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5-Question Profile of Stephanie Knight, CASLS Assistant Director.

1. What is your role at CASLS? What types of projects do you usually work on?

I am the assistant director at CASLS. I work to provide curricular materials for teachers and also provide pedagogical support for the implementation of best practices.

2. What are your areas of interest/expertise?

My favorite thing to do is to turn complex theoretical approaches to language acquisition into practical materials to facilitate improved levels of learning. At CASLS, I focus specifically on how to use digital tools with intention in order to facilitate said acquisition.

3. What are some of the joys and challenges of working from Tennessee?

I really love working for the University of Oregon. It has connected me to so many interesting and brilliant researchers and practitioners. Certainly, spending most of my time telecommuting from Tennessee has its challenges (not getting to be in the same room with people for celebrations of successes is one of them), but I have learned to build a work family via video conferencing, and I am able to find a work-life balance that really contributes to the overall quality of the work that I am able to produce and collaborate on while simultaneously contributing to the level at which my family functions.

4. If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?

I would slow down time but be able to work at the same speed so that I could fit more into one day! Or teleportation. Then I could be in the office for celebrations!

5. What are your favorite quotations?

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” -Theodore Roosevelt

“Nos quisieron enterrar, pero no sabían que éramos semilla.” (They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds) -Mexican Proverb