Catherine Pulupa

Catherine Pulupa is a Senior Faculty Specialist at the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland and PhD student in the UMD SLA program. Her research interests include second language pragmatics, task-based instruction, and second language assessment and program evaluation, with a focus on quantitative analysis and program evaluation and survey research design and methodology. Originally from Maryland, she has over a decade of experience working as an English teacher, language assessment designer, and curriculum developer in the United States and abroad. Catherine holds an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL and a graduate certificate in educational data and measurement.. At the NFLC, Catherine performs research on immediate and long-term impact of K-12 world language programs and world language teacher professional development, as well as examining equity in language education and the impacts of world language education policies. In recent years, Catherine has presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) convention, the East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT) conference, and other conferences on language learning and assessment.