Research Grants
Project Manager, English Language Materials Development Project and English Language Educators Summer Institute, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs, Materials Branch, U.S. State Department, 2008 to present
External Collaborator for a Research Grant Funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education, 2001-2004
Topic: English Language Use and Learning in Singapore
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council Grant, June 1999
Topic: Investigating Multilingual Education in post-apartheid South Africa
Professional and Research Development Grant, San Francisco State University, 1996
Topic: Multilingualism in the United States
Professional and Research Development Grant, San Francisco State University, 1995
Topic: The Writing of Chinese-Background Students in the Bay Area
Professional and Research Development Grant, San Francisco State University, l987
Topic: Weighing Educational Alternatives for Language Minorities
Educational Equity Grant, San Francisco State University, l986
Topic: Developing a Lecture Series on Language Minorities in the United States
Professional and Research Development Grant, San Francisco State University, l980
Topic: Videotaping English as a Second Language Classes for Inservice and Preservice Teacher Training
Professional and Research Development Grant, San Francisco State University, l979
Topic: Use of a Computer Archive of Language Materials to Develop ESL Vocabulary Lessons