I am an applied linguist and language teacher educator specializing in intercultural competence, teacher cognition, instructional technology, and qualitative research on language learning and use. As the director of a distance-based graduate program with an international network of students and alumni, I have developed expertise in online learning, virtual interaction, curriculum design, recruitment, project management, and strategic planning in K-12 and higher ed contexts. Ask me about VITALanguages, my latest conversations with Claude, and why I will always live near a lake.