People - Graduate Students & TAs

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Vecksle Drake

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
vecksle@uw.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2026 - Zoom on Fridays 2 - 4pm
Padelford B12
Anthropology, Global English, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Magda Gianola

Graduate Student
mgianola@uw.edu
Applied Linguistics, Technology, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Mya Pwint Khaing

Graduate Student
Predoctoral instructor
mkhain@uw.edu
Language Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Furkan Sevket Kir

Assistant Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
furkan@uw.edu
A-11-A
Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English Medium Instruction, Language Pedagogy, Language Policy, Multilingualism, Race and Ethnicity, Sociolinguistics, Sociology of Education, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Michelle Magnero

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
mmagnero@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 12:30- 1:30
PDL B12
African American, Decolonial, Global Studies, Latin American, Multilingualism, Popular Culture, Race and Ethnicity, Television, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Writing Pedagogy
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Sikose Mjali

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Student
Liaison, UW in the High School
smjali@uw.edu
Office Hours: T 9:30 - 11:30 AM
PDL UWHS
African, Critical Race Theory, Discourse Analysis, Ideology, Language Policy, Linguistics, Media Studies, Multilingualism, Rhetoric and Composition, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Ariana Munoz

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
amunoz03@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1.00PM - 3.00PM
Zoom/PDL B12
Bilingualism, English, Film/Cinema, Game Studies, Media Studies, Multilingualism, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Ethan Robinson

Graduate Student
egrobin@uw.edu
Education, Film/Cinema, Ideology, Language, Poetry and Poetics, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Suravi Roy

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
rsuravi@uw.edu
Office Hours: TH 1 - 3 PM
SAV 417
Decolonial, Language, Language Pedagogy, Popular Culture, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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