Education:
Ed.D., Language and Literacy, Harvard University, 2009
M.A., English Language and Linguistics, University of New Hampshire, 2001
B.A., French and Psychology, Bates College, 1999
Areas of interest
Second language acquisition in adults, the relationship between individual characteristics and learning, writing pedagogy.
Courses taught:
LING 502: Second Language Acquisition
LING 505: Sociocultural Issues in ESL
LING 520: Research Methods
LING 599: Thesis Writing Seminars
WRIT 101: Writing Colloquium
WRIT 102: Research Writing in Social Science
Current Project:
“It’s Complicated: English Learners’ Transition from Secondary Education to a Four-Year Institution” (granted sabbatical in Spring 2018)
Selected publications and presentations:
Lambert. O.D. (2015). Learner characteristics and writing performance in a community college ESL course: Some unexpected findings. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 39(1), 5-19. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2012.754731.
Lambert, O.D. (2008). Who are our students? Measuring learner characteristics in adult immigrants studying English. Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2(3), 162-173.
“Assessing the Effectiveness of a First-Semester Learning Community for At-Risk Students” (with Steven Day). National Learning Communities Conference (Bay City, MI, November 2018).
“Emerging Scholars: Integrating First-Year Writing and Content Courses to Support At-Risk Students’ Transition to College.” National Learning Communities Conference (Atlanta, GA, November 2016).
“‘You’re Not Supposed to Do That in a Research Paper’: Personal Pronoun Use and Authorial Identity in First-Year Student Writing.” American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (Orlando, FL, April 2016).
“Benedictine University’s Emerging Scholars Program: A Learning Community Model to Support At-Risk First Generation College Students” (poster with Steven Day). National Learning Communities Conference (Bay City, MI, November 2014).
“Personal Pronoun Use in Community-College Student Writing: Developing an Academic Self.” The Conference on College Composition and Communication (Indianapolis, March 2014).
“Evidence of a Shift Towards ‘Orality’ in College Writing: A Longitudinal Study” (a panel with Sandra Kies of Benedictine University and Daniel Kies of College of DuPage). Writing Research Across Borders III Conference (Paris, France, February 2014).
“The (Mis)match Between Student and Faculty Perceptions of Written Feedback in Discipline-Specific Research Writing Courses.” Writing Research Across Borders III Conference (Paris, France, February 2014).