SCHOOL OF H&SS
PENN STATE BEHREND
170 KOCHEL CENTER
4951 COLLEGE DRIVE
ERIE PA 16563
Biography
Ashley earned a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition at Carnegie Mellon. Before joining Penn State Behrend, she taught Spanish at the high school level for three years and English composition and Spanish at the college level at Carnegie Mellon University for two years. Before her career as an educator, Ashley worked in public relations for a national television company and has twelve years of experience as a freelance writer for national and regional magazines and newspapers.
Courses Taught
- ESL 015: ESL Composition
- ESL 005: Writing Tutorial
Research Interests
Social contexts of language learning, how host communities position new American learners, the socialization experiences of English language learners in unequal power structures, discrimination of linguistic minorities in the U.S., linguistic landscape analysis
Publications
The Changing Landscape of Unofficial Signage in a U.S. Refugee Relocation City, Linguistic Landscape - September 2, 2020
Teaching L2 Spanish sociopragmatics through concepts: A classroom-based study, Modern Language Journal - March, 2016
Collaborators: Adam van Compernolle, Co-Author; Maria Gomez-Laich, Co-Author
Make 'Em Laugh: Comedian Chelsea White embraces her Tourette Syndrome as part of her act, Bust Magazine - July, 2015
Language online: Investigating digital texts and practices by D. Barton & C. Lee, Discourse & Society - March, 2015
English with an Accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States by R. Lippi-Green, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism - April 24, 2014
Wilderness quest: Providing teacher candidates with an environment for learning about young adolescents, Middle Ground: a National Middle School Association publication - February, 2011
Collaborators: Kathleen Benson; Gwen Price; Thomas Roden; Anneliese Ledebur
Education
Ph D, Second Language Acquisition, Carnegie Mellon University
MED, Education in Middle and Secondary Instruction, Edinboro University
BA, Public Relations and Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture, Syracuse University