Keli Yerian

Keli Yerian is a Teaching Professor at the University of Oregon's College of Arts and Sciences, Linguistics Department. She serves as Director of the Language Teaching Studies MA Program and the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) undergraduate certificate program.

• PhD in Linguistics from Georgetown University
• Over 25 years teaching experience in Linguistics and Language Teacher Education
• Former faculty at Stanford University before joining UO in 2007

Her research focuses on:

• Language teacher education and professional development
• Gesture studies in language learning and teaching
• Curriculum development for language programs
• Interactional discourse analysis
• Program development for language education

Recent publications demonstrate her expertise in:

• Language learning pedagogy
• Gesture in plurilingual classrooms
• Embodied teacher development
• Curriculum design for language revitalization
• Professional development of language teachers
• Open Educational Resources (OER) in language learning

She has extensive experience teaching:

• LING 440/540 - Linguistic Principles and Second Language Learning
• LT 436/535 - Design for Language Learning
• LT 436/536 - Language Teaching Planning
• LT 548 - Curriculum and Materials Development
• LT 608 - Workshops