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Congratulations to InterCom editor Lindsay Marean for her promotion to Senior Research Assistant I!

Lindsay is the reason that you’ve received an InterCom issue every Monday morning since she joined our staff in 2006. Even while on remote wilderness vacations, Lindsay ensures that InterCom always arrives in your inbox. Lindsay also shares news and resources related to language education on our social media profiles on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

While InterCom and CASLS’ social media may be the most visible projects at CASLS that Lindsay works on, she’s often contributing to other curriculum and instruction initiatives. In 2014, she co-taught our STARTALK Swahili College Readiness Academy. She observed lessons taught by the co-instructor in the morning and then had interactive activities ready for students in the afternoon.

Lindsay also supports educators across the country, including STARTALK program directors and instructors, as they implement LinguaFolio Online and Pulsar into their curriculum. Lindsay provides technical and pedagogical support for CASLS’ e-portfolio services, answering questions and providing guidance.

Lindsay’s primary passion is indigenous language revitalization. She is active in documenting and revitalizing Potawatomi, her heritage language, and Pahka’anil, a California indigenous language. She works as a linguist with the Owens Valley Career Development Center to record, transcribe, and analyze texts by fluent Pahka’anil speakers, using this information to write a grammar of the language aimed at a community audience. Lindsay also occasionally teaches summer professional development classes for the Northwest Indian Language Institute (NILI).

Prior to her role at CASLS, Lindsay served as a practicum supervisor for second language instruction in the middle/secondary program at the University of Oregon’s College of Education and as a Spanish and English teacher in North Bend, Oregon, and Drummond, Montana.

CASLS is grateful to have Lindsay on our team. Congratulations on a successful promotion process!