Nicole Houser

Dr. Nicole M Houser is the Assistant Dean for Curriculum Internationalization at Rutgers Global-Study Abroad, where she develops global learning opportunities for students in all disciplines. Dr. Houser specializes in applying critical and contextualized approaches for First Year Writing, English as an Additional Language (EAL), and World Language programs. She has written and taught courses for all levels of learners of English and Spanish, as well as Introduction to Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Translation, Intercultural Communication, and specific topics courses on language ideologies and linguistic discrimination in the United States. Dr. Houser has given numerous presentations on culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy, and how the critical examination of language is central to interrogating, challenging, and transforming historically exclusionary policies and practices in higher education. Her current research focuses on developing collaborative curricula and institutional programming toward linguistic diversity and social justice. Dr. Houser received her PhD from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in English Composition and Applied Linguistics.