Published: Dec. 16, 2021
Dr. Rai Farrelly kneels on a large boulder next to a grey and white dog, with a mountain lake in the background and a cloud-strewn sky overhead

Dr. Raichle Farrelly, Teaching Associate Professor and director of the TESOL program at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Linguistics, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the . Rai is one of three newly-elected board members for this wide-reaching and dynamic organization and will serve a three-year term as part of the 8-member board, from 2022-2025. The full slate of elected leaders can be seen .

Dr. Laura Michaelis, chair of Linguistics, says this about Rai: “Dr. Farrelly is not just a gifted teacher of TESOL theory and practice; she is also an academic leader, improving the way Linguistics assesses teaching quality; an educational innovator who helps our students thrive-- from creating classroom communities to leading education abroad experiences--and an advocate for the use of TESOL as an instrument of social justice and solidarity at CU, in CO and around the world.â€

We are honored and humbled to have Rai as our colleague – a thousand congratulations, Rai!