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A recent transplant to Baltimore, Gwen Creel-Erickson grew up in Nashville, Tennessee where she received her B.S. in Communication Studies from Vanderbilt University.  After a brief stint in the music industry, Gwen left the US to experience living abroad in Paris, France.  While studying French in Paris, she was inspired by her French professor and decided to pursue teaching as a career.  Gwen received her TEFL certificate from the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Versailles in Rambouillet, France and later completed an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts.  During her time in Boston Gwen taught students in an inner city public high school.  It is here that she began to develop an interest in links between previous experiences and the performance of students in her class. 

Upon completion of her Master’s degree, Gwen and her husband were given the opportunity to move to Sydney, Australia.  While living in Australia, Gwen taught English as a foreign language at a private language school and enjoyed the enviable Sydney lifestyle.  She is currently taking a break from teaching to be a stay-at-home-mother to her son who was born in February.

Gwen’s research interests include factors that influence the success of nonnative English speakers in American school systems as well as learning disabilities and their effects on the ESL population. 

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