Elizabeth Hepford, Ph.D.: My research interests include second language acquisition/development, Dynamic Systems Theory, the Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency constructs, and Spanish language commodification. I have a Master’s Degree in TESOL from Arizona State University where my thesis topic was the acquisition of consonant clusters by Somali ESL learners. Before coming to Temple, I was an English Language Fellow in Shkoder, Albania, an ESL instructor in Puebla, Mexico and a Peace Corps volunteer in Arseniev, Russia.
Publications: Hepford, E. (2015): Language for profit: Spanish–English bilingualism in Lowe’s Home Improvement, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
DOI:10.1080/13670050.2015.1066755

Brooke Y. Hoffman, Ph.D.:My research focuses on language ideologies, the integration of language and content in instruction in grades PK-16 and adult education, and the efficacy of teacher education programs, specifically for preservice and inservice teachers preparing to teach English learners in general education classrooms. Previously, I taught English in Sichuan, China for 3 years and math/science to linguistically diverse students in a public middle school in Philadelphia for 10 years. I am currently the coordinator of the ESL Certificate of Graduate Study and Bilingual/Bicultural Education Programs and a lecturer in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Education in the College of Education at Rowan University. In addition, I provide professional development to area school districts, helping teachers more effectively address the strengths and needs of emergent bilinguals.
Email: hoffmanby@rowan.edu
Publications:
Hoffman, B. Y. (2015). Online responses to a multilingual Super Bowl ad: Is ‘America the Beautiful’ by any other language still America, the beautiful? International Journal of Multilingualism. doi:10.1080/14790718.2015.1094075
Kuriloff, P., Hoffman, B. Y., Jordan, W. J., Sutherland, D., & Ponnock, A. (April, 2019). Why teachers move: School context influences on teachers’ experiences. In C. R. Rinke & L. K. Mawhinney (Eds.), Opportunities and challenges in teacher recruitment and retention: Teachers’ Voices across the Pipeline. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.