LAB SCHOOL - Key Persons


Dr. Brian Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU
Dr. Brian Lynch, Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU, is a collaborating faculty member at the Lab School. Dr. Lynch brings his extensive expertise in the field of language assessment to the Lab School team.

Dr. John Hellermann

Job Titles:
  • Researcher
  • Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU
Dr. John Hellermann, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU is the lead researcher for second language acquisition studies at the Lab School.

Dr. Kathryn A. Harris

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU
Dr. Kathryn A. Harris, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU and conducts research on second language acquisition and professional development. Dr. Kathryn A. Harris, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU is the lead researcher for classroom-based studies at the Lab School.

Dr. Reuel Kurzet

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair at Portland Community College
  • Dissemination Associate
Dr. Reuel Kurzet, ESL Department Chair at Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, is the project lead on professional development and dissemination. Dr. Kurzet also serves as the liaison between the Lab School and the PCC administration.

Dr. Stephen Reder

Job Titles:
  • Principal Investigator
  • Professor and Chair of Portland State University 's Applied Linguistics
Dr. Stephen Reder is Professor and Chair of Portland State University's Applied Linguistics program. Dr. Reder is the principal investigator on the Lab School project.

Dr. Susan Conrad

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU
Dr. Susan Conrad, Professor of Applied Linguistics at PSU, is a collaborating faculty member at the Lab School. Dr. Conrad specializes in the field of Corpus Linguistics. She is pioneering the use of corpus linguistic tools using data from the Multimedia Adult English Learner Corpus (MAELC) at the Lab School.

John Comings

Job Titles:
  • Director