Karin Lundberg

Professor Karin Lundberg is professor in the Department of Language and Cognition. She holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures from New York University and an M.A. in Linguistics, German, English Studies and Second Language Pedagogy from Karl Ruprecht University, Heidelberg, Germany. Her research focus covers discourse analysis and discourse comprehension, gaming in ESL, intellectual history and relationships between language and knowledge acquisition. Her most recent article, A New Global Space: Rethinking General Education in a Diverse, Urban Learning Environment, explores general education and different knowledge perspectives in the ESL curriculum. She has previously served as co-chair of the CUNY ESL Discipline Council.