Terry A. Osborn

Terry A. Osborn, Ph.D., (born November 30, 1966), married to Dina Ciotola Osborn, is an American academic authority in applied linguistics and critical pedagogy. He is currently Interim Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, having also served as Interim Chancellor in 2014. Osborn taught public school for six years and was previously Dean of the College of Education at University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. He was on the faculties of Fordham University, Queens College of City University of New York and the University of Connecticut.

As Chair of the Foreign Language Education program in the Neag School of Education, Osborn led his program to national recognition in teacher development. As Dean, he led in the formation of the Center for Partnerships for Arts-Integrated Teaching (PAInT), and led the center to receive a legislatively mandated statewide mission. Osborn also was the creator of a career-oriented advising approach.

Osborn researches and publishes in the areas of foreign/world language education, interdisciplinary education, and critical pedagogy. He was a founding officer of the International Society for Language Studies and founding co-editor of Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: An International Journal currently published by Routledge. He is Executive Director of the Florida Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. He is editor of several academic book series in education. He also served on the Professional Learning Committee of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Osborn's research has received a number of awards, including the American Educational Studies Association's Critic's Choice Award for his book, Critical Reflection and the Foreign Language Classroom, published by Bergin & Garvey in Henry Giroux's series, Critical Studies in Education and Culture. Osborn was awarded the Stephen Freeman Award by NECTFL for the best published article on foreign language teaching techniques.

Osborn has been a featured expert speaker at The University of Texas/TEXFLEC (co-keynote speaker with Donaldo Macedo), the University of Wisconsin, the University of Georgia, Istanbul Technical University, Calvin College, Lee University, Foreign Language Association of North Carolina, Baylor University/NACFLA,and Muhlenberg College.

• Davis, J. F. & Osborn, T. A. (2002). The language teacher's portfolio: A guide for professional development. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.
• Kaufman, D., Moss, D. M., & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.). (2003). Beyond the boundaries: A transdisciplinary approach to learning and teaching. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.
• Moss, D. M., & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.). (2010). Critical essays on resistance in education. In Shirley Steinberg (Ed.) Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education series. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
• Moss, D. M., Kaufman, D., & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.). (2008). Interdisciplinary education in an age of assessment. New York: Routledge/LEA.
• Osborn, T. A. (2000). Critical reflection and the foreign language classroom. In Henry A. Giroux, (Ed.) Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. [Winner of the American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Award 2001]
• Osborn, T. A. (2005). Critical reflection and the foreign language classroom. Rev. ed. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
• Osborn, T. A. (2006). Teaching world languages for social justice: A sourcebook of principles and practices. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Osborn, T. A. (Ed.). (2005). Language and cultural diversity in U. S. schools: Democratic principles in action. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.
• Osborn, T. A. (Ed.). (2007). Language and cultural diversity in U. S. schools: Democratic principles in action. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education [revised from Praeger version].
• Osborn, T. A., (Ed.). (2002). The future of foreign language education in the United States. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.
• Reagan, T., & Osborn, T. (2002). The foreign language educator in society: Toward a critical pedagogy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Smith, D. I., & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.). (2007). Spirituality, social justice, and language education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.