Kari Smalkoski
Teaching specialist, Commanding English

Bio

Kari Smalkoski has an M.A. in ESL from Hamline University. She works in the Commanding English program and teaches Developing College Reading (1041), Introduction to College Writing: Workshop (1051), The Literature of the American Immigrant Experience (1364), and Reading in the Content Area (1042) that is paired with Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (1285W).

Selected presentations

“Perceptions of Academic Progress and Acculturation of Somali Women in College,” Minnesota Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, MN, November 2005.

Co-presenter, “To Accommodate or not to Accommodate,” presented at the Breaking Barriers II Conference, St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN, January 2003.

Co-presenter, “Teaching Assertiveness to ESL Nursing Students,” English for Medical Purposes Colloquium: English for Doctors and Nurses in Training, TESOL Convention, Vancouver, B.C. Presentation on English for Specific Purposes: ESL Students in Nursing Programs, March 2000.

Selected publications

Smalkoski, K. (2004). CSC on Politics: An Election Issue. Colleagues: The Teaching-Learning Network’s Community Development Newsletter at the College of St. Catherine, 14 (1), 6-7.

Smalkoski, K. (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004). Notes on Hunger. In N. Peterson, P. Eldred, K. Heinlen, N. Heitzeg, S. Hendricks & A. Ho (Eds.), The Reflective Woman (pp. 62-68). St. Paul, MN: The College of St. Catherine.

Bosher, S. & Smalkoski, K. (2002). From Needs Analysis to Curriculum Development: Designing a Course in Health-Care Communication for Immigrant Students. English for Specific Purposes: An International Journal, 21, 59-75.

Smalkoski, K. (1997). Notes on Hunger. In K. Hahn & D. Mura (Eds.), The Asian Pacific American Journal, 6 (2), 120-134.

Smalkoski, K. (1997). China. In T. Bishoff & J. Rankin (Eds.), Seeds from a Silent Tree: An Anthology By Korean Adoptees (pp. 73-83). San Diego, CA: Pandal Press.

Nesheim, M.L. & Smalkoski, K. (1996). Asian Americans: Walking Between Worlds. In R. Hutchinson & J. Adams (Eds.), Open Eyes, Open Minds, Shades of Us: University Community Guide for Students of Color (pp. 115-143). Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota.