The GenEAP Team
Dr. Geoff Lawrence
Role: Principal Investigator
Dr. Geoff Lawrence specializes in research on teacher beliefs, teacher education and pedagogical innovation in language education. Dr. Lawrence’s work focuses on the examination of emerging technologies and intercultural/plurilingual pedagogies in language teaching, teacher education and program design.
York University
glawrenc@yorku.ca
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Dr. Farhana Ahmed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Farhana Ahmed brings over two decades of experience in language education across diverse international and Canadian contexts at the post-secondary level. Her research and publications focus on learner and teacher beliefs in relation to educational innovation, with particular attention to online and blended pedagogies, curriculum design in EAP and community-based settings, and the integration of intercultural learning. She has also explored emerging technologies, including virtual reality, in language and teacher education.
Conestoga College
José Luis Ortiz Soria
Role: Research Assistant
José Luis Ortiz Soria is a PhD candidate in the Applied Linguistics program at York University. He has over 12 years of experience teaching Spanish as a foreign language across K-12, post-secondary education, and corporate settings. He also holds a background in Computer Science, which informs his interdisciplinary approach to language education. His primary research interests include technology-mediated language teaching and learning, artificial intelligence in education, language learning beyond the classroom, and learning experience design.
York University
jlortiz@yorku.ca
Justin Taylor
Role: Research Assistant
Justin Taylor is a PhD Student in applied linguistics at York University. He has over 12 years of experience in education, including higher education administration, English teaching, and linguistics. He has worked with teachers-in-training, undergraduates, and adult students from across the globe. His scholarly interests include teacher identity and training, queer(ed) approaches to education, and innovative research methodologies.