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I'm J. Elliott Casal, an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Memphis. I recently completed a two-year postdoc in the Department of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University, and I completed my PhD in Applied Linguistics as a University Graduate Fellow at the Pennsylvania State University in 2020, my MA in Linguistics from Ohio University in 2014, and my BA in English Literature and Spanish language from Ohio University in 2008.
My research interests are oriented around corpus-based discourse studies and genre-based (second language) writing pedagogy, with a special focus on academic disciplinary writing, written professional communication, and graduate student writing. With an emphasis on writing as a situated social activity, I draw on Corpus Linguistics (also natural language processing tools) and discourse-based Genre Analysis in my research and teaching, and I'm influenced by Sociocultural approaches to learning and development, particularly Concept-Based Instruction, as well as Usage-Based Linguistics. I've published research articles in the the Journal of Second Language Writing, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Language Learning and Technology, System, The International Journal of Applied Linguistics, International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, and The International Journal of English for Academic Purposes: Theory and Practice. After a decade researching and teaching domain/discipline specific literacy practices and skills, I have found that working with (L1 and L2 English) doctoral students as they learn to engage in discipline specific writing activity is perhaps the most needed application of my work. Since 2008, I have enjoyed teaching experiences in English for Specific Purposes (legal, medical, business, scientific), undergraduate and graduate academic writing, and linguistics content courses across four American universities, two public schools in Spain, and a private language academy in Spain. During this time, I have also been fortunate to serve in administrative positions, including the Director of Echo Hill English Academy in Spain and Coordinator of a graduate writing lab, an undergraduate writing lab, and a graduate critical reading lab at Ohio University. I have had the great pleasure of working and learning with numerous writers from diverse cultural, disciplinary, and professional backgrounds, and serving as a mentor teacher for MA students at Penn State and Ohio University, as well as a undergraduate Capstone project advisor at Case Western Reserve University. Please check out my research tab and feel free to contact me regarding all things writing. |
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