John Hedgcock

Professor

Professor Hedgcock teaches courses such as Language Analysis, Structure of English, Second Language Acquisition, Teaching Writing, Teaching Reading, Portfolio Preparation, and the Language Teaching Practicum. A two-time recipient of the Institute's Excellence in Teaching Award, he has held instructional positions in English for Academic Purposes (EAP), English as a Second Language (ESL), and Composition at the university and community college levels; he has also taught French, Spanish, and English as a Foreign Language. In addition to presenting papers and workshops at national and international conferences, he has worked with language professionals in Africa and the Middle East as a consultant and teacher educator.

Professor Hedgcock's current research agenda involves L1 and L2 literacy studies, teacher education, and aspects of adult SLA, including the socialization processes of heritage language students. He is co-author of Teaching L2 Composition (forthcoming from Routledge), Teaching Readers of English: Students, Texts, and Contexts (Routledge), and has contributed chapters to edited volumes on heritage language literacy development, writing and rhetoric, and professional writing. His articles and essays have also appeared in the Modern Language Journal, Language Teaching Research, Applied Language Learning, the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, Language Teaching Research, Language Learning, the Journal of Second Language Writing, Second Language Research, Foreign Language Annals, TESOL Quarterly, and TESOL Journal. He recently served as a member of the TOEFL Committee of Examiners and the TESOL Quarterly Editorial Advisory Board. Professor Hedgcock also serves a number of professional organizations, such as the American Association for Applied Linguistics.