I began my career in professional theater, where I got the nickname "Roz". I worked there for nearly a decade, doing stage managing, writing, directing, and acting, before deciding to study literature. I completed my B.A. in Engl. Lit. at University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and my M.A at University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, before deciding to live overseas for a while.
Like so many others who go overseas for work, I initially taught ESL at several universities and schools in Korea and Taiwan, but eventually took a job writing and editing for a large-scale, high-stakes English language in Korea, Test of English Proficiency, Seoul National University (TEPS). This work was so interesting to me that I wanted to pursue further research in this area. Fortunately, there was a professor at Seoul National University, Yongwon Lee, who was a specialist in language tests. Through working with professor Lee, I was able to complete a second M.A. at SNU.
I am excited to be pursuing a PhD at ISU, which has a great program for testing and the use of technology in applied linguistics. Another area that I first became interested in while studying in Korea is corpus linguistics, which I have also been able to pursue at ISU. Please feel free to browse through my web pages for more information about my projects and research interests.
Like so many others who go overseas for work, I initially taught ESL at several universities and schools in Korea and Taiwan, but eventually took a job writing and editing for a large-scale, high-stakes English language in Korea, Test of English Proficiency, Seoul National University (TEPS). This work was so interesting to me that I wanted to pursue further research in this area. Fortunately, there was a professor at Seoul National University, Yongwon Lee, who was a specialist in language tests. Through working with professor Lee, I was able to complete a second M.A. at SNU.
I am excited to be pursuing a PhD at ISU, which has a great program for testing and the use of technology in applied linguistics. Another area that I first became interested in while studying in Korea is corpus linguistics, which I have also been able to pursue at ISU. Please feel free to browse through my web pages for more information about my projects and research interests.
