WKU News

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Poole for being selected as the Chair of the WKU Department of Modern Languages! Dr. Poole has taught for the WKU Department of English since August 2003. He is a strong advocate for language studies and has served as Interim Department Head for WKU Modern Languages since fall 2020.

Alex Poole (PhD, Oklahoma State University, 2003) is an applied linguist whose interests include focus on form instruction, Spanish-English bilingualism, and reading strategies. He regularly publishes articles on these topics and presents at national and international conferences. He also teaches courses in composition, TESOL methodology, and pedagogical grammar, among others.

When not teaching, advising students, or researching, Dr. Poole lectures on issues related to English language learners and reviews scholarly submissions to peer-reviewed journals. He published a book in 2020 entitled Learning a Foreign Language: Understanding the Fundamentals of Linguists (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers).