Professional Achievements

	EDUCATION
	Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, The University of Southern California, 1995.
	M.A. in Linguistics, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 1987.
	B.A. in French, University of Maryland, Frostburg, MD, 1979.

	SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
	Olesova, Larissa, Richardson, Jennifer, Weasenforth, Donald & Christine Meloni. 2011. The effectiveness of instructional audio feedback in online environments. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. http://jolt.merlot.org/currentissue.html .
	El-Ashmawy, Amina & Donald Weasenforth. Forthcoming. Internal Leadership Academy: Evaluation of one College’s Program. UCJC Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
	Weasenforth, Donald, Redus, Margaret & Nancy Megarity (2010). Great expectations: Whose job is this anyway? In S. Kasten (Ed.) Effective Second Language Writing. Washington, DC: TESOL Publications. 179-192.
	Weasenforth, Donald (2007) The Evergreen Instructor's Guide to Teaching ESL Students. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
	Weasenforth, Donald (forthcoming) Social Cohesion in Students' Threaded Discussions: A Rhetorical Analysis. In Scott Williams (Ed.) Proceedings from the SOCALLT (South Central Association for Language Learning Technology) 2005 Conference.
	Weasenforth, Donald, Meloni, Christine & Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas (2005) Learner Autonomy and Course Management Software. In Börje Homberg, Monica Shelley and Cynthia White (Eds.) Distance Education and Languages: Evolution and Change. 195-211.
	Weasenforth, Donald (2005) Threaded Discussions: Providing Discourse-Level Grammar Practice. In Ute Lahaie (Ed.) Proceedings from the SOCALLT (South Central Association for Language Learning Technology) 2004 Conference. 41-47.
	Weasenforth, Donald (forthcoming). What do you think?: Requesting Responses from Professors. In K. Bardovi-Harlig, B. Hartford & R. Mahan-Taylor (eds.) Teaching pragmatics. Washington, DC: USIA.
	Weasenforth, Donald, Biesenbach-Lucas, Sigrun & Christine Meloni (2002). Realizing Constructivist Objectives through Collaborative Technologies: Threaded Discussions. Language Learning and Technology. 6. 3. 58-86.
	Weasenforth, Donald & Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas (2002). Evidential Reliability in Pragmatics: A Comparison of Ethnographic and Elicitation Approaches. In R.M. Brand, W.J. Sullivan and A.R. Lommell (Eds.), LACUS Forum XXVIII: What constitutes evidence in linguistics? (pp. 133-144). Houston, TX: The Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States.
	Biesenbach-Lucas, Sigrun & Donald Weasenforth (2001) E-mail and Word-processing in the ESL Classroom: How the Medium Affects the Message. Language Learning and Technology. 5. 1. 135-165.
	Weasenforth, Donald, Biesenbach-Lucas, Sigrun & Christine Meloni (2000) Impact of Asynchronous Electronic Discussions on Native and Non-Native Students’ Critical Thinking. In Proceedings of Learning On Line 2000: Reassessing the Virtual University. Roanoke, VA: Virginia Tech. URL: http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/lol2/
	Biesenbach-Lucas, Sigrun, Meloni, Christine & Donald Weasenforth (2000) Use of Cohesive Features in ESL Students’ E-Mail and Word-Processed Texts: A Comparative Study. Computer Assisted Language Learning. 13. 3. 1-17.
	Weasenforth, Donald. Y2K or Not Y2K: A Critical Linguistic Analysis of Epistemics in Corporate Y2K Readiness Statements (1999) In S. Umpleby (ed.) Proceedings of the Before Y2K Conference. The George Washington University. September 10. URL: http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/categories/y2kstudies9_Article.htm.
	Biesenbach-Lucas, Sigrun & Donald Weasenforth (1998) The Appropriateness of E-Mail in Composition Instruction: A Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis. In Darleguy, Veronique, Ding, Alex et Maria Svensson (eds.) Les Nouvelles Technologies Educatives dans l’Apprentissage des Langues Vivantes: Reflexion Theorique et Applications Pratiques. Lyon, France: Centre de Ressources en Langues.

	SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
	"Marketing Affiliates and Recruiting Members: A Collaboration of Texas Affiliates" TESOL 2006. Tampa, FL. March 2006.
	“Cohesion in Students’ Threaded Discussions: A Linguistic Analysis.” South Central Association for Language Learning Technology Conference. Hammond, LA. February 2005.
	“Inside the Mind of Student Editors.” (co-presented with Margaret Redus) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 2005 Convention. San Antonio. March 2005.
	“Discourse-Level Grammar Practice Through Discussion Boards.” (co-presented with Christine Meloni & Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas ) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 2005 Convention. San Antonio. March 2005.
	“A Strategic Approach to Improving ‘Pragmatic Literacy’: Pre-Academic ESL” (co-presented with Sigrun-Biesenbach-Lucas) Improving Learning Strategies for Literacy Conference. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, November 2002.
	“Interaction and Collaboration” (co-presented with Sigrun-Biesenbach-Lucas) VATESOL (Virginia affiliate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2002. Fredericksburg, VA, March 2002.
	“Data Collection and Electronic Mail: A Comparison of Naturalistic and Elicited Data” (co-presented with Sigrun-Biesenbach-Lucas) GURT (Georgetown University Round Table) 2002. Washington, DC, March 2002.
	“Variation in Realization of E-Mail Requests: The Effects of Request Type and Native vs. Non-Native Speakers” (co-presented with Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas) Annual convention of NWAV (New Ways of Analyzing Variation) 2001. Chapel Hill, NC, October 2001.
	“Electronic Group Discussions: Students’ and Instructors’ Evaluations” (co-presented with Christine Meloni & Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas) Annual Maryland TESOL Conference. Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD, November 2000.
	‘“Please help me”: L1/L2 Variations in Solicitations in Electronic Conferences’ (co-presented with Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas) Annual convention of SLRF (Second Language Research Forum Conference). University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, September 2000.
	“Negotiating Effectively in Cyberspace: Native and Non-Native University Students in Virtual Office Hours” (co-presented with Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas) Annual convention of LACUS (the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States). Rice University, Houston, TX , July 2000.
	“Electronic Office Hours: Do Students Make the Most of Them?” (co-presented with Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas) GURT 2000 (Georgetown University Roundtable 2000). May 2000.
	“Ouch!: Real Headaches in a Virtual Classroom” Environnements Virtuels et Apprentissage des Langues, 3^e Colloque des UNTELE (Usages des Nouvelles Technologies dans l’Enseignment des Langues Etrangères) 2000, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne, France, March 2000.
	“Virutal Office Hours: Negotiation Strategies” Environnements Virtuels et Apprentissage des Langues, 3^e Colloque des UNTELE (Usages des Nouvelles Technologies dans l’Enseignment des Langues Etrangères) 2000, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne, France, March 2000.
	“Could We Talk?: Pragmatic Variations in Student-Professor Negotiations” (co-presented with Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas) Annual convention of American Association of Applied Linguistics, Vancouver, March 2000.
	PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION OFFICES HELD
	Primary/Secondary Faculty Advisor, Collin College Lions Club, 2005-present
	President, South Central Association for Language Learning Technology, 2007-2013
	Member A/ Chair, TESOL Affiliate Leadership Council, 2007-2011
	Primary faculty Advisor, Alpha Mu Tau, Phi Theta Kappa chapter at Collin College, 2009-2010
	Board Member/Newsletter Co-Editor/President, TexTESOL V, 2003-2008
	Executive Director, TexTESOL Council of Presidents, 2007-2008
	Chair/Director/President, Fairfax Club Estates Homeowners Association, Fairfax, VA, 1996-1999