Instructor
Nassau Community College
Ashley Fifer holds Masters degrees in both Spanish and TESOL from NYU. After teaching Spanish at the K-12 level, she switched to her real passion: English Language Learners in higher education. She has taught First-Year Experience Courses at Marymount Manhattan College and taught in the CUNY CLIP program at Bronx Community College. For sixteen years, she taught in the LINCC (Language Immersion) program at Nassau Community College where she is currently a full-time instructor in the English department. She has published for Idiom, as well as presented at several New York State TESOL, Long Island ESOL and International TESOL Conferences. She has served on planning committees and boards for Long Island ESOL and New York State TESOL. Her presentations and interests include teaching civility/appropriate academic language and behavior in the university classroom and bridging the gap between high school and mainstream university classes.