Katherine Kiss

Katherine Kiss is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Boston, located in McCormack Hall. She holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Florida.

Her research expertise spans:

• Literacy pedagogy and development, with a focus on writing
• Professional, personal, and cultural identity frameworks
• Foreign language pedagogy integrated with systems theory
• Phenomenological approaches to education
• Interdisciplinary connections between literacy and artistic thinking

She teaches graduate courses including:

• APLING 605: Theories and Principles of Language Teaching
• APLING 611: Methods & Materials in Foreign Language Education
• APLING 612: Integrating Culture into the Language Curriculum
• APLING 618: Teaching ESL: Methods and Approaches
• APLING 698: Field Experience