NCID-1882
Quanisha D. Charles
Associate Professor of English
North Central College
Education/Degree:
1 English (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
About
Dr. Quanisha Charles is an Associate Professor of English at North Central College in Naperville, IL, USA. She has taught the english language in not only the U.S. but also South Korea, China, and Vietnam. She is also a past NCTE scholar for the Dream Awardee, and a past Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Awardee. One of Dr. Charles' prominent works can be found in the joint TESOL Quarterly-TESOL Journal publication on race, identity, and english language teaching.
Current Work
Dr. Charles' research agenda is largely centered on serving underrepresented populations, especially English language teachers. One of her most prominent scholarly articles, Black teachers of English in South Korea: Constructing identities as a native English speaker and English language teaching professional, used narrative inquiry as a methodological tool and Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a lens to examine how the term native English speaker (NES) is socially constructed when subscribed by Black teachers of English (BTE) in South Korea's secondary educational system. In addition to examining how these two teachers interpret themselves as NESs, this study analyzed how being a NES influences pedagogical approaches in the classroom and their identity as an English language teaching (ELT) professional.
Upcoming projects explore first-generation African Americans in language education programs; Utilizing a L.O.V.E. method via a Transnational Black Feminist Lens within English language teaching
Research Area Keyword(s)
Black teachers of English, Critical Race Theory, narrative inquiry, teacher identity