Natalia Ward is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teachng and Learning at the East Tennessee
State University. Her focus is on preparing teachers to work with multilingual students
and to effectively teach literacy. Previously, she taught English as a Second Language
and English as a Foreign Language in the United States and Russia. Her research interests
include equitable literacy education and assessment for multilingual learners, online
synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning, and education policy enactment
in local contexts.
