developing her art skills for about 20 years. She is happily doing that now! Diane also enjoys activities and studies sponsored by her church.

Research and Articles

Ongoing interests: Making connections between TESOL courses and local ESL/ELL programs
Research interest: English grammar and ESL

• 1997  Student Publications: Writing for a Wider Audience. Teacher Development, 35.7-9.


• 1996  Handbook for new ESL instructors at Whatcom Community College.


• 1996  Writing Manual for students in writing 5.1 and 5.2, Intensive English Program, Western Washington University.


• 1995  with C. Falsgraf. Implicit Culture in Japanese Immersion Classroom Discourse. Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 29.2.1-21.


Also: Editor for ABE publication Conchita and Pham written by Julia Menard-Warwick, 1996.

David Kehe

David Kehe (2003)
Adjunct Faculty

Office: off campus

Office Hours: by appointment

Phone: (360) 650-4949
E-mail: dkehe@whatcom.ctc.edu

   Dave Kehe has been teaching ESL for over 25 years, starting with the Peace Corps in Niger.  He also taught for 12 years in Japan and one year on a Greek Island.  Stateside, prior to his present position as Advanced ESLA Coordinator at Whatcom Community College, he was an ESL coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for 4 years.  He has an MAT degree from The School for International Training in Brattleboro, VT.  At WWU, He has been teaching TESOL 421 in winter, 420 and 421 in summer. He has published 6 ESL textbooks and is presently finishing a 7th. 

Textbooks

• Writing from Input.  Brattleboro, VT.: Pro Lingua, forthcoming 2007.

• The Grammar Review Book: Discovering and Correcting Errors.  Brattleboro, VT.: Pro Lingua, 2006.
• Conversation Strategies: Pair and Group Activities for Developing Communicative Competency.  Brattleboro, VT. Pro Lingua, 2005.
• Writing Strategies: A Student-Centered Approach (Advanced).  Brattleboro, VT.: Pro Lingua, 2003
• Writing Strategies: A Student-Centered Approach (Intermediate).  Brattleboro, VT.: Pro Lingua, 2003.
• Discussion Strategies: Beyond Everyday Conversation.  Brattleboro, VT. Pro Lingua, 1998.

Articles

• “Conversation Class: More than ‘Just Talking.’” ESL Magazine, January/February 2003.
• “Professors’ Expectations of Foreign Students in Freshman-Level Courses.”  JALT Journal, May 1996.
• “Writing Answers to Essay Questions.”  In R. White (Ed.), New Ways in Teaching Writing.  Alexandria, VA.: TESOL, 1995.
• “Individualized Grammar for Advanced Writing Students.”  TESOL Matters, Oct./Nov. 1992.
• “Activating Passive Students in Large-Group Discussions.”  TESOL Matters, Feb./Mar. 1991.
• “The Pre-Research Paper Research Paper.”  English Teaching Forum, April 1989.
• “Maintaining Teacher Control During Pair/Group Work.”  Modern English Teacher, Winter 1988-89.
• “Entering a Lesson Through Predictions.”  Modern English Teacher, Spring 1989. (Reprinted in The Language Teacher, Feb. 1988.)
• “English Skills Needed for Home-stays.”  The Language Teacher, April 1986.

Donna Germaine

Donna Germaine
Lecturer IEP

Office: SP200

Office Hours: by appointment

Phone: (360) 650-7662
E-mail: Donna.Germaine@wwu.edu

    For the past ten years, Donna has taught academic communication, conversation and pronunciation as well as many other classes in the IEP program. Her main focus is using current TESOL methods and creativity to enhance language learning and fluency. Teaching in the TESOL program at WWU  and supervising TESOL practicum students has helped her create a bridge between the two programs. TESOL students work with IEP students, assisting and learning from each other throughout the quarter.
     Before coming WWU, Donna  taught ESL in public schools in levels k-12. Her special interest was in immigrant and migrant education programs.
     When she is not teaching, she enjoys sailing in the San Juan Islands and spending time with her family.

Amy Shavelson

Amy Shavelson (2004)
Lecturer

Office: off campus

Office Hours: by appointment

Phone: (360) 650-4949
E-mail: Amy.Shavelson@wwu.edu

   Amy received her MA in TESOL from Northern Arizona University and her BA in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Rhode Island.  She has previously taught ESL in WWU’s Intensive English Program as well as in academic ESL programs at Washington State University and Arizona State University.  She has taught ESL for Berlitz School of Languages in Washington, D.C. and EFL for the United States Information Service in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Bethany Johnson

Bethany Johnson (1995)
TESOL Instructor

Office: off campus

Office Hours: by appointment

Phone: (360) 650-4949
E-mail: bethanysbjohnson@hotmail.com

   Bethany has taught at Squalicum High School in the Bellingham School District since 1998.  In the English Language Learner (ELL) program, my classes have included Beginning/Intermediate ELL, Study skills, 9,10, & 11^th grade English, US History, World Geography, and World History.  Squalicum High School serves approximately 90-100 students from all over the world.  Countries include Mexico, Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, India, Vietnam, and Hong Kong.  Prior to working for the public schools, she taught a Listening/Speaking class in the IEP program at Western Washington University.
     She enjoys traveling and working with the immigrant community of Whatcom County.

Lori French

Lori French (2005)
Lecturer

Office: off campus

Office Hours: by appointment

Phone: (360) 650-4949
E-mail: lofrench@bham.wednet.edu

   Lori began working with English language learners in 1988 when Western and Asia University developed an English language and cultural orientation program for Asia University students. She received her BA in Education and Spanish from WWU in 1990. Her experience with the Asian students at Western prompted her to accept a job in Arvin, California. Arvin High School is a migrant school, 91% Hispanic with a very large ESL program. Lori taught ESL and Spanish for Native Speakers at Arvin High until 1996. During this time she also worked in leadership and gave in-service training to Kern County teachers in the BCLAD and CLAD programs (Bilingual/Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development). Due to the increase of second language learners in the Bellingham Public Schools, in 1997 Lori was able to return to Bellingham to teach ELL and Spanish classes. She established an ELL program for Squalicum High School and coordinated that program until the spring of 2004. Lori received her MA in Education from Grand Canyon University. Currently, she is a Spanish teacher at Bellingham High and part-time instructor for ELL courses with the TESOL program at WWU.

Meredith Josey

Meredith Josey (2006)
Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: HU 377
Office Hours: by appointment

Phone: (360) 650-4200
E-mail: meredith.josey@www.edu
Website: www.meredithjosey.blogspot.com

   Meredith was born in Atlanta, Georgia. After secondary school, she attended L’Institut de Touraine in Tours, France and the University of Georgia, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in French. After teaching primary and secondary school French for several years, Meredith went on to graduate school in Linguistics at New York University. Having developed an interest in second language acquisition and ESL during graduate school, she also taught ESL in Slovakia and in Paris.
   Meredith started her professional academic career at Utica College in 2003, and received her Ph.D. from New York University in 2004. At Utica College, she designed and taught two courses for ESL teachers (“Principles and Practices of ESL Instruction” and “Content-based Methods for ESL Educators”), taught various Linguistics courses, French courses, as well as “Basic Communication” classes for speakers of other languages.  During this time, Meredith also worked as a coordinator for a refugee outreach program designed to help recent immigrants learn English with the assistance of local ESL teachers, and volunteered at the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees in Utica, New York.
   She happily joins Western Washington University as part of the TESOL program and looks forward to things to come!

Joanne Cady

Joanne Cady
Lecturer

Office: WCC CAS152

Office Hours:  by appointment

Phone: (360)  616-2170 ext 3476
E-mail: jcady@whatcom.ctc.edu

Holly Childs

Holly Childs (2000)
Program Coordinator for TESOL

Office: MH251E

Office Hours: M 8-4:30, T & W 8-3:30, Th 8-2:30

Phone: (360) 650-4949
E-mail: Holly.Childs@wwu.edu

   Holly has worked for the TESOL Program since July 2000 and manages the administrative responsibilities of the program.  She is a Western alumni with a BS in Community Health Education.  She is an excellent resource if you have any questions.