Editors

About the Editor

Christine Coombe has a Ph.D. in Foreign/Second Language Education from The Ohio State University.  She is currently an Associate Professor of General Studies at Dubai Men's College.  She is the former Testing and Measurements Supervisor at UAE University and Assessment Coordinator of Zayed University. Christine is co-editor of Assessment Practices (2003, TESOL Publications); co-author, A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners (2007, University of Michigan Press); co-editor, Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness in EF/SL Contexts (2007, UMP); co-editor, Language Teacher Research in the Middle East (2007, TESOL Publications), Leadership in English Language Teaching and Learning (2008, UMP) Applications of Task-based Learning in TESOL (2010, TESOL Publications), The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment (2012, Cambridge University Press), Reigniting, Retooling and Retiring in English Language Teaching (2012, University of Michigan Press) and The Cambridge Guide to Research in Language Teaching and Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2015), Volume 8 of the TESOL Encyclopedia of ELT (Wiley Blackwell, 2018) and The Role of Language Teacher Associations in Professional Development (2018, Springer).  Christine’s forthcoming books are on innovation in the MENA, research questions in TESOL and Applied Linguistics and professionalism in education.

Christine has lived and worked in the Gulf for the past 27 years.  In this capacity, she has served as the President and Conference Chair of one of the largest TESOL affiliates in the world and is the founder and co-chair of its Testing Special Interest Group. 

During her tenure in the Middle East, she has won many awards including: 2002 Spaan Fellowship for Research in Second/Foreign Language Assessment; 2002-03 TOEFL Outstanding Young Scholar Award; TOEFL Board Grant for 2003-04, 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2009-10 for her work in delivering assessment training assessment in developing countries. She served on the TESOL Board of Directors as Convention Chair for Tampa 2006 and was the recipient of the Chancellor’s Teacher of the Year for 2003-04.  She served as TESOL President (2011-2012) and was a member of the TESOL Board of Directors (2010-2013).  Christine received the British Council’s International Assessment Award for 2013.  Her most recent honor was being named to TESOL’s 50@50 which “recognizes professionals who have made significant contributions to the TESOL profession within the past 50 years.” Dr Coombe is the 2018 recipient of the James E. Alatis Award which recognizes exemplary service to TESOL. 

Editorial Board

Lee McCallum, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Carmen Medina Garriguez, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Antequera, Malaga, Spain

Lana Hiasat, HCT, Dubai Men’s College, Dubai, UAE

Zubeyde Sinem GENC, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, TURKEY

Ramin Akbari, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Peter Davidson, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE

Luciana C. de Oliveira, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

Rosa Aronson, US Department of State, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, USA

Christine Sabieh, Notre Dame University, Beirut, Lebanon

Hassan Mohebbi, European Knowledge Development Institute, Turkey

Kashif Raza, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Neil J. Anderson, Brigham Young University-Hawai`i , Laie, Hawai`i USA

Liz England, Liz England & Associates, L.L.C., Winchester, Virginia, USA 

Tim Murphey, Kanda University of International Studies, Mihama-ku, Japan

Betty Lanteigne, LCC International University, Klaipeda, Lithuania 

Zohreh Eslami, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar

Dudley Reynolds, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Doha, Qatar