Kathleen Moran | Faculty & staff bios

Name	Kathleen Moran
School	Interdisciplinary Studies
Academic and professional designations	BA - Teaching English as a Second Language BA - Psychology MA - Applied Linguistics OCELT, TESL Ontario
Title	Professor
Courses taught	LIBS1540 LIBS1810 COMM1085 COMM1410 COMM1200 COMM1360 COMM1500 COMM1510 COMM1800 COMM1845
Areas of expertise & interest	Teaching English as a Second Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition for Adult Learners, Cultural Anthropology, Psychology of Language Acquisition
Industry experience, professional currency activities	President of TESL Waterloo-Wellington (TESL Ontario)
Major research projects, scholarly activities, and/or publications	Author of: The Empowered Writer, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, & 4^th editions, Oxford University Press Workplace Communications: The Basics - Pearson And Technical Communication, 1^st Canadian edition Creator of: COMM1360 - Professional Communication COMM1410 - Fundamentals for Effective Writing COMM1510 - Basic Writing
Additional information	Kathleen has taught at senior high schools, Okazaki Women's college, and Nihon Fukushi University in Japan, as well as at Brock University, Humber College, and the Waterloo Region Board of Education. She has been a full-time faculty member at Conestoga College since 2003, teaching into both the COMM and Liberal Studies departments. She has been nominated for the Aubrey Hagar Distinguished Teacher award at Conestoga College. She is fluent in Japanese and has extensive knowledge of Japanese culture. Because of this, she is uniquely qualified to teach ESL students about the culture of Ontario colleges. She has a unique perspective of the Applied Linguistics field, as her graduate degree is from Australia. Kathleen is a frequent presenter at the TESL Ontario conferences.