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Terry A. Osborn


Terry A. Osborn, Ph.D., (born November 30, 1966), married to Dina Ciotola Osborn, is an American academic authority in applied linguistics and critical pedagogy. He is currently Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, having served as Interim Chancellor in 2014. Osborn taught public school for six years and was previously Dean of the College of Education at University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. He was on the faculties of Fordham University, Queens College of City University of New York and the University of Connecticut.

As Chair of the Foreign Language Education program in the Neag School of Education, Osborn led his program to national recognition in teacher development. As Dean, he led in the formation of the Center for Partnerships for Arts-Integrated Teaching (PAInT).Osborn also was the creator of a career-oriented advising approach.

Osborn researches and publishes in the areas of foreign/world language education, interdisciplinary education, and critical pedagogy. He was a founding officer of the International Society for Language Studies and founding co-editor of Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: An International Journal currently published by Routledge. He is Executive Director of the Florida Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. He is editor of several academic book series in education. He also served on the Professional Learning Committee of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Osborn's research has received a number of awards, including the American Educational Studies Association's Critic's Choice Award for his book, Critical Reflection and the Foreign Language Classroom, published by Bergin & Garvey in Henry Giroux's series, Critical Studies in Education and Culture. Osborn was awarded the Stephen Freeman Award by NECTFL for the best published article on foreign language teaching techniques.


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