Hello ICIS Community!

I'm your new community manager for 2016–2017. I'm excited about this position because it combines my two interest areas: professional learning networks and intercultural communication. In summer 2014, I received my PhD from the University of Iowa, and my dissertation investigated the cultural adjustment process of sojourning English language teachers. One of my research methods was to analyze blogs and YouTube video of teachers in Japan and Korea, where I discovered an informal network of English language teachers.

I am currently the curriculum coordinator of CESL at Southern Illinois University, where I help connect research to practice and vice-versa. One of my goals is to add culture and/or intercultural competence as a thread throughout the curriculum.

I have started an ICIS Facebook group and posted it on the ICIS Facebook page for everyone to join. I hate to exclude people who don't like Facebook, don't have reliable/legitimate access to Facebook, or simply don’t use Facebook, so I will find a way to include all members in discussions regardless of Facebook. The listserv is still the hub of the ICIS. We also have a WordPress Blog, where you can see results of the recent survey we carried out over the listserv.

It's a pleasure serving as your community manager,

Jeremy D. Slagoski, PhD
Community Manager of TESOL ICIS
Curriculum Coordinator of CESL
Southern Illinois University
Twitter: @jdslagoski