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Washington State University
College of Education

Joy Egbert

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Joy Egbert

Regents Professor

Multilingual Learners and
Education Technology
Pullman campus
Cleveland Hall 346
Pullman, WA  99164

509-335-7277
jegbert@wsu.edu

Research interests

Joy Egbert conducts research on task engagement, particularly as it affects teacher education, multilingual learners, and technology use. Her theoretical framework is task engagement.

Teaching/professional interests

Dr. Egbert teaches courses in multilingual learners, foundations of education research, academic writing, media production, education technology, and computer-assisted language learning. Egbert is especially interested in language learning and technology use, specifically computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Egbert has taught ESL pre-kindergarten through adult, and she is certified K-12 in Idaho and WA state for computers and ESL, and at the secondary level for English and Russian.

Recent accomplishments

  • XR Development Lab Director, 2022 –
  • Task Engagement across the Disciplines (forthcoming, Routledge/edited with P. Panday-Shukla)

Current projects

  • Expanding/supporting the XR Development Lab.
  • Refining a cross-cultural model of task engagement.

Educational background

  • Ph.D. Higher Education Teaching, University of Arizona, 1993
  • M.A. English as a Second Language, University of Arizona, 1986
  • B.A. Russian and East European Area Studies, University of Illinois, 1984