Who We Are
Catherine DiFelice Box, EdD
Catherine DiFelice Box comes from a family of three generations of proud teachers. A former high school English teacher, she has over 20 years of experience preparing pre-service teachers to work with multilingual students in both PK-12 and adult educational contexts. Her scholarship studies teacher-student communication in multilingual classrooms, as well as the teacher mentoring process for those who plan to work in linguistically diverse schools. Catherine’s work has appeared in many peer-reviewed journals, and she has regularly participated in grant-funded projects to collaborate with teachers in linguistically and culturally diverse schools; she is a former executive board member of New York State TESOL, where she served as an advocate for ESOL in New York. Catherine holds an Ed.D. and an Ed.M. in Applied Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an M.A. in English literature from West Chester University. She is currently a Lecturer in Educational Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education.
Anne Pomerantz, PhD
Anne Pomerantz is an applied linguist and language educator. For over 20 years, she has helped ESL specialists, world language instructors, K-12 teachers, and university faculty to engage in pedagogies that support multilingual students’ language development. Anne has designed and led professional development workshops for educators in both the U.S. and around the world. Her research focuses on how people communicate in multilingual classrooms and communities. She is the co-author of Humor in the Classroom: A Guide for Language Teachers and Educational Researchers and has published many articles and book chapters on language education. Anne holds a Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics and an MS.Ed. in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, where she currently serves as Professor of Practice. Prior to this, she was a teacher of Spanish and English-as-a-second-language (ESL).