Marcel Daniels

Marcel Daniels is Area Head of the English for Academic Purposes program and Senior Lecturer at NYU Shanghai. His experience spans secondary education education in South Korea, undergraduate summer programs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and business English modules for professionals across fields. Before joining NYU Shanghai, he was a visiting lecturer in Georgia State University’s (GSU) Intensive English Program. His teaching and research interests include English phonology, normalization of "accented" speech, rhetoric in public speaking, and advancements in computer-assisted language learning (CALL). An active contributor to professional development, he leads teacher-training workshops and presents his research at international conferences worldwide. Daniels’s academic training spans a BA in Speech Communication and an MA in Applied Linguistics/TEFL, both completed at GSU.

Select Publications

• “Exchanging Experiences to Build Understanding: Dialogue Journal Use in Service Learning”. Refereed demonstration at the KOTESOL International Convention, Seoul, South Korea, April 2023.
• “A New Perspective of the Phonological Proficiency Assessment within the Framework of CSE.” (with Liu Sen). Refereed demonstration at the National Symposium on Foreign Language Teacher Education and Development, Nanjing, China, October 2019.
• “Insight from EFL Instructors of Color to Pre-Service Teachers.” Refereed demonstration at the TESOL International Convention, Chicago, IL, March 2018.

Education

• MA, Applied Linguistics
  Georgia State University
• BA, Speech Communication
  Georgia State University