ITAIS Newsletter - March 2012 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
•  2012 TESOL ITA Convention Session Schedule
Leadership Update
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE PAST CHAIR: 2012-13 STEERING COMMITTEE
ARTICLES
•  FINE-TUNING YOUR PRONUNCIATION: WORKSHOPS FOR INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS
•  INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANT: AN ANNOTATED CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
•  MOVING ITAS FROM THE WINGS TO CENTER STAGE: LEADING DISCUSSIONS IN AN ITA PREPARATORY COURSE
About This Community
•  WHAT IS THE ITAIS?

 

LETTER FROM THE PAST CHAIR: 2012-13 STEERING COMMITTEE

Congratulations to our newly elected 2012-2013 steering committee members!

  • Chair-Elect: Elizabeth Wittner, University of Virginia
  • Secretary: Liz Tummons, University of Missouri
  • Members-at-Large: Ron Clason, Ohio State University, & Elena Stetsenko, University of Minnesota
  • Editor-Elect: Pauline Carpenter, Cornell University

 

Their service will go into effect at the close of the convention in Philadelphia in March. Until then, the members of the current steering committee are as follows:

  • Chair: Kathi Cennamo, Ohio State University
  • Chair-Elect: Kim Kenyon, Cornell University
  • Past Chair: Keith Otto, University at Buffalo
  • Secretary: Barbara Wolfe Boockmeier, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Members-at-Large: Elena Cotos, Iowa State University, & Baburhan Uzum, Michigan State University
  • Editor: Rebecca Oreto (2-year appointment)

 

Special thanks to members serving in the following appointed positions, too:

  • Co-historians: Theresa Pettit, Cornell University, & Susy Sarwark, Ohio State University (retired)
  • Community Manager: Diane Cotsonas, University of Utah
  • E-List Manager: Jules Gliesche, University of Florida