David Nunan, Ph.D. Anaheim University David Nunan TESOL institute Director & former TESOL President

Dr. David Nunan is a world-acclaimed linguist, author, and former president of TESOL, the world’s largest language teaching organization. David Nunan is currently Director of the Anaheim University David Nunan TESOL Institute and Professor of TESOL for the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education, which as Dean he founded in 1996. Dr. Nunan is a best-selling author of English Language Teaching textbooks for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, National Geographic/Cengage, Pearson, Routledge, McGraw-Hill, Heinle & Heinle, etc. His ELT textbook series “Go For It” is the largest selling textbook series in the world with total sales exceeding 2.5 billion books. In 2000, David Nunan served as President of TESOL, the world’s largest language teaching association, and was the first person to serve as President from outside North America. David Nunan has been involved in the teaching of graduate programs for such prestigious institutions as the University of Hong Kong, Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, Monterey Institute for International Studies, and many more. In 2002 and 2015 Dr. Nunan received congressional citations from the United States House of Representatives for his services to English language education through his pioneering work in online education at Anaheim University. In 2003 he was ranked the 7th most influential Australian in Asia by Business Review Weekly, and in 2005 he was named one of the top “50 Australians who Matter”. David Nunan was invited by the Australian Prime Minister to attend a summit in Sydney Australia in December 1996 as one of the Leading 100 Global Australians. In 2015, he received the James E. Alatis Award for Service to TESOL and in 2016 he was selected for TESOL International’s 50 at 50, honoring 50 applied linguists who made a significant contribution to the TESOL profession within the past 50 years.