Dr. William Grabe
Dr. William "Bill" Grabe, Vice President for
Research and Regents' Professor at Northern Arizona University, joined the
faculty at Northern Arizona University in 1984 as an assistant professor in applied
linguistics. Over the past more than 20 years, Bill has had extensive
administrative experience at the university, serving as:
- English Department chair from 1998 to 2002
- executive director of Academic Chair’s Council
from 2004 to 2006
- Interim Vice-Provost for Research and Dean of
Graduate Studies from 2006 to 2007
Bill earned his PhD degree in linguistics from the
University of Southern California in 1984 and has since conducted extensive
research in the fields of second language reading and writing development,
language testing, and skills development for English as a foreign language. He
has published more than 100 journal articles, book chapters, edited volumes,
and authored books. He has been a U.S. Department of State academic specialist
lecturing and consulting in 16 countries, and he has been a consultant with
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, on various assessment
projects for the past 24 years. Bill has also served as a Senior Fulbright
Lecturer in both China and Brazil.
Bill's continuing research interests remain in the area of
second language reading and writing skills development. His work centers on
identifying the cognitive constructs of reading and writing abilities as they
can be examined from research perspectives, and also as they can be translated
into language assessments and teaching and learning practices. He has been
continuously engaged with his disciplinary organization, the American
Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), serving in various capacities and
as President from 2001 to 2002. His research and service to applied linguistics
was recognized with the lifetime Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award
from AAAL (2005).
Bill has served on a number editorial boards for applied
linguistics journals and has served on review boards for applied linguistics
research projects. Prior to beginning his academic career, Bill was a Peace
Corps volunteer in Morocco (1973 to 1976) teaching English as a foreign
language at all levels in Moroccan secondary schools.
Curriculum vitae
Read Bill Grabe’s curriculum vitae.