Elsa Richter

Lecturer of Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

Program Coordinator, Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Minor

Grossman School of Business Lecturer (Part-Time)

Elsa.Richter@uvm.edu
Elsa Richter
Elsa.Richter@uvm.edu

85 South Prospect Street
404 Waterman
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
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Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Vermont
  • M.A., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Adelphi University
  • Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), University of Cambridge, UK
  • B.S., Psychology, Allegheny College
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Education

BIO

Dr. Elsa Richter has been teaching English learners in higher education since 2006, working as both a teacher and a program administrator. She currently serves as lecturer at the University of Vermont and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She previously served as the academic director and center director for the ELS Language Center at Roger Williams University.

Her research interests focus on sociolinguistics of educational technology and online pedagogy as well as assessment of and equity for non-native English speaking students in higher education. She currently studies the academic peer discourse of students in asynchronous online courses.

Dr. Richter holds a Ph.D in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont, a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA).

Courses

  • Language Policy Issues, Race, & Schooling
  • Teaching Reading & Writing to English Learners
  • Developing Curriculum for English Learners
  • Bilingual Education & Policy
  • Introduction to Business Communication

Awards and Achievements

  • Emerging Scholar, AERA Online Teaching & Learning Special Interest Group, 2020
  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Vermont, 2016-2020

Area(s) of expertise

  • TESOL
  • Intercultural communication
  • Second language acquisition
  • Educational policy

Bio

Dr. Elsa Richter has been teaching English learners in higher education since 2006, working as both a teacher and a program administrator. She currently serves as lecturer at the University of Vermont and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She previously served as the academic director and center director for the ELS Language Center at Roger Williams University.

Her research interests focus on sociolinguistics of educational technology and online pedagogy as well as assessment of and equity for non-native English speaking students in higher education. She currently studies the academic peer discourse of students in asynchronous online courses.

Dr. Richter holds a Ph.D in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont, a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA).

Courses

  • Language Policy Issues, Race, & Schooling
  • Teaching Reading & Writing to English Learners
  • Developing Curriculum for English Learners
  • Bilingual Education & Policy
  • Introduction to Business Communication

Awards and Achievements

  • Emerging Scholar, AERA Online Teaching & Learning Special Interest Group, 2020
  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Vermont, 2016-2020

Areas of Expertise

  • TESOL
  • Intercultural communication
  • Second language acquisition
  • Educational policy