Department of Global Studies, Sociology, and TESOL

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3483
Email: mwong@apu.edu
Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 106
Office Hours: Available upon request

Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D., is the director and associate professor of the field-based 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 co-editing a volume with 34 contributors tentatively entitled Spiritual Dimensions and Professional Dilemmas in English Language Teaching: Dialogues Among Critical Practitioners. 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.

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

Presentations
Wong, M. S. "Supporting Diversity Through Transformative Educational Experiences," Oxford Round Table, Oxford, UK, 2007

Wong, M. S. "Spiritual Dimensions and Dilemmas of English Teaching" 41st Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibition, Seattle, WA, 2007

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

Wong, M. S. "International Teacher Collaboration on the Thai/Burma Border," Christian English Language Teachers Conference, 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

Publications
Wong, M. S. (2007). "Supporting Diversity Through Transformative Educational Experiences." Oxford Round Table Forum on Public Policy.

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).

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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

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