Mary Jorgenson Sullivan

  • Associate Director, English Language Services
  • Associate Teaching Professor

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Mary Jorgenson Sullivan is the Associate Director and a Senior Lecturer in English Language Services.  She taught English as a Second/Foreign language since 1990 at community-based organizations throughout Chicago. Since 2004, she has taught English for Academic/Specific purposes at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and 老王论坛.  She has been a member of the International Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages since 2008, as well as the Illinois TESOL/Bilingual Education Association, of which she is currently the co-chair of the Higher Ed Special Interest Group.  Additionally, she has presented on Learner Autonomy (ITBE, 2009) and Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom (ITBE, 2015).  She served as a Proposal Reviewer for the 2017 TESOL Convention, and is a Peer Reviewer for the Commission on English Language Accreditation (CEA).  Her interests are brain-based learning and instructional design.  

Education

M.A., Applied Linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, University of Illinois at Chicago

B.A., Philosophy, Minor in English, Loyola University of Chicago

Graduate Certificate, Instructional Design, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

  • Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
  • Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages-Bilingual Education (ITBE)
  • English USA

Professional Activities

  • Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, HLC, 2022-2024
  • Volunteer Peer Reviewer, Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA), 2018-2025
  • Chair and Co-Chair, Higher Education Special Interest Group, Illinois TESOL-BE, 2020-2021
  • Convention Proposal Reviewer for TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), Convention Proposals (2017-2022)

Presentations and Publications

  • On the Margins: Supporting Adjunct Faculty in English Language Programs
    March 25, 2022; TESOL Convention
  • Partnering with the World:  Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom
    February 27, 2015, Illinois TESOL Bilingual Education Annual Conference
  • Fostering Learner Autonomy:  Creating a student-directed classroom
    February 14, 2009. Illinois TESOL Bilingual Education Annual Conference