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Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D.

Director, TESOL Program
Professor, Department of Global Studies, Sociology, and TESOL		 Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3483
Email: mwong@apu.edu
Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D., is the director of the field-based and online graduate programs in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program at APU. She has taught ESL for over two decades and been involved in graduate teacher training for over one decade, teaching both in the US and abroad. She has presented over 40 presentations at international conventions and has several publications including a textbook with Cambridge University Press. She has served in TESOL as elected chair of the Christian Educators in TESOL Caucus, elected representative of TESOL Caucus Leadership Council and appointed member of the Caucus Review ad hoc Committee. In California TESOL (CATESOL), she has served as board member, public relations chair, intercultural communication coordinator, and continuing education chair. She is the co-editor of Christian and Critical English Language Educators in Dialogue: Pedagogical and Ethical Dilemmas (2009) Routledge. Wong enjoys leading study abroad trips in which teachers teach in refugee camps on the Thai/Burma border. She also enjoys encouraging her graduate students to present at conferences, with an average of five students presenting each year.

Education

Ph.D. - University of Southern California, 2000
M.A. - Azusa Pacific University, 1990
M.A. - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1985
B.A. - Westmont College, 1980

Expertise

  • Intercultural Communication
  • Language Course Design and Program Design
  • Language Teaching and Christian Mission
  • Professional Development Among Language Educators
  • TESOL Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Courses Taught

CHIN 101 – Elementary Chinese I
TESL 456 – Teaching Practicum
TESL 503 – Language and Culture Learning
TESL 530 – Intercultural Communication and Language Teaching
TESL 535 – Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching
TESL 560 – Language Program Design
TESL 595 – [Multiple Courses]

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Presentations
Wong, M. S. "Images of Christianity in the Media," 41st Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition, Seattle, WA, 2007

Wong, M. S. "Teaching Global English with Local Expertise: Implications for Teacher Education Thailand," TESOL/Pan-Asian Consortium International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2007

Wong, M. S. "Action Research in ELT Classrooms in Asia," ThaiTESOL International Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2006

Wong, M. S. "Christianity and ELT: Political, Pedagogical, and Professional Tensions," Christian English Language Teachers Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2006

Wong, M. S. "Global Christian Professional Language Teachers," Christian English Language Teachers Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2006

Publications
Wong, M.S. (2007, February). "Perhaps this is not such a bad thing: TESOL's Review of the caucuses." CETC Newsletter 11(1).

Wong, M. S. (2006, July). “Reconstruction toward a global Christian professional language teacher identity.” CETC Newsletter, 10(2).

Wong, M. S. (2005, November). "Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves? Reflections on the Plenary Panel at CELT 'On Being a Christian ESL Instructor in a Secular Context.'" CETC Newsletter, 9(1).

Wong, M. S. (2004, June). "The Last Word: Responding to Criticism." CETC Newsletter, 7(2).

Wong, M. S. (2004, December). Message from the chair. CETC Newsletter, 8(1).

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Professional Experience

Academic Experience
Sabbatical to teach at Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand conducting a 10-year follow up study on dissertation study of Western teachers in China, 2008

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments

Uncommon Citizen Award, Azusa Pacific University, 2007-08
Dean's Accomplished Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University, 2007-08
Dean's Emerging Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University, 2005-06
Assessment Mini-grant, Azusa Pacific University, 2004-05

Office Hours

Available upon request

Office Location

Ronald Building, Room 106, East Campus

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