Rachelle
L. Darabi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of English and Linguistics
Position:
Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Success
Responsibilities:
Oversight of the Academic Success Center which consists of the Center for Academic
Support and Advancement (CASA), the
First Year Experience (FYE) Program,
and the Mastodon Advising Center (MAC) at IPFW.
Teaching
Experience at IPFW:
I have been teaching English
composition at IPFW since Spring 1989. I primarily teach ESL (English as a
Second Language) courses: W115, W116, W130 ESL, and W131 ESL, and Undergraduate TENL and Graduate TENL (Teaching
English as a New Language) certificate courses. I also teach freshman
composition courses, both online and traditional courses.
Education:
I received my B.B.A. in
Marketing from the University of Iowa in 1980. I went on to receive my M.A. in
English in 1986 from the University of North Texas . I completed my Ph.D. in
Rhetoric and Composition with a cognate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers
of Other Languages) at Ball State University in 2004.
Research Interests:
- TESOL
- Second
Language Acquisition
- Learning
Communities
- First-year
Initiatives
Service:
- Foundations of Excellence
- Diversity Council
- Enrollment
Management Council
- Academic
Advising Council
This website was designed and created by James A. Darabi (Email: daraja01@ipfw.edu).