Biography
Eleanor Petrone directs the undergraduate TESOL program. Her classes focus on second
language acquisition, language policies, and immigration and education. Her research
centers on the intersections of education and immigration, and she is currently working
on a qualitative study on the experiences of Mexican returnees in the era of deportation.
Prior to working at Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp, she taught high school social studies
to recent immigrants in the New York City public schools and later was an ESL teacher
and program coordinator in the North Carolina public schools.