Karen Barto

Writing Specialist, University of Arizona
English Language Specialist, U.S. Department of State
M.A.
French
2000
M.A.
English as a Second Language
2003
M.A.
Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
2008
Ph.D.
Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
2015

Studying the humanities inevitably led me to interdisciplinarity: every class somehow encompasses language, culture, history, technology, and more -- my own research and practice therefore stem from multiple disciplinary backgrounds and methodologies. Connecting to this wide range of disciplines has especially allowed me to meet the support needs of writers, as well as train faculty worldwide in best practices in English Medium Instruction, in all their fascinating specialty areas!

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Karen Barto