Words & Actions

Author Biography

Cassandra Glynn is an Assistant Professor at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where she teaches world language methods, German, and works with student teachers. She is also Director of the Master of Education in World Language Instruction at Concordia College in partnership with Concordia Language Villages. Prior to working in teacher education, she taught middle and high school German and French in Minnesota and North Dakota.Pamela Wesely is an Associate Professor of Foreign Language and ESL Education at the University of Iowa. She teaches courses to pre-service world language teachers and graduate students specializing in second language teaching and learning research. Her research addresses innovation in the K–12 world language classroom and the attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs of world language stakeholders. She was previously a middle school French teacher for eight years in Minnesota and Massachusetts.Beth Wassell is a Professor in the College of Education at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, where she teaches courses in language education, culturally relevant pedagogy, and education research. Her research focuses on teaching and teacher education in language classrooms and on preparing educators to support linguistically diverse learners. Prior to her work in higher education, she taught high school Spanish in Florida and New Jersey and ESOL to adults in Pennsylvania.