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Susan M. Barone, Ph.D<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Susan is a driving force behind Vanderbilt\u2019s English Language Center and an innovative educator. With a dynamic background in linguistics, she\u2019s passionate about transforming language programs, advancing intercultural health communication, and exploring the fascinating links between Applied Linguistics and Narrative Medicine. As a U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist, she\u2019s championed internationalization in higher education and crafted discipline-specific language initiatives across Vanderbilt\u2019s top schools. A requested speaker at global conferences, Susan\u2019s research, publications, and teaching inspire new ways of understanding medical and legal language in intercultural contexts. A leader in the field, she blends experience, expertise, and drive to innovate English language programming in higher education.<\/p>\n

As a sociolinguist, Susan\u2019s research investigates the intersection of Applied Linguistics and Narrative Medicine and the connection between clinician elicitations and patient narratives in intercultural health-care contexts.<\/p>\n

In addition to teaching linguistics, her professional background includes directing English-language instruction, cultural programming, education abroad, agreements management, and immigration services. Susan has participated in the U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist Program with a primary focus on internationalization in higher education. She has been instrumental in developing discipline-specific language programs in the Vanderbilt University schools of Education, Engineering, Law, Nursing, Medicine, and Management. Professional interests include needs analysis, program design, and medical discourse analysis. Susan presents at international conferences, and her publications include the following articles and textbooks: <\/span><\/p>\n

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‘Forty bucks is forty bucks’: An analysis of a medical Doctor’s professional identity<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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Academic Speaking and the Boundaries of Routinized Lexical Phrases, Best of UMich Press<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

American Legal English 2nd Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In VU Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explore Nashville with the Southern Festival of Book<\/a>s<\/p>\n

Mentoring Buchanan Fellows toward an Open Source Resource Portal<\/a><\/p>\n

Virtual Reality Support for International Students<\/a><\/p>\n

Peabody Graduate Students Work With Vanderbilt Dining to Improve Safety Through Language<\/p>\n

Foreign nurses find work in Nashville<\/a><\/p>\n

Applied Linguistics Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n

English for Specific Purposes Project Leader Profiles: The Leadership Communication<\/a>
\nof 55 ESP Project Leaders. https:\/\/www.candlinandmynard.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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