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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Department of English

It's not all just reading and writing...

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Michael Harpending
513E, Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0507
(402)472-1874 (office)
mharpending@unl.edu

Michael Harpending

Associate Professor

Degrees and institutions granting the degree

  • * University of Arkansas, BA
  • * University of San Francisco, MA
  • * Texas A & M University, PhD

Professional Areas of Specialty

  • Coordinator, Programs in English as a Second Language
  • Director, Intensive English Program
  • Assistant Professor, courses relative to ESL.

Courses regularly taught

  • 427/827 D = Introduction to First & Second Language Acquisition (fall)
  • 427/827 E = TESL Theory & Methods (spring)

Personal research interests

Issues pertaining to standards of Intensive English Programs, English as a Second Language (U.S.) and English as a Foreign Language.

Selected publications and/or projects

  • Dissertation relative to issues surrounding failure of U.S. branch campuses in Japan