Kristin Elisabeth Hiller

Dr. Hiller is an Assistant Professor of English Language and LCC Associate Director for the Writing and Language Studio at Duke Kunshan University. From 2015 through 2017, she was the founding Academic Director of the American Language Institute at NYU Shanghai and oversaw its expansion into the NYU School of Professional Studies (NYUSPS) at NYU Shanghai. She has also directed English language programs in Daejeon (South Korea) and Beijing for the University of California, Riverside Extension, and taught English as an additional language there, in the USA, and in Russia. She received her Ph.D. in linguistics (applied track) from the University of Utah, where she also taught intercultural communication courses. She also has an M.A. in TESOL from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a BA in linguistics and Russian language and literature from the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include language policy, translanguaging, cultures of learning, and academic writing administration and pedagogy in transnational EMI higher education contexts.