Kathleen F. Kearney is an adjunct lecturer in the English Language Center at Georgetown University, where she has taught since 2018, specializing in academic and professional writing for multilingual learners.She began her career in 2009 as a volunteer teacher with the Washington English Center and earned her TEFL certificate from Georgetown in 2013.
Kathleen F. Kearney is an adjunct lecturer in the English Language Center at Georgetown University, where she has taught since 2018, specializing in academic and professional writing for multilingual learners.
She began her career in 2009 as a volunteer teacher with the Washington English Center and earned her TEFL certificate from Georgetown in 2013. Since then, she has taught across a wide range of contexts, including local schools, language institutes, and universities in the Washington, DC area. Her experience includes working with young learners at the National Defense University, DC public charter schools, and DC Public Schools, as well as teaching internationally through programs such as Panamá Bilingüe, where she was a teacher trainer with K–12 English teachers.
Kathleen has also worked as an online instructor for international initiatives with the U.S. Department of State, including programs for EducationUSA-Russia, the Republic of Angola’s Ministry of Economy and Planning, and a global exchange program focused on business and entrepreneurship in English-language teaching.
She holds an M.S. in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education and an M.A. from Indiana University, as well as a B.A. from Miami University (Ohio). In addition, she holds Georgetown University professional certificates in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Instructional Design and recently earned a Georgetown microcredential in Artificial Intelligence. Her current work explores how AI and digital tools can support language learning, academic writing, and responsible technology use in the classroom.
