Timothy A. Micek, D.A., is Professor of Education and Coordinator of the TESOL program
at Ohio Dominican University.
Dr. Micek earned the Doctor of Arts in English from Illinois State University, where
he completed his dissertation, "Effects of Dedicated Reading on ESL Writing," under
the direction of Margaret S. "Peg" Steffensen. He won the 1992 Illinois TESOL/BE $1,000
Scholarship in Honor of Virginia Welninski and chaired the 1991 Illinois TESOL/BE
Graduate Student Conference.
When he first came to Ohio Dominican, Dr. Micek taught ESL, TESOL and other courses.
Since becoming TESOL coordinator/director, he has focused on TESOL, teaching courses
mostly in foundations, linguistics, language acquisition and development, the English
language, resources, practicum/student teaching and research. He has published many
articles in peer-reviewed publications and made numerous presentations at professional
meetings. His research interests include program administration and development, professionalism,
reflective teaching and clinical supervision.
Dr. Micek has also done extensive service in the field. He is a participant in Ohio’s
High School Fairness & Sensitivity Committee. He was a long-time member of the Ohio
EL Advisory Committee and served two terms as the Research/Teacher Education/Applied
Linguistics Interest Section Representative on the Ohio TESOL Board of Directors.
He co-developed the English as an Additional Language handbook for edTPA. He participated
in the Ohio Performance Assessment Pilot Project and the Ohio Department of Education
ELL Standards Workgroup. He also coordinated the Bilingual Interpreter Training Program
for the state of Ohio and was a certified examiner for the Michigan English Language
Assessment Battery (MELAB).
Dr. Micek has taught in China and Korea, and he has traveled to Greece, Italy and
Saudi Arabia, the latter on a Joseph J. Malone Faculty Fellowship from the National
Council on United States-Arab Relations.
