Jane Zuengler is an American

Americans

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 academic who works in the field of linguistics

Linguistics

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. She is currently a professor in the English

English studies

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 department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Additionally, she is the executive editor

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 of the academic journal Applied Linguistics

Applied linguistics

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. Zuengler has published widely in the field of linguistics. Her research centers on language acquisition

Language acquisition

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, classroom discourse, and global English. Zuengler received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and completed her M.A. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She then received her M.Ed. and Ed.D. from Columbia University

Columbia University

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 in New York

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