Amy Gooden

Amy Gooden 
Lesley University and Harvard University 

Dr. Gooden, a former EL Specialist for the US Department of State, currently serves as Chair of Teacher Education/Associate Professor of TESOL/ Bilingual Education and Co-Director of the Lesley University Institute for English Language Programs Beyond Borders. She received her Master’s degree in Education from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education with a specialization in second/foreign language pedagogy. She holds a Doctorate in Education from Boston University with a concentration in language teacher education. Her research focuses on case-based pedagogy as a language teaching and intercultural awareness and education tool for educators of multilingual and multicultural learners in K-12 and higher educational contexts; inclusive and decolonizing language teacher education, and arts-based approaches to supporting the needs of multilingual learners. She brings over two decades of experience as a language education practitioner and scholar, including: teaching English for Academic Purposes to international students as a Preceptor at Harvard University for over a decade; mentoring pre-and in-service teachers of ESL, dual language, and Spanish in K-12 public schools, serving as Lecturer in ESL/Bilingual/World Language Teacher Licensure Programs at Boston University, spearheading local and international education partnerships, and leading language teacher education courses and workshops. She has spearheaded partnerships and programs on TESOL/TEFL and inclusive teaching in China, the US, Turkey, the Caribbean, and Morocco. She has presented her research nationally and internationally.