Chair	Katya Nemtchinova, originally from Russia, is an associate professor of TESOL and Russian in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Seattle Pacific University where she teacher Russian as well as methodology and linguistics courses in the MA TESOL program. She holds a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from SUNY at Stony Brook, New York. A member of NNEST Caucus since 2000, she has also served as a Webmaster for Teacher Education Interest Section and was a faculty sponsor for Graduate Student Forum in 2005-2007. Her research interests include technology in language learning, teacher education, and the issues of nonnative English speaking professionals in TESOL. Responsibilities of the Chair
Chair-elect	Responsibilities of the Chair-Elect
Newsletter Editor Sandra Zappa-Hollman	Sandra Zappa-Hollmanis originally from Argentina and lives in Canada since 1998. She holds PhD and MA degrees in TESL from the University of British Columbia (UBC). She has extensive experience teaching foreign languages, and currently works in the Teacher Education program at UBC and in the UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange program. Her research interests, among others, include the academic literacy development of non-native ESL/EFL speakers and issues of NNEST language pedagogy in ESL and EFL contexts. Responsibilities of the Newsletter Editor
Web Manager Ana Wu	Ana Wu (http://fog.ccsf.edu/awu) is currently teaching ESL at City College of San Francisco. Born and raised in Brazil, she discovered her love for education after teaching EFL in Japan and studying in China. Her current research interests are incorporating technology in the classroom and developing learning strategies for generation 1.5 writers. She holds a MA in TESOL and a Certificate in Teaching Composition from San Francisco State University, and a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil. For any question or problem regarding this web site, please send a message to the web manager Responsibilities of the Webmanager
Caucus Volunteers
Editorial Volunteer Kyung-Hee Bae	Kyung-Hee Bae holds an MA in Applied English Linguistics from the University of Houston. Before becoming the Assistant Director, she worked as the ESL program manager at the Writing Center, developing curriculum for ESL students across campus. Courses she has taught include the non-native speakers' equivalent of freshman composition I and II, Technical Communications course for engineering majors, and Graduate Writing Workshop for Nonnative English speaking Students at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston. Her current research project includes second language writers’ attitudes toward the use of technology and its effectiveness in composition courses.
Editorial Volunteer Lisya Seloni	Lisya Seloni is a Ph.D. candidate in foreign and second language education program at the Ohio State University (OSU). She is currently working as a curriculum specialist in the Arts and Sciences’ Curriculum Office at the OSU. She has taught EFL, ESL and she is currently teaching Turkish language and culture in Turkish-American association of central Ohio. Originally from Turkey, Lisya earned her Master of Arts in TESOL from the Central Missouri State University. Her research interests include critical discourse analysis, critical pedagogy, literacy, sociopolitical issues of English as an international language, and issues related to language, power and identity in NNEST discourse.
Listserv Manager Rosie Maum	Rosie Maum has a Doctorate in curriculum and instruction and a Masters in Foreign Language Education. Her professional career includes teaching from elementary school through college level, coordinating world languages and ESL programs, and offering professional development for ESL instructors. Rosie has served as Chair of TESOL's Adult Education Interest Section and is the current President of Kentucky TESOL. Her research interests include NNESTs' identities as language learners and immigrants, and using online materials for teaching and learning ESL. Rosie was born and raised in Europe and is a fluent speaker of Italian, Croatian and Spanish which she still uses on a daily basis.
Assistant Listserver Manager Aiden Yeh .	Aiden Yeh received her MSc in English Language Teaching Management [ELTM] from Surrey University. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham and her research interests are Teacher Professional Development, ELTM, and blended learning. She's a Webhead and a member of TESOL's Electronic Village Online 2004-2005 Sessions. She is teaching at Wen Zao Ursuline College of Foreign Languages in Southern Taiwan.
Historian George Braine	George Braine (Ph.D., Texas) is an associate professor of English at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also taught in Sri Lanka, Oman, and the United States. His publications include Non-Native Educators in English Language Teaching (1999) and Teaching English to the World (2005). He is a founding editor of Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education and coeditor of the Asian Journal of English Language Teaching. He was the first Chair of the NNEST Caucus. George was born and raised in Sri Lanka. His first language is Sinhala.
NNEST of the Month Interviewer Ana Wu	Ana Wu (http://www.ccsf.edu/awu) is currently teaching ESL at City College of San Francisco. Born and raised in Brazil, she discovered her love for education after teaching EFL in Japan and studying in China. Her current research interests are incorporating technology in the classroom and developing learning strategies for generation 1.5 writers. She holds a MA in TESOL and a Certificate in Teaching Composition from San Francisco State University, and a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil.

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