Susan M. Barone

Susan M. Barone, Ph.D., is Director of the English Language Center and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Peabody College’s Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt University. As a sociolinguist, Susan’s research investigates the intersection of Applied Linguistics and Narrative Medicine and the connection between clinician elicitations and patient narratives in intercultural health-care contexts.

In addition to teaching linguistics, her professional background includes directing English-language instruction, cultural programming, education abroad, partnerships and agreements, and immigration services. Susan has participated in the U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist Program with a primary focus on internationalization in higher education and professional development. She has served on the Executive Board for International TESOL English for Specific Purposes and is a reviewer for the English for Specific Purposes Journal. She has been instrumental in developing discipline-specific language programs in the Vanderbilt University schools of Education, Engineering, Law, Nursing, Medicine, and Management. Professional interests include needs analysis, program design, medical discourse analysis, and qualitative language analysis and VMS research mentoring. Susan presents at international conferences, and her publications include articles, particularly 'Forty bucks is forty bucks': An analysis of a medical Doctor's professional identity, book chapters, and the texts, Academic Speaking and the Boundaries of Routinized Lexical Phrases and American Legal English .