About


Christine Palumbo Presenting at the CELI Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Project Manager for the Center for English Language
Immersion (CELI), Panama City, Panama

Educational History

PhD Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), the University of Arizona

  • Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching
  • Major: Pedagogy
  • Minor: Teacher Development
  • Dissertation: Imagined Destinations: The Role of Subjectivity and the Generative Potential of Lived Experiences in Adult English Learners’ Paths to Fluency
  • Dissertation Defended September 3, 2015, Early Completion Date: September 28, 2015
  • Co-Directors: Dr. Luis Moll: Professor, Department of Language, Reading and Culture, College of Education, and SLAT Ph.D. Program, University of Arizona, Dr. Christine Tardy: Associate Professor, Department of English, MAESL program, and SLAT Ph.D. program, University of Arizona

Master of Arts in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching 
Department of Second Language and Acquisition (SLAT), The University of Arizona

Master in Systems Design, Linguistics and Education
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland

Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Psychology
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Montessori Certificate in Child Development
Montessori Centre, London, England

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