SEALC Business

SEALC Steering Committee

Erlin Barnard

Credentials: SEALC Phase II Project Director 2025-2029, Steering Committee Chair

Position title: Pedagogy Coordinator for Less Commonly Taught Languages

Email: esbarnard@wisc.edu

Address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Abby Cohn

Credentials: Executive Committee Chair

Position title: Professor of Linguistics and Member of Cornell SEAP

Email: acc4@cornell.edu

Address:
Cornell University

Hoa Le

Credentials: SEALC Pedagogy Specialist, Pedagogy Committee Chair

Position title: Senior Preceptor in Vietnamese, Vietnamese Language Program Director

Email: hle@g.harvard.edu

Address:
Harvard University

Chan Lwin

Credentials: Asynchronous Course Project Committee Chair

Position title: Program Manager, TCLAS School of Historical Philosophical and Religious Studies - Operations

Email: clwin@asu.edu

Address:
Arizona State University

Jayson Parba

Credentials: COTSEAL President

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: jaysonpa@hawaii.edu

Address:
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Ellen Rafferty

Credentials: SEALC Phase I Project PI 2019-2024

Position title: Emerita Professor and SEALC Principal Investigator

Email: emraffer@wisc.edu

Address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kanjana Thepboriruk

Credentials: SEALC-GETSEA Joint Language Committee Chair

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: kanjana@niu.edu

Address:
Northern Illinois University

Juliana Wijaya

Credentials: Engagement & Enrollment Committee Chair

Position title: Indonesian Studies Coordinator

Email: jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu

Address:
University of California - Los Angeles

Mary Jo Wilson

Credentials: Ex Officio

Position title: Assistant Director for Operations, IRIS

Email: wilson6@wisc.edu

Address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Committee Members

Precious Arao

Position title: Pedagogy Committee Member

Email: araop@hawaii.edu

Address:
Instructor at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and Kapi'olani Community College

Pia Arboleda

Credentials: Engagement & Enrollment Committee Member

Position title: Professor

Email: pca62@hawaii.edu

Address:
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Erik Harms

Credentials: SEALC-GETSEA Joint Language Committee Member

Position title: Professor of Anthropology & Southeast Asia Studies

Email: erik.harms@yale.edu

Address:
Yale University

Onsee Khamphouvong

Credentials: Asynchronous Course Project Committee Member

Position title: Deputy Head of Planning and Cooperation, Assistant Professor

Email: O.khamphouvong@nuol.edu.la

Address:
Faculty of Letters, National University of Laos

Shannon Quinn

Credentials: Asynchronous Course Project Committee Member

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: sdquinn@msu.edu

Address:
Michigan State University

Sakti Suryani

Credentials: Pedagogy Committee Member

Position title: Preceptor in Indonesian at South Asian Studies

Email: saktisuryani@fas.harvard.edu

Address:
Harvard University

Ye Min Tun

Credentials: Asynchronous Course Project Committee Member

Position title: Freelance Instructor and ACTFL Certified Tester

Email: yemintun2003@gmail.com

Address:
Former Instructor at SAIS, JHU and FSI, DOS

Vatsana Vongsila

Credentials: Asynchronous Course Project Committee Member

Position title: Deputy Director of Laos-India Center for English Language Training

Email: soukkoko2211@gmail.com

Address:
Faculty of Letters, National University of Laos

SEALC Staff

Beth Misco

Position title: SEALC Project Manager

Email: southeastasialanguagecouncil@gmail.com

Annual SEALC Stakeholder Meeting

The 2021 SEALC Stakeholder meeting took place on March 18, 2021 from 4:30-5:30 PM CT.  March 2021 Annual Report

The 2022 SEALC Stakeholder meeting took place on March 24, 2022 from 8:30-9:30 PM CT.  March 2022 Annual Report

The 2023 SEALC Stakeholder meeting took place on March 16, 2023 from 3:30-5:00 PM EDT.  March 2023 Annual Report

The 2024 SEALC Stakeholder meeting took place on March 14, 2024 from 3:00-5:00 PM PDT.  March 2024 Annual Report

The 2025 SEALC Stakeholder meeting took place on January 23, 2025 from 7:00-8:30 PM CT.  January 2025 Annual Report