Tala M. Karkar Esperat

Tala Michelle Karkar-Esperat is an associate professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Eastern New Mexico University, where they serve as a teacher educator, researcher, and curriculum designer. They hold a bachelor’s degree in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language from Bethlehem University, a Master of Public Administration from Lamar University, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, with a focus on Language, Diversity, and Literacy Studies, from Texas Tech University. Their research examines preservice teachers’ literacies, online and new literacies, teacher coaching, multiliteracies, semiotics, and pedagogical literacy practices.

Karkar-Esperat is the author of Teaching Multilingual Students Through Culture and Language: An Elementary Teacher’s Guide to Self-Discovery Using Semiotics. Their scholarly publications include work on the MultiSemiotic Architecture Framework, the Raciosemiotic Architecture Framework, international students’ online learning, and multiliteracies education.