Office Hours: Fall/Winter/Spring Monday-Friday, 9 am - 5 pm; Summer hours vary.
Email: See all email addresses below.
Virtual Front Desk: If you need additional assistance, you can reach the virtual front desk of the CLAS Dean's Office via Zoom, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

Location: 520 SW Harrison Street, University Center Building, Suite 335, Portland, OR 97201

Mailing Address: 
Department of Applied Linguistics
Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751

Advising

• Undergraduate & Certificate Programs: Please direct inquiries about the Applied Linguistics BA and Minor or the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Certificate to ling.advising@pdx.edu.
• Graduate: Please direct inquiries about the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) to Alissa Hartig, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, ahartig@pdx.edu.

Faculty and Staff

• Faculty Directory: All phone numbers and email addresses for faculty and staff are listed in our Department Directory.
• Department Chair: Lynn Santelmann, Professor and Chair, santelmannl@pdx.edu
• Administrative Staff:
  • Unit Manager: Kelli Martin, kmarti@pdx.edu
  • Academic Services Coordinator: Amy Jolstead, clasasc@pdx.edu
  • Financial Services Coordinator: Lazara Frances Penalver, clasfsc@pdx.edu
  • Student Coordinator: Sydney Spencer, sspence@pdx.edu (temporary)
  • Events and Outreach Coordinator: Sydney Spencer, sspence@pdx.edu (temporary)
  • Front Desk Staff: Our front desks are staffed by the amazing students in the CLASWorks Student Employee Program.
• All other questions, please email linginfo@pdx.edu.