Writer-in-Residence
Teri McCarthy has a PhD in education with an emphasis in second language acquisition from the University of Kansas. She has worked with the International Institute for Christian Studies (IICS) since 1996. Teri served as Director of Faculty Development for several years and as Writer-in-Residence. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Vilnius Pedagogical University in Vilnius, Lithuania teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses. In 2010, she served as Chair of the English Department at LCC International University in Klaipeda, Lithuania. She has taught at the university level long-term in China and Russia, including time as a Fulbright Scholar in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She has also lectured in Holland and Nigeria. After the US defeat of the Taliban in Afghanistan, she led the first academic team from the West to train Afghani professors in 2003 in a conference hosted by the Minister of Higher Education of Afghanistan. Again in 2006 she led a team sponsored by UNESCO to Kabul providing training in educational leadership for the presidents of all nineteen Afghan universities. Since 1983, Teri’s teaching and research activities have taken her to 50 nations.
Teri’s focus is on mobilizing the Church for missions and issues of Christian worldview. Teri has written numerous articles and papers and she has been a national speaker for the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course offered by the US Center for World Mission. She is also a sought-after speaker and workshop leader at mission conferences, churches, and on college campuses.
“We as global Christians must see our lives, our vocations and our callings are to bring glory to God in all that we do and how we live out our daily lives. All of humanity is important to us because it is important to God, so much so that He gave His only son that none should perish”-Teri McCarthy from “Living With Christian Integrity in a Global Context”.
She married the President of IICS, Dr. Daryl McCarthy, in 1994. When they’re not overseas, Teri and Daryl live in Lenexa, Kansas. They are blessed with two children. Lance, their son, and Jamie have given Teri and Daryl three grandchildren: Jackson (2006), William (2008) and Athena (2010) and live in Mission, Kansas. Lana, their daughter, is married to Kevin Eklund and they live in Columbia, Missouri. Email Teri at tmccarthy@iics.com.
Educational Background:
University of Kansas—PhD in Education with an emphasis in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), 2000
Oral Roberts University—MA in Education with an emphasis in TESOL, 1991
Friends University—BA in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Newswriting/Journalism, 1983
Publications:
Fall 1997. A teacher can change a nation, The Great Handbook,(3), 50.
July 1997. The challenges of designing curriculum and classroom methods when
dealing with the Occidental and Oriental mindsets. A paper presented at the International Conference on Interuniversity Cooperation and Exchange, Beijing, China.
December 2000. From contraband to state mandate: The twenty-year
metamorphosis of English language learning and teaching in China from 1979-1999. Doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
July 2000. Influences of a worldview when teaching English as a second or foreign language. EMQ, 36, (3), 310-316. (peer reviewed)
March 2001. Living in a global context. Discernment Magazine,15, pp. 15-18. Billy Graham Center for Ethics, Wheaton, IL.
July 30 – August 3, 2001. Beijing Foreign Studies University “Development of University Teachers of English” conference, Beijing, co-chaired; plenary speaker.
September 2001, “A Teacher Can Make a World of Difference,” World Magazine, v. 26 (pp. 33-38).
September 2001, “Little Olga’s Hunger,” World Magazine, v.26, (pp. 40-42).
September 27-29, 2001. Calvin College and Seminary’s 125th Anniversary, Christian Scholarship for What? Conference, presented paper: Developing a Christian Worldview of English as a Foreign Language.
Sept/Oct 2001. The effects of native language vs. target language captions on
foreign language students’ DVD video comprehension, Foreign Language Annals, (34) 5, (pp439-445) with P. Markham and L. Peters. (peer reviewed)
Winter 2001. Christian Scholar’s Review, 31, (2), 239-243. A book review of
D. Smith’s and B. Carvill’s book The Gift of the Stranger: Viewing Foreign Language Teaching as a Mission.
January 2002. “A Portrait of Emptiness,” The Presbyterian Australian, v. 54 (pp. 23-24).
Spring 2002. The Journal of Christianity and Foreign Languages, (3), 220-225. A book review of D. Snow’s, English Teaching as Christian Mission: An Applied Theology.
November 2002. “English is not a country: Empowering students with EFL for the new
century,” a presentation to the Foreign Languages College of Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Spring 2003. Education for the 21st century, workshops and presentations at Kabul University and Kabul Education University, Kabul, Afghanistan, March-April, 2003.
February 15-16, 2005. Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Spring Faculty Development Seminar plenary Speaker/Presenter. Topics: I. Mentoring, Modeling, and Molding, II. Irrigating Deserts – Why Relationships with Students Matter, III. Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles and III. Taking the Disjunct out of Adjunct
July-August, 2005. Oxford University and Cambridge University, England, C.S. Lewis Oxbridge Conference paper presentations: Irrigating Deserts – Why Relationships with Students are Imperative and English Language Learning & Teaching & the Chinese Student Democracy Movement of 1989
March 17-23, 2006. UNESCO Sponsored Educational Leadership Training Conference, Kabul, Afghanistan. Presentation: Current Trends and Issues in Higher Education Worldwide.
July 20-22, 2006. IICS International Conference. Papers presented: Men With Chests: The Role ofEnglish in the Student Democracy Movement of China and Rebuilding Afghanistan Universities co-presented with M. Romanowski, T. Mitchell and H. Van Andel.
Spring 2007 International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, Vol 2, No 3,
Rebuilding Afghanistan Higher Education: Observations From Kabul; Romanowski, M., McCarthy, T. and Mitchell, T. (Peer Reviewed)
July 2007. CS Lewis and the academy. McCarthy, D., McBride, J. and
VanderVennen, R. (eds). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK. Chapter 10: Students With Chests: C. S. Lewis, English Language Teaching and the Chinese Student Democracy Movement of 1989, pages 136-149.
March 2008. Olathe (Kansas) Public Schools In-Service Training for Middle School Teachers: Diversity and Multiculturalism in the Classroom.
Book Published – December 2009. Teaching in a Distant Land: Crossing Borders for Global Transformation. Co-authored with Romanowski, M. and McCarthy, T. InterVarsity Press: Downers Grove, IL. ISBN 978-0-830837434. www.ivpress.com
Fall 2010. Public School English Teachers In-Service Training, Klaipeda, Lithuania, Topic: Teaching Well to Teach Good – Moral Education in Today’s Changing Society
Speaking Topics and Research Interests:
Global Missions, Application of a Christian Worldview, Linguistics, Teaching of English as a Second Language, Philosophy of Education, Origin of Language
