Dr. Dan J. Tannacito is Professor of English in the Composition & TESOL graduate programs at IUP. He received two doctorate degrees from the University of Oregon in Linguistics and Literature. He has taught ESL and applied linguistics for nearly forty years, founding and directing the American Language Institute since 1983. In 1992, he served as a Senior Fulbright scholar and director of the MATEFL program at Bilkent University in Turkey. He has taught in China, Thailand, and lectured in many places. He has been a graduate teaching faculty member for 30 years, directing nearly 50 dissertations and teaching numerous graduate courses on teaching and research.   He has published on discourse analysis, second language writing as well as intensive ESL. He is the recipient of the 2007 IUP Distinguished Faculty in Teaching award.

Dan J. Tannacito

American Language Institute

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