Dr. Marjorie Hall Haley is tenured Professor of Education at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, VA (US). She is a former Spanish, French, German, and ESL teacher. Dr. Haley holds a PhD in Foreign/World Language Education and English as a Second Language from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has also earned a Master’s degree in education and advanced studies certificates from Towson University and Johns Hopkins University, respectively.
At George Mason University she teaches World Language methods and ESL methods courses as well as doctoral courses in Second Language Acquisition Research, Multicultural Education, and Multilingual Learners with Diverse Educational Needs. She is actively involved in ongoing action research projects with teachers at local, national, and international levels. She has conducted four international teacher action research studies focused on the impact of implementing the Multiple Intelligences theory in foreign/second language classes. These studies included over 3,000 students in 14 states and 6 countries. Additionally, Dr. Haley headed 14 consecutive years of StarTalk programs (federally funded for the professional development of teachers transitioning to teach in the US). These year-round programs were held on the campus of GMU over the summer and online during the school year, while meeting the needs of Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Russian teachers.
Dr. Haley’s research and publication record is robust. Research areas include: Brain-based teaching/learning strategies and generative Artificial Intelligences-enabled tools for multilingual learners; meeting the needs of critical need teachers; and teacher positionality and identity. Two of her well-known books are, Content-based second language teaching and learning: An interactive approach (2nd Ed.) (2014) and Brain-compatible differentiated instruction for English language learners (2010). In addition, she is a featured scholar in the WGBH and Annenberg/CPB video, “Valuing Diverse Learners” available at www.learner.org