Faculty & Staff
Kristina Beckman, PhD
- Lecturer II of Applied Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts
- Telephone: 617-287-5760
- Email: Kristina.Beckman@umb.edu
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100 Morrissey Blvd. Office Location: Wheatley Hall,06,00103
Areas of Expertise
Sociolinguistics, forensic linguistics, rhetorical discourse, cultural norms in the classroom, and written/spoken proficiency assessment
Degrees
PhD in in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
Professional Publications & Contributions
- An Immigrant's Run-in with the Law: A Forensic Linguistic Analysis. (LFB Scholary Publishers, 2007)
Additional Information
Dr. Beckman has presented her work at numerous national and international conferences. She has taught English as a Foreign Language in China and Japan, and looks forward to future summer teaching experiences abroad.
Classes taught:
APLING 603 Cross Cultural Perspectives
APLING 605 Theories and Principles of Language Teaching
APLING 623 Sociolinguistics
