A Non-Native Professor Teaching Native Students in the U.S.

WHEN I came to theUnited States to studyEnglish literaturetwenty years ago, itnever occurred to me that I wouldsecure a position at an Americanuniversity teaching American stu-dents advanced composition.After getting my MA in English, Itaught ESL to a group of immi-grant students at a Los Angeleshigh school. However, in thecourse of my Ph.D. I began toconsider teaching at an Americanuniversity. As a Ph.D. candidate,I was granted a teaching assist-antship, which I began by teach-ing …