Applied Linguistics and ESL Faculty

Cynthia Bernstein
Ph.D. - Texas A&M
Language Variation, Dialectology, Literary Linguistics
Research focus: Dr. Bernstein's research investigates social causes of language variation, particularly among speakers in the United States South.

Teresa Dalle
Ph.D. - Arizona
ESL; Applied Linguistics: Linguistics
Research focus: Dr. Dalle's work explores the features of non-native speech and the variables of L2 acquisition, analyzes classroom discourse, and applies ESL theory to specific classroom practices.

Charles Hall
Ph.D. - Florida
Theoretical Linguistics; ESL; Sociolinguistics
Research focus: Dr. Hall's work in applied linguistics focuses on ESP (English for Special Purposes).

Emily A. Thrush
Ph.D. - Georgia State
Professional Writing; Technology and Writing, TESL
Research focus: Dr. Thrush's research connects the fields of linguistics and professional/technical writing in looking at the ways business and technical documents differ across cultures and at the role technology plays in mediating communication.