Associate Director for Internationalization
Melissa has over two decades of experience in the fields of English language teaching and international education including university teaching in Belgium, Japan, and the United States. She also teaches in the UAB School of Education and Human Sciences’s MA-TESOL program as an adjunct instructor.
Melissa completed a PhD in Educational Studies of Diverse Populations at UAB with an emphasis in Pedagogical Studies and TESOL. Her dissertation explored the unique role that international faculty and other intercultural individuals may have on university internationalization strategies. Melissa also has an Educational Specialist degree in ESL from UAB and a Master's degree in TESOL from the University of Alabama.
Her research interests include international faculty, intercultural identities, and the impact of university internationalization on teaching practices. Whether she is working with instructors, teachers-in-training, or students, she enjoys the privilege of getting to know people from all over the globe, helping to facilitate best practices in teaching and learning, and observing intercultural communication in action.