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Karen Schuster Webb, PhD
Dean
Graduate School of Education
| Alliant International University
One Beach Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Phone: (415) 955-2049
Fax: (415) 955-2063
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- Language and cognition
- Discourse pragmatics
- Inclusive pedagogy
- Linguistics
- Language Pedagogy
- Spanish
- English as a Second Language
- Higher Education Leadership
- A Teacher’s Introduction to African American English, co-authored with Dr. Teresa Redd and published by the National Council of Teachers of English, as part of NCTE’s Teacher’s Introduction Series
- Former Dean of the College of Education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Former program chair of language education at the University of Kentucky
- Former faculty, Howard University
- Former faculty, Indiana University
- PhD in English Education, emphasis in Applied Linguistics, Indiana University-Bloomington
- MS and BA, Indiana University
- Member of the Board of Examiners for the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
- Member of the Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation funded Strengthening Minority Access to Research and Training (SMART)
- Member of SEARCH (Scientists and Engineers Alternative Routes to Certification and Hiring) Advisory Committee
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Biography Dr. Webb is the Founding Dean of the Graduate School of Education. She is a nationally renowned expert on language and cognition, sociolinguistics and equitable pedagogy. She is widely published, and her expertise as an applied linguist is sought worldwide. Her most recent book is entitled, A Teacher’s Introduction to African American English, co-authored with Dr. Teresa Redd and published by the National Council of Teachers of English, as part of NCTE’s Teacher’s Introduction Series. In addition, she is a member of the Board of Examiners for the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Dr. Webb has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Education as well as to a number of state education agencies. Moreover, she is a member of the Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation funded Strengthening Minority Access to Research and Training (SMART). On February 24, 2005, Alliant International University dedicated the Karen Schuster Webb, PhD Graduate School of Education Resource Center in the Rudolph Hurwich Library at the San Francisco campus.
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