{"id":439,"date":"2017-01-23T16:06:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/esol\/?page_id=439"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:47:52","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/esol\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/english-education\/files\/2025\/02\/CSEd-Wk-PKY-100.jpg&#8221; min_height=&#8221;500px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;38px||38px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/esol\/\">ESOL<\/a><\/span><\/span>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#194588&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>ESOL\/Bilingual Education<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#1f7e98&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#1f7e98&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Program Faculty<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Welcome to the ESOL and Bilingual Education faculty page at the University of Florida. 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