Michael Raines

Instructional Associate Professor of TESL

Michael Carl Raines

I teach a variety of both online and F2F courses in Applied Linguistics for the Department of Modern Languages and also online Applied Linguistics courses for iStudy. I also serve as co-GPC for the Ph.d. in Second Language Studies program.

Research Interests

Grammar, Dialects, Bilingualism, Multiculturalism, Mexican dialect and culture, Culture

Biography

Michael Raines teaches Applied Linguistics courses in the Department of Modern Languages. Originally from Tupelo, MS, Michael has been teaching for many years. He studied and taught in Mexico City for a number of years, and after that experience, returned to the United States to finish his Ph.D. in TESOL at Ole Miss. After finishing his degree, he taught at the University of Alabama for several years, where he served as director of two programs: the ESL and the Foreign Language Education programs, and also managed a federal grant. He has taught additional intensive TESL classes abroad. After his tenure at the University of Alabama, Michael returned to Ole Miss to teach Spanish and ESL for a number of years. In the fall 2010 semester, he began teaching in the TESL and IEP programs and also teaches a number of on-line courses for iStudy. After the pandemic, he moved from the IEP to Modern Languages and currently teaches in both the M.A. and Ph.D. in Second Language Studies programs, and serves on a number of theses and dissertation committees. Michael also serves as the co-GPC for the Ph.D. in Second Language Studies Program.

Education

B.A. Psychology, The University of Mississippi (1994)

M.A. TESOL, The University of Mississippi (1996)

Ph.D. TESOL, The University of Mississippi (1999)

M.A. Romance Languages, The University of Alabama (2002)