Senta Goertler

Biography

Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona, Tucson; 2006

Senta Goertler is a Professor of German and Second Language Studies. Currently she is serving as the co-editor of Second Language Research and Practice and is a Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program Fellow. Her research focuses on technology-mediated language learning (e.g. computer-mediated communication, online education, etc.) and co-curricular language learning (e.g. education abroad, service learning, etc.). Many of her research questions developed out of her experience as a language teacher in a variety of contexts and delivery formats (online, hybrid, face-to-face) and her experience as program administrator. In addition to language courses Prof. Goertler teaches courses on second language acquisition and language pedagogy