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Tamara Warhol

Associate Professor of Modern Languages

Tamara Warhol

Tamara Warhol is an Associate Professor of Modern Languages, teaching in the linguistics, TESOL, and Second Language Studies programs.

Research Interests

language pedagogy, language teacher education, language program administration, discourse analysis

Biography

Tamara Warhol is an Associate Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. She teaches in the linguistics, TESOL, and Second Language Studies (applied linguistics emphasis) programs. With an M.S.Ed. in TESOL (2002) and a Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics (2011) from the University of Pennsylvania, she has dedicated her career to improving language pedagogy, language teacher education, and qualitative research methods.

Dr. Warhol has been a faculty member at the University of Mississippi since 2007, serving in various roles, including Director of the Intensive English Program, Graduate Program Coordinator for Applied Linguistics and TESOL, and Advisor for Undergraduate Linguistics. She has also held visiting scholar positions globally, including as a Fulbright Specialist at Thammasat University. Dr. Warhol’s work reflects her commitment to fostering linguistic and cultural understanding in diverse educational contexts.

Publications

Books

Warhol, Tamara. Notes from the Intensive English Underground, in progress.

Burkette, Allison and Tamara Warhol, editors. Crossing Borders, Making Connections: Interdisciplinarity in Linguistics. De Gruyter, 2021.


Articles and Chapters

Warhol, Tamara and Katherine R. Fields. “When Art and English-language Teachers Collaborate.” Best Practices for Teaching and Learning in Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, edited by Mihyon Jeon, Maria Figueredo & Fernanda Carra-Salsberg, University of Toronto Press, forthcoming.

Schaefer, Vance and Tamara Warhol. “There Ain’t No Doubt About It: Teaching EALs to Recognize Variation and Switch/Shift Between Varieties and Registers is Crucial to Communicative Compentence. TESOL Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, 2020, e504. doi: 10.1002/tesj.504

Warhol, Tamara. “The professional vision of an ESL Writing Teacher.” Southern Journal of Linguistics, vol. 37, no. 1, 2013, pp. 46-81.

Warhol, Tamara and Katherine R. Fields. “Organizing blogs in an ESL/EFL class using the rule of thirds.” TESOL Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, 2012, 735-744. doi: 10.1002/tesj.41.

Courses Taught

  • Lin 306 Semantics and Pragmatics
  • Lin 310 Language and Culture
  • Lin 506 Discourse Analysis
  • Lin 312 Language and Culture
  • TESL 535 Bilingualism, Education, and Identity
  • TESL 550 Language Politics and Social Policy
  • Lin 571 Intercultural Communication and Education
  • Lin 606 Seminar in Pragmatics
  • Lin 657 Teaching L2 Literacy
  • Lin 690 Qualitative Research Methods
  • Lin 721 Capstone
  • G St 438 Language, Gender, and Sexuality
  • Hon 101 Freshman Honors 1
  • Hon 102 Freshman Honors II

Education

B.A. Religious Studies, Princeton University (1995)

M.S. Education, University of Pennsylvania (2002)

Ph.D. Education, University of Pennsylvania (2011)

Recognitions

  • Summer Research Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Mississippi, 2008, 2012, 2018
  • CIEE Faculty Development Seminar, Office of the Provost, University of Mississippi , 2008
  • Dell H. Hymes-Nessa Wolfson Award for Excellence in Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
  • Mary Finocchiaro Award for Excellence in Nonpublished Pedagogical Materials in TESOL, TESOL International Association, 2010
  • Urban Education Fellowship, Spencer Foundation, 2003-2007
  • China Study Tour Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, 2005
  • Scholarship for Study of Ukrainian, Social Science Research Council, 2003