Past Staff
Past Staff
The AELRC is fortunate to have worked with talented staff members and student researchers on a regular basis, and we keep them in the AELRC family even when they have moved on to new work!
Alexandra Isabell Gehrke
Research Assistant
Caitlyn Pineault
Research Associate
Derek Reagan
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Bradford Salen
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Negar Siyari
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Valerie Garcia
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Elizabeth Zonarich
Research Associate
Şeyma Toker
Graduate Research Assistant
Rima Elabdali
Graduate Research Assistant
Margaret Borowczyk
Graduate Research Assistant
Dr. Nic Subtirelu
Professor of Linguistics
Vashti Lee
Research Associate
Valentina Michelotti
Research Associate
Olivia Stevens
Research Associate
Yi-Ju Lin
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Yilun Zhu
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Camille Kurtz
Research Associate
Amy Kim
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Meghan Birch
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Dr. Anastasia Drackert
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Margaret Anne Rowe
Research Associate; Center for Applied Linguistics
National Association of Independent Schools
Dr. Young-A Son
Analytics and Assessment Specialist
Research Associate, Center for Applied Linguistics
Dr. Francesca Venezia
Past Directors
Dr. John Norris
John Norris was the founding Principal Investigator and Director of the AELRC at its inception in 2014. He is now a Principal Research Scientist at the Educational Testing Service. His primary research interests include educational uses of language assessment, program evaluation, task-based language teaching, and research synthesis.
Dr. John McE. Davis
John McE. Davis was one of the founding members of the AELRC at its inception in 2014. He is a Research Scientist in the English Language Learning and Assessment Center at the Educational Testing Service. His research interests are in task-based language teaching, teacher training, language assessment, and program evaluation.
Dr. Margaret Malone
Margaret E. Malone (Ph.D., Georgetown University) served as the Director of the AELRC from 2016 – 2021 and was involved with the center since its founding in 2014. As Director, she led projects related to the Seal of Biliteracy, C-Test development, program evaluation, and language assessment literacy. She is now the Director of Assessment and Research at ACTFL.
Founding Advisory Board, 2014-2018
Dr. Kimi Kondo-Brown
Associate Dean, College of Languages, Linguistics & Literature
Professor of Japanese Language & Linguistics
Dr. Judith Liskin-Gasparro
Associate Professor Emerita