Letter from the Editor
Lan Wang-Hiles, West Virginia State University, Institute, USA
Dear PAIS Colleagues and Friends:
Greetings! I hope everyone had a great summer and is ready for the fall 2024 semester! Since this spring, I have been busy reaching out and communicating with ELT program administrators, both domestically and internationally. I am excited to receive two articles written by two ELT program administrators, and introduce them here to our community within the TESOL family!
Both articles were written by women ELT program directors. The first article, written by Kae Bradley based in the US, shared her 10-month of English language fellowship experiences in Kazakhstan. Kae uses H U G E to summarize her transnational and cross-cultural experiences, and highlights the importance of adaptation to the new environment as well as mutual respect and understanding. If anyone is interested in learning about this fellowship information, you will also find a link in her article with the website. The second article, written by Araceli Salas, introduces and discusses her strategies of being a successful postgraduate program coordinator in a large public university in Mexico, based on her first-hand experiences. Araceli’s reflections of her leadership experiences will definitely help other women leaders who are in or will be in the same or similar positions. I am proud to read and work with the two wonderful women in ELT, and to learn about their work and life in two different EFL settings.
I would like to thank both authors for sharing their insights with PAIS newsletter readers and letting us know what some ELT administrators are doing. I would like to invite other ELT program administrators both domestically and globally to share your stories as a language program administrator, contributing your insight about ELT in your programs, regions, or countries. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Lan Wang-Hiles
PAIS Newsletter Editor
Lan Wang-Hiles is Associate Professor of English at West Virginia State University, where she also directed the ESL Program. Her research interests include L2 writing, writing center theory and tutoring practice, multilingualism, and non-native English-speaking teacher identity. Her studies in these areas have been published as journal articles and book chapters. She is the newsletter editor of the Program Administration Interest Section (PAIS) for the TESOL International Association, Chair of the Standing Group of the Non-Native English-Speaking Writing Instructors (NNESWIs) for the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), and a higher education representative on the West Virginia TESOL Board.