Leonard R. Fox

  Professor
  Department: English
  Location: 1408 Ingersoll Hall
  Phone: 718-951-5000 x2777
  Fax: 718-951-4612

  Email:

After teaching English with the U.S. Peace Corps for two years in Tunisia, Len Fox has been teaching English as a second language (ESL) in New York at the college level for more than 30 years. He has authored, co-authored or edited six ESL-related textbooks, published numerous articles and held numerous leadership positions in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Education:
Ph.D., New York University - 1977 (Applied Linguistics)

M.A., New York University - 1971 (Teaching English as a Second Language)

B.A., Univeristy of Rochester - 1966 (English)

Areas of Expertise:
Teaching reading and writing to college-level students of English as a second language.

Professional Leadership
Co-chairperson, CUNY ESL Discipline Council; member, Judson Memorial Church Congregational Life Committee; volunteer co-leader, Brooklyn College meditation sittings. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010

President, CUNY English Language Learners' Council, 2006-07. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2007

Co-chairperson, CUNY ESL Discipline Council, 2002-03.
Member, executive board of the CUNY ESL Council, 1995-2002.
Member, CUNY ESL Council Subcommittee on ESL Admissions to CUNY, 1997-2001
Member, Test Development Committee of the CUNY Writing Proficiency Test (CPE), 2002-03.
President, New York State TESOL, 1992-93.
Second vice-president, NYS TESOL, and chairperson, Statewide Conference on "Realizing the Dream: Helping ESL Students to Succeed in America," 1986-87.
Chairperson, TESOL Committee on Professional Standards, 1988-89.
President, CUNY ESL Council, 1981-82. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2003