Kristin Lems

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Campus: Skokie

Email: klems@nl.edu

Phone: 224.233.2407

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Biography

Kristin Lems, EdD, is professor in the ESL/Bilingual Education Program at National-Louis University, where she directed a 5-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education in ESL teacher education in DuPage County, Illinois. She pursued her twin interests in reading and ESL through a doctorate in reading and language from National College of Education and a master's degree in TESOL from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her doctoral dissertation on adult ESL oral reading fluency won a finalist award from the International Reading Association for Outstanding Dissertation of the Year.

Dr. Lems spent 2 years as a Fulbright Scholar in Algeria doing inservice training of postsecondary EFL teachers, and wrote a book on ESL/EFL methods for the Peace Corps. Her coedited book, Fluency Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices, with Timothy Rasinski and Camille Blachowicz, was a finalist for the Frye Book Award of the National Reading Conference.

Dr. Lems consults on reading and ESL in the Chicago Public Schools. She is also a professional folksinger and sings for children in schools and libraries in several languages, including Farsi, which she learned teaching in Iran.

Education

Ed.D. in Reading & Language, National College of Education

M.A.T.E.S.L. MAT in English as a Second Language and M.A. West Asian Studies, University of Illinois

B.A. English, secondary teaching cert., creative writing, University of Michigan