Meet the Team
Core Faculty

Laura Hamman-Ortiz
Assistant Professor, TESOL/BDL
Lab Director & Co-Founder

Nicole King
Assistant Professor, TESOL/BDL
Lab Treasurer & Co-Founder

Steve Przymus
Associate Professor, TESOL/BDL
Lab Communications Manager & Co-Founder

Amy Correia
Clinical Associate Professor, TESOL/BDL
Lab Community Liaison & Co-Founder
Affiliated Faculty

Julie Coiro
Professor, Literacy/Digital Literacy
Graduate Students

Jeanne Mullaney
URI Ph.D. Student
and Professor at Community College of Rhode Island

Natakki Jones
URI Ph.D. Student
and Graduate Teaching Assistant

Yueru Wang
URI Ph.D. Student
and Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sharon D’Antuono
URI Ph.D. Student
and Clinical Assistant Professor

Hayley Lochotzki
URI Ph.D. Student
and TESOL Educator

Megan Levy
URI Masters Student and an instructional support leader for middle school

Cassandra Santiago
URI Ph.D. Student
and Multilingual Learner Specialist
For collaboration & research opportunities:
Laura Hamman-Ortiz, Ph.D.
laura.hammanortiz@uri.edu
Nicole King, Ph.D.
nicole.king@uri.edu
Steve Przymus, Ph.D.
steve.przymus@uri.edu
Amy Correia, Ph.D.
correia@uri.edu
For further information on digital and social media communication on this website:
Yueru Wang
yueru.wang@uri.edu
