[ MwALT Mission Statement ] [Current and Past Officers]

ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE TESTING & ASSESSMENT AT ALL EDUCATIONAL LEVELS

The purpose of the Midwest Association of Language Testers (MwALT) shall be to foster understanding of the principles of language assessment in educational settings in the Midwest.

MwALT shall serve to:
  • Stimulate professional growth through workshops and conferences
  • Promote the dissemination of information related to language assessment
  • Foster opportunities for training in language assessment
  • Provide leadership in language assessment
  • Offer professional services to its constituencies
  • Increase public understanding and support of language assessment
  • Recognize outstanding achievement in language assessment
  • Establish links with other groups interested in language assessment


Current Officers

President: Lia Plakans, University of Iowa, lia-plakans@uiowa.edu
Treasurer: Pedro Cordova, University of Illinois, Chicago, pjcjr@uic.edu
Secretary: Felicity Douglas, Iowa State University, fdouglas@iastate.edu
Member-at-Large: Barbara Dobson, University of Michigan, bdobson@umich.edu
Graduate Student Representatives: Jiyoung Kim jykim@uiuc.edu, Silvia Kunitz skunitz2@uiuc.edu, Vanessa Rouillon vrouill2@uiuc.edu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Past Officers

President: Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, MBCHALHO@uncg.edu.

Deborah Crusan, Wright State University, Dayton, OH deborah.crusan@wright.edu


Treasurer: April Ginther, Purdue University, aginther@purdue.edu

Secretary: Dan Douglas, Iowa State University, dandoug@iastate.edu