Wayne E. Wright

Wayne E. Wright, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Texas at San Antonio where he teaches courses related to English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching methods, literacy, assessment, technology, research methods, heritage languages, and language and education policy. He currently serves as the Program Committee Chair of the Master's Degree program in Teaching English as a Second Language (MA-TESL). He is Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement and is the Book Review Editor for the International Multilingual Research Journal. Wayne's research related to language and educational policies and programs for language minority students has been published widely in books and leading academic journals. Wayne is the author of Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Theory, Research, Policy, Practice (Caslon, 2010). He has many years of experience teaching in bilingual (Khmer) and ESL classrooms with students from Kindergarteners to adults. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Cambodia in the Masters of Education Program at the Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2009, and continues to serve as a member of the program's advisory board, and as a thesis supervisor for students in the program.