She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Arizona State University (ASU). Before coming to CSU, she taught ESL Endorsement courses to teacher candidates at ASU for five years and taught in a variety of bilingual education settings in grades K-8 in Massachusetts for many years before that. While conducting fieldwork focusing on the uses of English in Brazil, Amanda also worked as an EFL instructor at an English immersion program for adult professionals in Brazil. Khrystyna Sanborn (2016-2017), Convention Proposals Chair