Awards, Languages, and Associations

Awards, Scholarships and Grants

• State Dept Meritorious Awards (l996, l999, 2004)
• State Dept. Linguist of the Year (runner up) (2000)
• G. Richard Tucker Research Fellowship, Center for Applied Linguistics (l994)
• Multifunctional Resource Center Grant, Florida Atlantic University (l992)
• Freshman Composition Research Grant, City University of New York (l991)
• Fulbright Scholar (Lecturer), Pristina, Yugoslavia (l987-l989)

Languages

• Azerbaijani-Turkish
• Indonesian/Malaysian
• Serbo-Croatian-Bosnian

Professional Associations

• American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)