Steven Iams

Steven Iams
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs; Coordinator, Academic Program Reviews; Clinical Associate Professor, English for Academic Purposes
Email
sei2@nyu.edu
Room
N709

Steve Iams is an Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, a Coordinator for Academic Programs Reviews and a Clinical Associate Professor of English for Academic Purposes at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, he was an assistant professor in the MA-TESOL program at the School for International Training. He holds a PhD in Foreign, Second and Multilingual Language Education from Ohio State University.

At NYU Shanghai, his EAP and Dean’s Service Scholars courses explore and problematize issues in global health, migration, service-learning and applied linguistics. As a teacher trainer, Prof. Iams has mentored teachers in a variety of contexts around the world: higher education, private language schools, K-12 settings, and refugee resettlement centers throughout New England.  

His research examines faculty narratives of experience and adaptation in an era of rapid change in higher education.

Education

  • PhD, Foreign, Second and Multilingual Language Education
    Ohio State University
  • MA, TESOL
    School for International Training

Research Interests

  • Narrative Inquiry
  • Language Socialization
  • Campus Internationalization 

Courses Taught

  • English for Academic Purposes: The Greater Good, On the Border
  • Dean’s Service Scholars Program: Language and Power