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= Rosalind Raymond Gann = Rosalind Raymond Gann is an associate professor at East Tennessee State University's Department of Curriculum and Instruction where she teaches English as a second language. She earned the Notable Women of ETSU Award in 2013.

Biography
Rosalind graduated from James Madison High School in 1965. She obtained her BA in English from Brooklyn College in 1970. In 1974, She earned her Master of Social Work degree from Smith College in Massachusetts. From 1996 to 2002, she attended University of Cincinnati where she received her Doctorate in Education, specializing in Literacy and Linguistics.

Rosalind leads a gathering every Thursday in Johnson City, Tennessee to teach English to those who do not have it as their first language. She incorporates their own learning styles when teaching the language in order to make it an easier transition.

"English, to me, is something that should be free like the air and the water." -Dr. Rosalind Gann

Career
She taught English as a Foreign Language in Mexico, Turkey, and the Czech Republic. She visits China each summer as a Lecturer in English Literature and Pedagogy.

Publications

 * Wt dz txtng do 2 yr spllng? Co-authored, Karin Bartoszuk, East Tennessee State University. International Journal on the Book, 2010.
 * Beyond Alphabetic Literacy, Lessons from the Chinese. Co-authored, Wei Liu Beijing Normal University. under Submission..
 * Studies on Contrastive Analysis. Co-authored, Guo Tao, North China University of Technology International Forum of Teaching Studies, Vol 4 No. 1, 2008. Gann c.v. 4
 * Globalization of English: Loss of Minority Languages and Cultural Destruction. Co-authored, Guo Tao, North China University of Technology. In Press.Co-authored, Guo Tao, North China University of Technology. In press
 * Writing for Empowerment: Research Discourse for Education Undergraduates. American Reading Forum Yearbook, 2006.
 * Inscribe Me in The Book of Life. Journal of Affective Reading Instruction. Summer, 2006.
 * Beyond Linguistic Hegemony: language, migration, and Appalachian schools: Co-Authored, Marquez & Dean. Changing English, December 2006
 * Chomskyan linguistics: what’s in it for reading teachers? The Tennessee Reading Teacher, July 2005.
 * From Practitioners to Researchers: Facilitating Classroom Research: Co-authored: Melendez, Bray, Mann & Young. American Reading Forum Online Journal. Vol. 24, 2004.
 * Language, conflict, and community: linguistic accommodation in the urban U.S. Changing English, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2004.
 * Lore in the Lab: Linguistic Accommodation between AAVE and WAVE youngsters in an urban middle school. American Reading Forum Online Journal. Vol. 23, 2003
 * Systematizing Environmental Print: ‘A’ is for Applebee’s; ‘B’ is for Bounce. Tennessee Reading Teacher, Vol. 31, No. 2, Spring 2003.
 * The Birth of an ESL Center. GCEC Journal, University of Cincinnati: August, 2000.
 * Too Hoarse to Sing. The English Journal, 1991.
 * Casework with Dying Cancer Patients and Their Families. Anna Budd Ware Memorial Lectures. Family Services of Cincinnati, 1979.