Coffee with a SLaLS Prof
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is running Coffee with a Prof again this term, offering students a chance to set up a coffee chat with a professor. This year, there are a number of SLaLS professors participating in this initiative.
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Available: By appointment
Email Address: Karen.Jesney@carleton.caDr. Karen Jesney is an Associate Professor in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies. Her research focuses on how children acquire the sounds of their language, and what this can tell us about adults’ cognitive representations. She teaches various courses in Linguistics, including courses in child language development and phonology. Dr. Jesney is the Undergraduate Program Supervisor for LING/ALDS.
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Available: By appointment
Email Address: Don.Myles@carleton.caDon Myles is an Associate Professor (Teaching Stream) in Carleton University’s School of Linguistics and Language Studies. He teaches courses in Applied Linguistics, the MA in Teaching English as an Additional Language, and the Certificate in TESL program. Don has almost 20 years of experience teaching English in Canada, Mexico, and China, including 12 years teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Carleton. He is interested in the role of Generative AI in language education, academic research, and writing. Are you passionate about learning/teaching languages, as well as the idea of living abroad? Don would love to discuss the Certificate in TESL (CTESL) and how it can be integrated into your degree. The CTESL can be your ticket to exciting teaching opportunities overseas (JET in Japan, EPIK in Korea, China, and elsewhere). Professor Myles is the Interim Director of SLaLS.
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Available: By appointment (Wednesday – Friday)
Email Address: Geoff.Pinchbeck@carleton.caDr. Geoff Pinchbeck is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies (ALDS). He has taught graduate courses in TESL Methodology, Pedagogical Grammar, and Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, as well as undergraduate classes such as Major Structures of English and TESL Practicum. He has experience teaching English for a variety of purposes (including ESL literacy) in Alberta, Quebec, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. His research uses primarily quantitative and statistical approaches, particularly those used in corpus linguistics and diagnostic language assessment to explore a variety of topics in second/additional language acquisition research, including 1) vocabulary and morphology acquisition, 2) the role of academic English in school and university achievement, and 3) research related to language program curriculum design and materials development.
To set up a coffee chat, please follow these three steps:
- Contact the professor of your choice from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ list of participating faculty members and find a mutually convenient time for your meeting. FASS will pay for your coffee at Rooster’s Coffeehouse (4th floor Nideyinàn) or you can meet virtually over Zoom.
- Once you have confirmation from the professor, email Emma Fraser with the details of your coffee chat.
- If you’re meeting in person, tell the employees behind the counter at Rooster’s that you’re participating in the Coffee with a Prof program and your coffee will be paid for. If you’re meeting online, you or the prof can schedule a Zoom meeting at a time convenient to you both.