Abigail Pruitt

Abigail Pruitt, Ed.D., serves as a clinical associate professor in SMU's School of Education and Human Development. Dr. Pruitt is delighted to return to SMU where she earned a B.A. in Political Science and Italian Area Studies in 1994. She teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses with a focus on applied linguistics, cross-cultural communication and human development. Dr. Pruitt earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Second Language Acquisition from the George Washington University and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Georgetown University. Before her appointment at SMU in 2004, Dr. Pruitt served in a variety of instructional and research positions at George Washington University. She served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Teacher Preparation and Special Education, a Research Assistant on the Development and Diversity Teaching Transformation Team, and a Research Associate for the National Capital Language Resource Center. Dr. Pruitt has taught in the University of Delaware English Language Institute and the Washington D.C. Public Schools Adult Education Program. She began her teaching career in Milan, Italy, where she taught and developed curricular materials at a number of institutions including the University of Milan at Bicocca and the British Council. Dr. Pruitt is active in university and community service and is a frequent presenter at local, regional and national teacher education conferences.

Publications:

Bartoshesky, A. (2006). Sister Act: A Modern Musical for the ESL Classroom, The Essential Teacher. Volume 3, (Issue 1).

Hamilton, H., Crane, C. and Bartoshesky, A. and edited by Robbins, J., (2006). Doing Culture Through Extended Projects: Class Gardening and Growing Understanding, The NCLRC Language Resource. Volume 10 (number 1).

Bartoshesky, A. (2005). Using Web-based Language Teaching Materials in Higher Education, MATSDA: Folio. Volume 10 (1).

Hamilton, H., Crane, C. and Bartoshesky, A. (2004) DOING FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Adapting the Best Practice of Concordia Language Villages to the Foreign Language Classroom. NJ: Prentice Hall.

Bartoshesky, A. (2003) Soundbites: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Essential Teacher. Volume 1, (Issue 1).

Chamot, A.U., Anstrom, K., Bartoshesky, A., Belanger, A., Delett, J., Karwann, V. Meloni, C.and Keatley, C. (2003). The Elementary Immersion Learning Strategies Resources Guide. Washington, DC: NCLRC.

Chamot, A.U, Bartoshesky, A. Meloni, C. and Keatley, C (2004) Secondary Education Learning Strategies Resources Guide. Washington, DC: NCLRC.

Chamot, A.U, Bartoshesky, A., Gonglewski, M., Meloni, C. and Keatley, C. (2004) Higher Education Learning Strategies Resources Guide. Washington, DC: NCLRC.

Columns “Websites for Language Teachers,” “Dear YANA,” and other articles for Language Resource NCLRC Monthly Electronic Newsletter.