Rebecca Zoshak is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Applied Linguistics at The Pennsylvania State University. She received a B.S. in Radio/Television/Film from Northwestern University and an M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from Penn State where she has been teaching ESL Composition, Pronunciation, and Conversation classes since 2011. Additionally, she has worked as a Language Specialist at Penn State Law, developing and implementing courses, workshops, and individual meeting strategies that provide international students with linguistic support.